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A-LevelComputer ScienceProgramming FundamentalsMay/June 2021Paper 2 Q112 Marks

Refer to the insert for the list of pseudocode functions and operators. 1 (a) A program is being developed to help manage the membership of a football club. Complete the following identifier table. Example value | Explanation | Variable name | Data type ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Wong" | The preferred name of the member joining the football club | | FALSE | A value to indicate whether an existing member of the club lives at the same address | | 19/02/1983 | When the member joined the football club | | 1345 | The number of points a member has earned. Members of the club earn points for different activities. | | (b) Each pseudocode statement in the following table may contain an error due to the incorrect use of the function or operator. Describe the error in each case, or write 'NO ERROR' if the statement contains no error. You can assume that none of the variables referenced are of an incorrect type. Statement | Error ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Result ← 2 & 4 | SubString ← MID("pseudocode", 4, 1) | IF x = 3 OR 4 THEN | Result ← Status AND INT(x/2) | Message ← "Done" + LENGTH(MyString) | (c) The following data items need to be stored for each student in a group: • student name (a string) • test score (an integer). State a suitable data structure and justify your answer. Structure .............................................................................................................................................................. Justification ...........................................................................................................................................................

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About This A-Level Computer Science Question

Topic

This structured question tests Programming Fundamentals in A-Level Computer Science (syllabus code 9618). It is worth 12 marks.

Source

This question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Computer Science May/June 2021 examination, Paper 2 Variant 1.

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