O-LevelComputer ScienceData Representation2210/21 · May/June 2016 · Q37 Marks

A program will be written to store information about members of a swimming club. The following membership details will be recorded: • Name • Gender • Status: ο Senior ο Junior • Fee • Team member (Yes or No)

(i)Choose a suitable data type for each of the membership details to be recorded. Membership details Name Gender Status Fee Team member Data type[5]
(ii)The swimming club has 50 members. State the data structure that would be most suitable to use and give a reason for your choice. Data structure.. Reason.[2]

Mark scheme

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[5] (i) Name type – string Gender type – char/string Status type - char/string Fee type - real Team member type – Boolean
[2] (ii) Data Structure – several Arrays ………………………………Reason – to simplify programming/ make programs shorter/index can be used to identify the same member across the arrays etc.

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Topic: Data Representation, O-Level Computer Science (syllabus 2210). Structured question, 7 marks.
Source: O-Level Computer Science, May/June 2016 Paper 2 Variant 1, question 3.

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