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A-LevelComputer ScienceProgramming FundamentalsOct/Nov 2021Paper 2 Q411 Marks

The following is a procedure design in pseudocode. Line numbers are given for reference only. 10 PROCEDURE Check(InString : STRING) 11 DECLARE Odds, Evens, Index : INTEGER 12 13 Odds ← 0 14 Evens ← 0 15 Index ← 1 16 17 WHILE Index <= LENGTH(InString) 18 IF STR_TO_NUM(MID(InString, Index, 1)) MOD 2 <> 0 THEN 19 Odds ← Odds + 1 20 ELSE 21 Evens ← Evens + 1 22 ENDIF 23 Index ← Index + 1 24 ENDWHILE 25 26 CALL Result(Odds, Evens) 27 ENDPROCEDURE

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About This A-Level Computer Science Question

Topic

This structured question tests Programming Fundamentals in A-Level Computer Science (syllabus code 9618). It is worth 11 marks.

Source

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

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