CAMBRIGE O LEVEL

COMPUTER SCIENCE (2210)

SOLVED TOPICAL PAST PAPERS

Along with Mark Schemes
PAPER - 1 PAPER - 2
Algorithms,
Computer Systems Programming
And Logic

According to New Syllabus

From 2023 (M/J) to 2024 (M/J)
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Computer Systems
Syllabus
Unit - Data Representation
1
Unit - Data Transmission
2
Unit - Hardware
3
Unit - Software
4
Unit - The Internet and its Uses
5
Unit - Automated & Emerging
6 Technologies
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(2024/May/June/Paper/11)
Q2 Hypertext markup language (HTML) color codes can be represented as
hexadecimal.
(a) Tick one box to show which statement about the hexadecimal number system is
incorrect.
A It uses the values 0 to 9 and A to F.
B It can be used as a shorter representation of binary.
C It is a base 10 system.
D It can be used to represent error codes. [1]
(Answer C option)
(b) Denary numbers can be converted to hexadecimal.
Convert the three denary numbers to hexadecimal.
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(Answer /20 = 14/32=20/165=A5/)
Q3 The binary number 10100011 is stored in random access memory (RAM).
A logical left shift of three places is performed on the binary number.
(a) Give the 8-bit binary number that will be stored after the shift has taken place.
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(Answer = 00011000)
(b) Tick one box to show which statement about a logical left shift of two places is
correct.
A It would divide the binary number by 2.
B It would multiply the binary number by 2.
C It would divide the binary number by 4.
D It would multiply the binary number by 4.
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(c) 10100011 can be stored as a two’s complement integer.
Convert the two’s complement integer 10100011 to denary. Show all your working.
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(d) The binary number is measured as a byte because it has 8 bits.
State how many bytes there are in a kibibyte (KiB).
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(2024/May/June/Paper/12)
Q1 Data can be measured in bits.
(a) Give the name of the data storage measurement that is equal to 8 bits.
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(b) State how many bits there are in a kibibyte (KiB).
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(c) Give the name of the data storage measurement that is equal to 1024 gibibytes
(GiB).
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(d) A 16-bit color image has a resolution of 512 pixels wide by 512 pixels high.
Calculate the file size of the image in kibibytes (KiB). Show all your working.
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Q3 Binary is a base 2 number system.
(a) Give the name of the number system that is base 16.
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(b) Three denary numbers are entered into a computer. The computer converts the
numbers and stores them as binary.
(I) Give the binary number that would be stored for each of the denary numbers.
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(ii) Explain why the data is converted to binary by the computer.
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(c) The two binary integers 00110000 and 01100110 are added together.
Add the binary integers using binary addition and show your answer in binary. Show
all your
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(d) The denary integer –32 is stored as a two’s complement integer.

Calculate the two’s complement integer that would be stored.
Show all your working.
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Q7 A computer has both a media access control (MAC) address and an internet
protocol
(IP) address.
(a) Tick one box to show which of the statements is correct about the MAC address.
A It is assigned by the manufacturer.
B It is assigned by a router.
C It can be static or dynamic.
D It is made up of three different parts. [1]
(b) An IP address can have an IPv4 or IPv6 format.
(i) Give an example of an IP address that has an IPv4 format.
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(ii) Give two characteristics of the IPv6 format.
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