Computer Science CRP

Year 10 EdExcel GCSE Computer Science

September Assessment 2020 – Revision Schedule  Paper 2

Date of Examination: September 2020.

Closed book exam – 1 hour duration.

Equipment – No calculators allowed. Pen, pencil, ruler required.

Your exam will be a mixture of purple workbook and past paper questions. Your revision should include all topics covered, with a particular focus on the purple revision guide pages below:

  • Problem Solving:
    • Algorithms & Pseudo-code: Pages 1 – 2
    • Algorithms: Purpose, Flowcharts and Completing: Pages 3 – 5
    • Interpreting correct output – page 6
    • Using Trace Tables – Page 7
    • Identifying and correcting errors – Page 8
    • Searches – Pages 9 – 11
    • Decomposition & abstraction – Page 14
  • Programming:
    • Variables and constants – Page 15
    • Arithmetic operators – Page 16
    • Relational operators – Page 17
    • Logical operators – Page 18
    • Selection – Page 19
    • Iteration – Page 20
    • Data Types – Page 21
    • Arrays – Page 23
    • Validation – Page 28
    • Testing & test plans – Page 29
  • Data/Computers/Communication
    • Binary – Pages 30 – 37
    • Encryption – Page 43
    • Attributes & tables – 45
    • Relational Databases – Page 46

Primary Revision Sources:

  • * Purple Revision Guide * Dynamic Learning * Moodle Course Companion
  • * Seneca Learning * Doddle Learn Quizzes * Moodle Revision Workbook *

Video Tutorials

Links

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/programming-for-everybody-python

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Year 12 AQA A Level Computer Science

September Assessment 2020 – Revision Schedule

Date of Examination: September 2020.

Closed book exam – 1 hour duration.

Equipment – Pen, pencil, ruler, calculator required.

Your exam will be a mixture of Unit 1 and Unit 2 questions. Your revision schedule should have a particular focus on the topics listed below:

  • Unit 1:
    • Chapter 1 Programming basics – Pages 2- 7
    • Chapter 2 Programming concepts – Pages 8-13
    • Chapter 3 Basic operations in programming languages – Pages 14-21
    • Chapter 4 Subroutines, local and global variables – Pages 22-27
    • Chapter 5 Structured programming – Pages 28-34
    • Chapter 7 Data structures and abstract data types – Pages 50-56
    • The skeleton program seed SIM – Programming exercises 1-6 on SMHW
  • Unit 2:
    • Chapter 28 Hardware and Software – Pages 230-237
    • Chapter 29 Classification of Programming languages Pages – 238-244
    • Chapter 30 Boolean Algebra – Pages 245-255
    • Chapter 31 Logic Gates – Pages 256-264
    • Chapter 32 Internal Hardware – Pages 266-273
    • Chapter 33 The Stored Program Concept– Pages 274-280
    • Chapter 34 The Processor Instruction Set – Pages 281-286
    • Chapter 35 External Hardware Devices – Pages 287-298
    • Chapter 36 Moral,Ethical,Legal/ Cultural Issues – Pages 300-308
    • Chapter 37 Communication Basics – Page 310-316

Primary Revision Sources:

 

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