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A-LevelComputer ScienceData StructuresMay/June 2022Paper 2 Q46 Marks

A stack is created using a high-level language. Memory locations 200 to 207 are to be used to store the stack. The following diagram represents the current state of the stack. TopOfStack points to the last value added to the stack. Stack Pointer Memory location | Value ---|--- 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 'F' <- TopOfStack 204 | 'C' 205 | 'D' 206 | 'E' 207 | 'H'

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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 6 marks.

Source

This question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Computer Science May/June 2022 examination, Paper 2 Variant 1.

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