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A-LevelComputer ScienceAlgorithm Design and Problem SolvingOct/Nov 2025Paper 2 Q25 Marks

Data is a global 1D array containing 30 elements of type STRING An algorithm will output: all non-blank elements (elements that do not contain an empty string) the final total of the number of elements output. Complete the program flowchart to represent the algorithm: [Flowchart with START and END nodes]

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About This A-Level Computer Science Question

Topic

This structured question tests Algorithm Design and Problem Solving in A-Level Computer Science (syllabus code 9618). It is worth 5 marks.

Source

This question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Computer Science Oct/Nov 2025 examination, Paper 2 Variant 1.

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