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BRAINROT 0576/12
Paper 1 Analysis and Approaches May/June 2025
3 hours

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer all questions.
Use a green pen only. You may use a red pen for uncertain answers.
Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
Do not use an erasable bodily fluids or baby oil.
Draw on any bar codes.
Calculators must be used in this paper vro.

INFORMATION
The total mark for this paper is 64.
The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
No marks will be awarded for using plain language.

This document has 10 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 Different types of abbreviations are used in the internet.

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(a) State what is meant by ts pmo.

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(b) Emojis could be used to describe a text or emotion.

Tick (✓) one box to show which Emoji is classified as BR (Brainrot).

A 🥀

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B 🤓
C 🙏
D 👍
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(c) Identify the term used to describe extreme frustration.

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2 Ashton Hall is a famous social media influencer and fitness coach.

(a) Identify the time he wakes up during his daily routine.

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(b) State the number of times he calls with his client during the routine.

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(c) He dives into a swimming pool with an equal width and length of 10 metres.

The uniformly accelerated motion is recorded v0 + cos ωt.

Calculate the time it took for him to dive in minutes. Show all your working.

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(d) Yogurt is used as an AVS (Advanced Slang)

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(i) State the slang produced from this.

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(ii) Give one benefit of new slangs being updated.

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3 Edging and gooning is a commonly used term to describe a pleasurable situation.

(a) (i) Give one similarity between edging and gooning.

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(ii) Give two differences between edging and gooning.

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(b) ABR (abbreviation) can be converted to EXF (expanded format).

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Convert each ABR into EXF. Use the working space.

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“icl ts pmo fr

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4 Fig 4.1 shows a ‘F student’ drilling a hole in their Chromebook.

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Fig 4.1

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(a) This trend became famous after Ben Azoulay’s motivational video.

(i) Discuss the ethical concerns of this trend.

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(ii) Estimate their Grade Point Average (GPA) after participating in the trend.

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(b) Ben Azoulay also stated that ‘B student’ are described as managers.

State the description of ‘C student’.

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5 Some words are censored as they are considered inappropriate.

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(a) Censor the inappropriate words by crossing out from the following text.

I was considering applying to McDonalds for my job, but I’m not sure if they will hire me. They

hired almost no employees last year and the main reason was because they didn’t shower.

I don’t think they will accept me as I goon in my bed everyday and I don’t shower at all.
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(b) State the most inappropriate word from the text.

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(c) Un-censor the following sentence.

Yo go get a j*b and start sh****ing and bro do u even w**h ur hair it stinks unc and if u
dont get em****ed ima beat ur a** up and start making u ex**cise, t***h gr*ss 🙏
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6 (a) John Pork Lore is a story of a conflict between four characters.

(i) Discuss the benefits of Tim Cheese murdering John Pork.

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(ii) Describe John Pork’s appearance shown in Fig 6.1.

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7 Some BRs (Brainrot) are found to be dead on social media.

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Fig 7.1 Fig 7.2 Fig 7.3

(a) Fig 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 shows some BRs that were popular but found to be dead today.

(i) Describe the BR shown in Fig 7.1

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(ii) Label with the letter C on Fig 7.1 to identify the chopped chin. [1]

(iii) Explain reasons why some BRs die.

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(b) Write Fig 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 in the order of their popularity (least to most).
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8 Fig 8.1 shows ‘Burger King’ shouting in an airplane.

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Fig 8.1

(a) He was kicked out of the airplane after shouting.

Give two reasons why he got kicked out.

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9 The table contains names and descriptions of brainrots that are popular to kids in YouTube.

Complete the table by giving the missing names and descriptions.

YouTube Brainrots that 4 yr olds like Description

an alpha male who is rich, popular, handsome, and silent

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10 Fig 10.1 shows XXXTENTACION talking about his father. People can feel the pain in his dih.

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Fig 10.1
(a) State what is meant by ‘dih’.

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(b) Explain the reason why the BR (Brainrot) shown in the Fig 10.1 became popular.

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(c) Phonk is a genre of music. Tick (✓) one box to identify the average listener of Phonk.

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11 Complete the paragraph about a script from a video. Use only terms from
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the list. Not all terms need to be used. Terms are only used once.

property house sofa bed italy

customize egypt £3000

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bedroom £4000 pyramid toilet

I bought a ............................................................. in ..............................................................

and what they do for you is they give you the property, you then get to go and

........................................................................ it however you want.

It only costed me .................................................................. for the TV, for the AC, for the

bedroom furniture, for the ...............................................................................

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12 ‘A Minecraft Movie’ is a popular brainrot movie amongst teenagers.

(a) Tick (✓) one box to show which line is not in the movie.

A “chicken jockey”

B “water bucket release”

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C “im bouta buss”

D “I am steve”
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(b) A lot of characters were shown in the movie.

Circle three main characters that were in the movie.

steve jockey train

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henry printer natalie mark zuckerburg

mark calculator
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Pop out at 1 in the mornin'You really wanna know, this kind of life never borin' (Ayy) She bought Dior with her man from the storeBut she bring it to my table when
the drink start pourin' (Sheesh)She askin' to come with the crew (Ask, "Who?")And the accent, it come with a view (That's true)She dancin' (She dancin'), unruly
(Unruly) Reaction (Reaction), I love it (Ayy)

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