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Cambridge O Level

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COMPUTER SCIENCE 2210/22

Paper 2 Problem-solving and Programming October/November 2021

1 hour 45 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Do not attempt Tasks 1, 2 and 3 in the copy of the pre-release material on page 2; these are for
information only.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
● 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 pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● Calculators must not be used in this paper.

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 50.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
● No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 12 pages.

DC (CE/FC) 221492
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Section A

You are advised to spend no longer than 40 minutes answering this section.

Here is a copy of the pre-release material.

DO NOT attempt Tasks 1, 2 and 3 now.

Use the pre-release material and your experience from attempting the following tasks before the
examination to answer Question 1.

Pre-release material

An integrated transport system has been designed to reduce the need for privately owned vehicles.
A vehicle is booked to take a passenger from home to a start station, from where they will travel to
an end station. A vehicle at the end station will take the passenger to their destination. Each stage
of the journey has a price code to represent the distance travelled. The prices for each stage are
shown:

Home to start Start station to end End station to

station station destination
Code Price ($) Code Price ($) Code Price ($)
C1 1.50 M1 5.75 F1 1.50
C2 3.00 M2 12.50 F2 3.00
C3 4.50 M3 22.25 F3 4.50
C4 6.00 M4 34.50 F4 6.00
C5 8.00 M5 45.00 F5 8.00
To book a journey, a passenger will enter a code for each stage and the start time of their journey.
The total price is calculated by adding together the price for each of the three stages. The total
price will be reduced by 40% when the start time of the journey is after 10:00.

Write and test a program or programs for the integrated transport booking system.
• Your program or programs must include appropriate prompts for the entry of data; data must
be validated on entry.
• Error messages and other output need to be set out clearly and understandably.
• All variables, constants and other identifiers must have meaningful names.
You will need to complete these three tasks. Each task must be fully tested.

Task 1 – setting up the booking system

Write a program to set up arrays to record the following:
• codes and prices for each of the three stages
• passenger accounts that include a unique passenger account number and name
• bookings that include a unique passenger account number, a start time of the journey, a code
for each stage of the journey, and a unique booking number for the journey.
Store the data for the code and price for each stage.

Task 2 – using the booking system

Extend Task 1 to achieve the following:
• Allow passengers to open an account by generating a unique passenger account number and
storing it along with their name in the arrays.
• Allow passengers to make a booking by first entering their unique passenger account number,
the start time of their journey, and a code for each stage of their journey. Check if the passenger
account number already exists.
• Generate a unique booking number for the journey.
• Calculate the total price of the journey, without any discount, and store the journey details.

Task 3 – applying a discount and checking the entry

Extend Task 2 to check the start time of the journey and if it is after 10:00, apply a 40% discount to
the total price.
Display the total price and booking details for the passenger to check, and allow them to either
confirm the details are correct or start again.

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1 All variables, constants and other identifiers must have meaningful names.

(a) (i) Identify one variable you could have used for Task 2 and state its use.

Variable .............................................................................................................................

Use ....................................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................
[2]

(ii) Describe the arrays you could have used in Task 1. Include the name, data type, use
and sample data for each array.

...........................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................... [5]

(b) Describe how you could validate the data entry for the input of the codes for the different
stages of the journey in Task 2.

...................................................................................................................................................

............................................................................................................................................. [3]

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(c) Write an algorithm to show how your program carries out Task 3, using either pseudocode,
programming statements or a flowchart. Assume Tasks 1 and 2 have already been completed.

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............................................................................................................................................. [6]

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(d) Explain how your program could be changed to count and store the number of bookings
made by each passenger. Then, after ten bookings have been made by a passenger, apply
an additional 10% discount to every future booking. Any programming statements used in
your answer must be fully explained.

...................................................................................................................................................

............................................................................................................................................. [4]
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Section B

2 Tick (3) one box in each row to identify if the statement is about validation, verification or neither.

Validation Verification Neither

Statement
(3) (3) (3)
a check where data is re-entered to make sure no
errors have been introduced during data entry
an automatic check to make sure the data entered
has the correct number of characters

a check to make sure the data entered is sensible

a check to make sure the data entered is correct

[3]

3 A program checks that the data entered is between 1 and 100 inclusive.

Identify one piece of normal, extreme and erroneous test data for this program, and give a reason
for each.

Normal test data ...............................................................................................................................

Reason .............................................................................................................................................

..........................................................................................................................................................

Extreme test data .............................................................................................................................

Reason .............................................................................................................................................

..........................................................................................................................................................

Erroneous test data ..........................................................................................................................

Reason .............................................................................................................................................

..........................................................................................................................................................

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[6]

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4 The pseudocode algorithm should work as a calculator and output the result.

1 Continue 1
2 WHILE Continue = 0
3 OUTPUT "Enter 1 for +, 2 for -, 3 for * or 4 for /"
4 INPUT Operator
5 OUTPUT "Enter the first value"
6 INPUT Value1
7 OUTPUT "Enter the second value"
8 OUTPUT Value2
9 IF Operator
10 1: Answer Value1 + Value2
11 2: Answer Value1 - Value2
12 3: Answer Value1 * Value2
13 4: Answer Value1 / Value2
14 ENDCASE
15 OUTPUT "The answer is ", Value1
16 OUTPUT "Do you wish to enter more values (Yes or No)?"
17 INPUT MoreValues
18 IF MoreValues = "No"
19 THEN
20 Continue 1
21 ENDIF
22 UNTIL Continue = 0

(a) Find the five errors in the pseudocode and suggest a correction for each error.

Error 1 .......................................................................................................................................