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INTERNATIONAL GCSE
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Paper 2 Concepts and principles of computer science

Tuesday 17 November 2020 07:00 GMT Time allowed: 2 hours

Materials
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Question Mark
Instructions
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• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of the page. 2
• Answer all questions. 3
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write 4
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this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 6
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0 1 . 1 State the decimal representation of the hexadecimal number A8

Show your working.

[2 marks]

Final answer:

0 1 . 2 State the decimal representation of the binary number 01000010

[1 mark]

0 1 . 3 State what binary shift would have to be applied to the binary number 00111000 to
double it.
[1 mark]

0 1 . 4 Add the following two binary numbers together.

[1 mark]
0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

+ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

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0 2 Computers on a network can be connected using wires or wirelessly. box

State the advantages and disadvantages of wired networking compared to wireless

networking.
[6 marks]

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0 3 Figure 1 shows two different algorithms for calculating the sum of all of the whole box

numbers between 1 and a positive number N.

For example:

• if N = 4 then the algorithms would both output 10 as 1+2+3+4 = 10

• if N = 6 then the algorithms would both output 21 as 1+2+3+4+5+6 = 21

Figure 1

Algorithm A Algorithm B
N  USERINPUT N  USERINPUT
Sum  0 Sum  (N * (N + 1)) / 2
FOR Value  1 TO N OUTPUT Sum
Sum  Sum + Value
ENDFOR
OUTPUT Sum

0 3 . 1 Complete the trace table below to show how the values of the variables would change
if Algorithm A were carried out and the number 5 were input for N.
[3 marks]

N Sum Value

0 3 . 2 Algorithm B is said to be more efficient than Algorithm A.

Explain what is meant by efficient in this context.

[1 mark]

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0 3 . 3 Describe why Algorithm B is more efficient than Algorithm A. box
[2 marks]

0 4 . 1 The table below lists different amounts of memory. Write the numbers 1 to 4 by the
amounts of memory to place them into size order, with 1 indicating the smallest
amount of memory and 4 the largest.
[2 marks]

Amount of Size order

memory (1 to 4)
12 bits
1 byte
100 kilobytes
50 megabytes

0 4 . 2 How many 500 gigabyte files could be stored on a USB flash memory drive that has
4 terabytes of storage space available for files?

Show your working.

[2 marks]

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0 5 . 1 One of the functions of the operating system is to act as a memory manager. box

State two other functions of the operating system.

[2 marks]

Function 1

Function 2

0 5 . 2 Describe what happens at each of the three stages of the Fetch-Execute cycle.
[3 marks]

0 5 . 3 The main memory of a computer normally consists of both volatile and non-volatile
memory.

Explain the term volatile memory.

[1 mark]

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0 5 . 4 Tick () one box to indicate which of these is usually stored in the ROM of a desktop box
computer.
[1 mark]

A An assembler

B Application software such as a word processor

C HTML for a web page

Startup instructions to be executed when the computer is turned

D 7
on

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0 6 . 1 Describe the steps that are involved in sampling sound so that it can be stored box

digitally on a computer.
[3 marks]

0 6 . 2 A recording is made of a sound that lasts for 5 seconds using an 8-bit sample
resolution and a sample rate of 10 000 Hz

Calculate the amount of memory, in bytes, that will be needed to store the entire
recording.

Show your working.

[2 marks]

Final answer: (bytes)

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0 6 . 3 The same sound is sampled again for 5 seconds using an 8-bit sample resolution, but box
this time at a sample rate of 20 000 Hz

Describe the exact effect on the amount of memory that is needed to store the entire
recording if the sample rate is increased from 10 000 Hz to 20 000 Hz
[1 mark]

0 6 . 4 Describe the effect of increasing the sample rate on the quality of the recording.
[1 mark]

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0 7 . 1 Complete the truth table below for the OR logic gate. box

[1 mark]

A B A OR B
0 0
0 1
1 0
1 1

0 7 . 2 A fire alarm makes a bell ring to warn people if there is a fire.

The alarm system has:

• A switch S which outputs 1 if the alarm system is turned on and 0 if it is turned off.
• A heat sensor H which outputs 1 if a fire has been automatically detected and 0
otherwise.
• A call point button C which a person can press if they see a fire. This outputs 1 if
the button is pressed and 0 otherwise.
• An alarm bell B which rings when it receives a 1 as an input and does not ring when
it receives a 0

The bell should ring when the system is turned on and either the heat sensor
automatically detects a fire or the call point button is pressed.

