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Past Paper Specimen

1.      Data Representation

1.1  Number Systems

1.2  Text, Sound, and Images

1.3  Data Storage and Compression

1.1

March 2019 Paper 12, question 3(a) June 2019 Paper 11, question 1

June 2019 Paper 13, question 1(a)

Nov 2019 Paper 11, question 2

Nov 2019 Paper 12, question 4

Nov 2019 Paper 13, question 1(c)(i)

March 2020 Paper 12, question 5

June 2020 Paper 11, question 9(d)

June 2020 Paper 12, question 7

June 2020 Paper 13, question 1 2023 Specimen Paper 1, question 1

1.2 and 1.3

March 2019 Paper 12, question 1

June 2019 Paper 12, question 4(b)

Nov 2019 Paper 11, question 6(d)

Nov 2019 Paper 12, question 5(a) and 5(b)

Nov 2019 Paper 13, question 1(c)(ii)

March 2020 Paper 12, question 3(d)

June 2020 Paper 11, question 3(c)

2.      Data Transmission

2.1  Types and Methods of Data Transmission

2.2  Methods of Error Detection

2.3  Encryption

March 2019 Paper 12, question 4(d) and question 6(a)

June 2019 Paper 12, question 9

June 2019 Paper 13, question 3(b) and question 5

Nov 2019 Paper 11, question 5

Nov 2019 Paper 12, question 5(c)(ii), question 9 and question 10(a)

Nov 2019 Paper 13, question 1(b) question 3 and question 5

March 2020 Paper 12, question 2

June 2020 Paper 11, question 3(a), 3(b) and question 4

June 2020 Paper 12, question 3

June 2020 Paper 13, question 9 2023 Specimen Paper 1, question 2(a), 2(b) and question 9

3.      Hardware

3.1  Computer Architecture

3.2  Input and Output Devices

3.3  Data Storage

3.1

June 2019 Paper 13, question 2(b)

 Nov 2019 Paper 11, question 8

Nov 2019 Paper 12, question 2

Nov 2019 Paper 13, question 7(a)

March 2020 Paper 12, question 1

June 2020 Paper 11, question 5

June 2020 Paper 12, question 1

June 2020 Paper 13, question 5(b)(ii) 2023 Specimen Paper 1, question 4

3.2 (Any questions referring to the operation of an input/output device are now beyond the scope of this syllabus) and 3.3

March 2019 Paper 12, question 3(b), and question 6

June 2019 Paper 11, question 3 and question 6(b)

June 2019 Paper 12, question 4, question 7(b) and question 10

June 2019 Paper 13, question 6

Nov 2019 Paper 11, question 1 and question 4

Nov 2019 Paper 12, question 6, question 7(a) and question 11

Nov 2019 Paper 13, question 1(a) and 1(d)

March 2020 Paper 12, question 3(a), 3(b) and 3(c)

June 2020 Paper 11, question 1(a), 1(b), 1(d) question 6 and question 8

June 2020 Paper 12, question 6, question 8(b) and question 9 June 2020 Paper 13, question 2, question 5(b)(i) and question 8 

3.4

June 2019 Paper 13, question 2(a)

June 2020 Paper 11, question 1(c) 2023 Specimen Paper 1, question 1(b), question 2 and question 3(a)

4.      Software

4.1  Types of Software and Interrupts

4.2  Types of Programming Languages, Translators, and IDE

March 2019 Paper 12, question 4(a) and 4(b)

June 2019 Paper 11, question 7

Nov 2019 Paper 11, question 6(a)

Nov 2019 Paper 12, question 7(a)

Nov 2019 Paper 13, question 2 and question 7(b)

March 2020 Paper 12, question 4

June 2020 Paper 11, question 8(a), question 9(a), 9(b) and 9(c)

June 2020 Paper 12, question 2 and question 8(c)

June 2020 Paper 13 2023 Specimen Paper 1, question 4(d) and question 5

5.  The internet and its uses

5.1  The Internet and the WWW

5.2  Digital Currency

5.3  Cyber Security

March 2019 Paper 12, question 7 June 2019 Paper 11, question 4 and question 6(a)

June 2019 Paper 12, question 5, question 6(a), 6(b), 6(d) and 6(e) June 2019 Paper 13, question 1(d), 1(e) and question 3

Nov 2019 Paper 11, question 3 and question 6(b)

Nov 2019 Paper 12, question 7 and question 10

Nov 2019 Paper 13, question 8

March 2020 Paper 12, question 8

June 2020 Paper 11, question 1(e), question 7 and question 9(b)

June 2020 Paper 12, question 5 and question 10

June 2020 Paper 13, question 3, question 7 and question 10 2023 Specimen Paper 1, question 2(c) and question 10

6. Automated and emerging technologies

6.1  Automated Systems

6.2  Robotics

6.3  Artificial Intelligence

March 2019 Paper 12, question 3(b)

June 2019 Paper 12, question 7(a)

Nov 2019 Paper 11, question 2

Nov 2019 Paper 12, question 4

Nov 2019 Paper 13, question 6

March 2020 Paper 12, question 7

June 2020 Paper 11, question 6 2023 Specimen Paper 1 Question 6