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

https://www.youtube.com/c/craigndave/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=16

Links

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

Click here to download the resource material for Year 10.

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