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A-LevelComputer ScienceError Handling & TestingOct/Nov 2024Paper 2 Q57 Marks

A program contains a global 1D array Data with 100 elements of type INTEGER. The program contains a function Process() expressed in pseudocode as follows: FUNCTION Process(Number : INTEGER, Label : STRING) RETURNS STRING DECLARE Index, Count : INTEGER DECLARE ReturnValue : STRING Count ← INT(100 / Number) Index ← Data [Number] CASE OF (Index MOD 2) 0 : ReturnValue ← TO_UPPER(RIGHT(Label, Count)) 1 : ReturnValue ← "****" ENDCASE RETURN RetVal ENDFUNCTION

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Computer Science (9618) Oct/Nov 2024 examination, Paper 2 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Error Handling & Testing and is worth 7 marks.

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