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A-LevelComputer ScienceProgramming and Data StructuresMay/June 2023Paper 3 Q1111 Marks

Pseudocode is to be written to implement a queue Abstract Data Type (ADT) with items of the string data type. This will be implemented using the information in the table. Identifier Data type Description FrontPointer INTEGER points to the start of the queue RearPointer INTEGER points to the end of the queue Length INTEGER the current size of the queue Queue STRING 1D array to implement the queue A constant, with identifier MaxSize, limits the size of the queue to 60 items.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Computer Science (9618) May/June 2023 examination, Paper 3 Variant 1. It tests the topic of Programming and Data Structures and is worth 11 marks.

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