Draw a logic circuit diagram in the space below for the fire alarm system.
[3 marks]

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0 7 . 3 Write a Boolean expression that represents the alarm system described in box
question 07.2
[2 marks]

B= 6

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0 8 . 1 Explain what an embedded system is. box

[1 mark]

0 8 . 2 State two differences between an embedded system and a non-embedded system

such as a desktop computer.
[2 marks]

Difference 1

Difference 2

0 8 . 3 The software that is used to control an embedded system is often written using
assembly language.

Explain why this is the case.

[1 mark]

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0 9 For each task listed in Table 1 name the layer of the TCP/IP stack at which the task box
would take place.
[3 marks]
Table 1

Task Layer name

Routes a packet across a network

Sets up the communication between two

hosts

Implements the hardware interface to the

network, for example using a network
interface card 3

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1 0 A relational database stores information about the products that a shop sells and the box

sales that have been made.

The database contains two tables: Product and Sale.

Some of the contents of these tables are shown in Figure 2. Note that not all of the
records in the tables are shown.

Figure 2

Product
ProductID Description Category PriceEach NumberInStock
108 Pencil Stationery 1 0
203 Ruler Stationery 2 10
Orange
297 Drinks 3 23
Juice
406 Water Drinks 2 15
556 Bread Food 2 10

Sale
SaleID Date ProductID QuantitySold
S1201 05/08/19 203 1
S1202 05/08/19 406 2
S1203 05/08/19 108 1

1 0 . 1 Explain what a foreign key is and state the name of the field that has been used as a
foreign key in this database.
[2 marks]

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1 0 . 2 Write an SQL query to search the database and list all the sales of drinks. box

For each sale the SaleID, ProductID, Description and QuantitySold

should be listed.
[4 marks]

SELECT

FROM

WHERE

1 0 . 3 When the shop receives new stock the values in the NumberInStock field of the
Product table must be updated.

Tick () one box to show which SQL query is the correct one to change the
NumberInStock of ProductID 203 from 10 to 15
[1 mark]

Tick
SQL Query
one
UPDATE NumberInStock = 15
FROM Product
WHERE ProductID = 203
UPDATE NumberInStock + 5
FROM Product
WHERE ProductID = 203
UPDATE Product
SET NumberInStock = 15
WHERE NumberInStock = 10
UPDATE Product
SET NumberInStock = 15
WHERE ProductID = 203 7

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1 1 . 1 The ASCII character code for a is 1100001 box

Complete the table below to show how the string cab would be encoded as a bit
pattern using ASCII.
[2 marks]
Character Bit pattern

a 1100001

1 1 . 2 How many different characters can be encoded using ASCII?

[1 mark]
3

1 2 Figure 3 is an 8 x 8 black and white image. The image could be compressed using
run length encoding (RLE).

Figure 3

1 2 . 1 Using B for black pixels and W for white pixels give a run length encoding for row 7 in
Figure 3.
[1 mark]

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1 2 . 2 Explain how run length encoding works. box
[2 marks]

1 3 Social engineering is the term used for attempting to trick or manipulate somebody
into providing confidential information or access to a secure system.

Name and describe three social engineering techniques.

[6 marks]

Technique 1

Technique 2

Technique 3

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1 4 . 1 The HTML used to produce a web page is shown in Figure 4. box

Figure 4

<html>
<head>
<title>Glegg House School</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Staff List</h1>
<ol>
<li>Mr Martin</li>
<li>Mrs Scott</li>
<li>Miss Newberry</li>
</ol>
<p><a href="http://www.gh.com/tt.html">Timetable
Information</a></p>
</body>
</html>

In the box below show how the HTML in Figure 4 will look when viewed in a web
browser. You may use labels to make your layout clearer if necessary.
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language.
[1 mark]

1 4 . 3 Describe an example of a task that might be carried out by a client-side scripting

language.
[1 mark]

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1 5 A school is thinking about moving its files to cloud storage. box

Discuss the advantages of this move for the school.

You must include examples of situations in which the staff or students would benefit
from this move in your response.
[6 marks]

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