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2018 SEC 4 COMPUTING PRELIM PAPER 2 MARKING SCHEME

Task 1

Question Answer Marks


1 1
==B3*12 or =$B$3*12 or =B$3*12 or =$B3*12

2 1

3(a) 1
=IF(ROW(B10)-9>$B$4, "", ROW(B10)-9)
(Or equivalent)

3(b) 1
=IF(B10="","",CEILING(B10/12,1) )
=IF(B11="","",CEILING(B11/12,1))
…
=IF(B489="","",CEILING(B489/12,1))
(Or equivalent)

3(c) 1
=IF(B10="","",ABS(PMT(C10/12,$B$4,$B$2)))

(Or equivalent)

3(d) 1
=IF(B10="", "", ABS(IPMT(C10/12, B10, $B$4, $B$2)))
(Or equivalent)
3(e) 2
In cell G10: =IF(B10="", "", E10-F10)
In cell H10: =IF(B10="", "", D10-G10)
(Or equivalent)

1
3(f) copying formulae A10:H10 to rows 11 to 489. 1

4 1

He should set the loan tenure to 27 years and 3 months.

Task 2

Question Answer Marks


5(a) size = 10 1

5(b) correct validation criterion 2


printing feedback AND asking for input again.

Insert between line 4 and 5:

while True:
try:
income = int(input("({})Annual income in $: ".format(employee+1)))
if income < 0 or income > 120000:
raise Exception
except:
print("Please enter a value from 0 to 120000!")
else:
break

OR

income = int(input("({})Annual income in $: ".format(employee+1)))


while income < 0 or income > 120000:
income = print("Please enter a value from 0 to 120000!")

5(c) 2

2
highestTax = 0

if tax > highestTax: OR highestTax =


highestTax = tax max(highestTax, tax)
n = employee + 1

print("Highest tax payable is $", round(highestTax,2))

5(d) 1
if tax > highestTax:
highestTax = tax
n = employee + 1

print("Employee {} paid the highest tax.".format(n))

5(e) 2
count = 0
…
if income <= 20000:
tax = 0
count += 1
…
print("Percentage who do not need to pay tax:
{}%.".format(round(count/size*100,1)))

6 Correct the four highlighted parts: 2


elif income <= 30000:
tax = (income-20000) * 0.02
elif income <= 40000:
tax = 200 + (income-30000) * 0.035
elif income <= 80000:
tax = 550 + (income-40000) * 0.07
else:
tax = 2800 + (income-80000) * 0.115

3
Task 3

Question Answer Marks


7 s = 0 10
count = 0

while True:
x = input('Enter a positive integer. Type "done" to finish.')

if x == "done":

break
elif not x.isdigit():

print ("Invalid input. Try again.")


else:
x = int(x)

if count == 0:
M = m = x
else:

M = max(M, x)
m = min(m, x)
s += x
count += 1

if count==0:
average = s = M = m = "NA"

average = round(s/count, 1)
print("\nYou have entered {} number(s).".format(count))

print("The sum of the number entered is {}.".format(s))


print("\nThe average of the number entered is {}.".format(average))
print("\nThe maximum of the number entered is {}.".format(M))

print("The minimum of the number entered is {}.".format(m))

4
Task 4
Question Answer Marks
8 while True: 12
i = input('Enter a string of digits or space:')
if any([not x in '0123456789 ' for x in i]):
print('Input error! Try again!')
else:
break

F = [i.count(x) for x in '0123456789 ']


B = [x for x in i.split() if sum([int(y) for y in x])>=20]

blocks = 0 if i.isspace() else 1


s = 0
count = 0
for x in range(1, len(i)-1):
if i[x]==' ' and i[x+1]!=' ':
blocks += 1

for x in '0123456789':
print('Frequency of {}: {}'.format(x, F[int(x)]))

print('\nNumber of block(s): {}'.format(blocks))

print('Block(s) with sum 20 or more:')


for i, b in enumerate(B):
print('({}) {}'.format(i+1, b))

5
Question Answer Marks
9 3
Enter : 3647 94859 8482 3209 832 45346

10 5
while True:
i = input('Enter a string of digits or space:')
if any([not x in '0123456789 ' for x in i]):
print('Input error! Try again!')
else:
break

F = [i.count(x) for x in '0123456789 ']


B = [x for x in i.split() if sum([int(y) for y in x])>=20]

blocks = 0 if i.isspace() else 1


s = 0
count = 0
for x in range(1, len(i)-1):
if i[x]==' ' and i[x+1]!=' ':
blocks += 1

for x in '0123456789':
print('Frequency of {}: {}'.format(x, F[int(x)]))

print('\nNumber of block(s): {}'.format(blocks))

print('Block(s) with sum 20 or more:')


for i, b in enumerate(B):
print('({}) {}'.format(i+1, b))

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