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A-LevelComputer ScienceData StructuresMay/June 2024Paper 2 Q39 Marks

A factory needs a program to help manage its production of items. Data will be stored about each item. The data for each item will be held in a record structure of type Component. The programmer has started to define the fields that will be needed as shown in the table. | Field | Example value | Comment | |----------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------| | Item_Num | 123478 | a numeric value used as an array index | | Reject | FALSE | TRUE if this item has been rejected | | Stage | 'B' | a letter to indicate the stage of production | | Limit_1 | 13.5 | any value in the range 0 to 100 inclusive | | Limit_2 | 26.4 | any value in the range 0 to 100 inclusive |

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Computer Science (9618) May/June 2024 examination, Paper 2 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Data Structures and is worth 9 marks.

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