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A-LevelComputer ScienceObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)May/June 2022Paper 4 Q225 Marks

A computer game is being developed using object-oriented programming. One element of the game is a balloon. This is designed as the class Balloon. The class has the following attributes and methods. Balloon Health : INTEGER The health of the balloon Colour : STRING The colour of the balloon DefenceItem : STRING The item the balloon uses to defend itself Constructor() Initialises the defence item and colour using the parameters Initialises health to 100 ChangeHealth() Takes the change as a parameter and adds this to the health GetDefenceItem() Returns the defence item of the object CheckHealth() If the health is 0 or less, it returns TRUE, otherwise it returns FALSE

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About This A-Level Computer Science Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Computer Science (9618) May/June 2022 examination, Paper 4 Variant 1. It tests the topic of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and is worth 25 marks.

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