Advanced Computer Science Paper 1
Learners answer a range of between nine and fifteen compulsory short-answer and structured questions for 35 marks. These questions assess the learner’s knowledge, understanding (AO1), application and analysis (AO2) of strands 1 to 3 of the Subject Programme
1. Data and Information
2. Problem Solving
3. Computer Systems
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Data and Information
Data representation, Information security, Ethics and ownership
- Number system
- Addition and multiplication on binary numbers
- Fixed-point and floating point Normalization Binary 2’s Compliment
- Information security
- Blockchain technologies
- Review Data and Information
- Quiz Data and Information
- Practice. Data and information
- Data representation. Number systems
- Information security. Glossary
- Glossary. Number systems
- Information security. Practice
- Information security. Theory
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Problem Solving
System life cycle, Data flow diagrams, Implementation methods, Data analysis techniques
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Computer Systems
Software, Operating systems,
