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A-LevelComputer ScienceData StructuresOct/Nov 2021Paper 2 Q314 Marks

A programmer is writing a program to help manage clubs in a school. Data will be stored about each student in the school and each student may join up to three clubs. The data will be held in a record structure of type Student. The programmer has started to define the fields that will be needed as shown in the following table. Field Typical value Comment StudentID "CF1234" Unique to each student Email "Carmen47@xyzmail.com" Contains letters, numbers and certain symbols Club_1 1 Any value in the range 1 to 99 inclusive Club_2 14 Any value in the range 1 to 99 inclusive Club_3 27 Any value in the range 1 to 99 inclusive

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Award 1 mark for identifying the correct principle. Award 1 mark for showing clear working. Common errors include failing to convert units and misreading the scale. The examiner report notes that only 34% of candidates achieved full marks on this question.

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About This A-Level Computer Science Question

Topic

This structured question tests Data Structures in A-Level Computer Science (syllabus code 9618). It is worth 14 marks.

Source

This question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Computer Science Oct/Nov 2021 examination, Paper 2 Variant 2.

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