IGCSE Computer Science (0478) — May–June 2023, Paper 12

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Question 1 · 3 marks · 3.1 Input and output devices

Output devices are used to output data from a computer. Circle three devices that are output devices. actuator digital versatile disk (DVD) keyboard microphone mouse printer…

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Question 2 · 10 marks · 1.1 Number systems / Hexadecimal

Binary numbers can be converted to hexadecimal. Convert the two binary numbers to hexadecimal. 10010011 = ........ 00001101 = ........

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Question 3 · 10 marks · 1.2 Text, sound and images / Character sets

When keys are pressed on a keyboard, the text is converted to binary to be processed by the computer. Describe how the text is converted to binary to be processed by the computer.

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Question 4 · 9 marks · 2.1 Data transmission / Serial and parallel

A student uses a mobile phone to take photographs for a school project. The student needs to transmit the photographs to their computer. They could use serial data transmission or…

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Question 5 · 9 marks · 7.2 Programming languages / High-level languages

A programmer writes a computer program using a high-level language. Tick (✓) one box to show which statement is correct about writing computer programs in a high-level language. […

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Question 6 · 9 marks · 4.1 The internet and the world wide web / Cookies

Complete the statements about cookies. Use the terms from the list. Some of the terms in the list will not be used. Some terms may be used more than once. List: compression,…

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Question 7 · 10 marks · 5.1 Security / Threats to data

A distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) is a cyber security threat. Draw and annotate a diagram to represent the process of a DDoS.

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Question 8 · 5 marks · 2.2 Networks / Addressing

A computer is connected to a network and assigned an IPv4 address. Tick (✓) one box to show which device would assign the IPv4 address to the computer. [ ] A Domain name server…

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Question 9 · 5 marks · 7.3 Artificial intelligence / Expert systems

One component of an expert system is the inference engine. Identify the three other components in an expert system.

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Question 10 · 5 marks · 6.1 Types of software

A user has both system software and application software installed on their computer. Describe the difference between system software and application software. Give an example of…

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