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O-LevelComputer ScienceSoftware2210/22 · Oct/Nov 2024 · Q54 Marks

Analysis is one stage in the program development life cycle.

  1. (a)State one other stage in the program development life cycle.[1]
  2. (b)Describe the analysis stage of the program development life cycle.[3]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2024). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] Design
  2. [1] Coding
  3. [1] Testing
  4. [1] Abstraction
  5. [1] Discard/remove irrelevant information / hiding complexities / keeping the key elements of the problem
  6. [1] Decomposition of the problem
  7. [1] Breaking the problem into inputs, processes and outputs
  8. [1] Identification of the problem
  9. [1] Identification of the requirements of the solution to the problem
  10. [1] Research into the problem by data collection
  11. [1] Example of data collection

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About this question

Topic
Software, O-Level Computer Science (syllabus 2210). Structured question, 4 marks.
Source
O-Level Computer Science, Oct/Nov 2024 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 5.

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