A-level
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Paper 2
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• a calculator.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions.
• You must answer the questio...
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
a calculator. Questio Mark
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Instructions 1
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 2
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
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Answer all questions.
You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not 4
write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 5
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
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this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do 7
not want to be marked. 8
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Information
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The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 100. 11
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Advice 13
In some questions you are required to indicate your answer by
completely shading a lozenge alongside the appropriate answer TOTAL
as shown.
If you want to change your answer you must cross out your original answer as
shown.
If you wish to return to an answer previously crossed out, ring
the answer you now wish to select as shown.
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Do not write
outside the
Answer all box
questions.
0 1 .1 Describe how a 12-bit unsigned binary integer such as 010010101110
can be converted directly into hexadecimal.
The method you describe must not involve converting into decimal.
[2 marks]
0 1 .2 State one reason why hexadecimal is often used in preference to binary.
[1 mark]
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0 2 .1 A data communications system uses parallel data transmission.
Describe how parallel data transmission works.
[2 marks]
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0 2 .2 State one advantage of serial data transmission over parallel data box
transmission.
[1 mark]
0 2 .3 Shade one lozenge to indicate which of these statements about data
communications systems is false.
[1 mark]
For a particular communications channel, the bit rate can be
A
higher than the baud rate.
B Latency is the rate at which signals on a wire or line can change.
The bandwidth of a transmission medium is the range of signal
C frequencies that the medium can transmit without a significant
reduction in signal strength.
The greater the bandwidth of a transmission medium the
D higher the bit rate that can be achieved by a communication
system using it.
0 2 .4 State the purpose of the start bit in asynchronous serial transmission.
[1 mark]
0 2 .5 State the purpose of the stop bit in asynchronous serial transmission.
[1 mark]
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