Monthly Test – January 2022
Computer Science - Grade 9 (Edexcel)
Mark Scheme
Duration: 2 Periods Total Marks: 50 Marks
Question Additional
Answer Marks
Number Guide
Device Name Input Output Both
Mouse √
(1) (1)
1 (a)
Headset √
(1) (1)
4
(b) (i) C 1
(ii) PC 2 1
With more RAM, more of the program instructions can be loaded (1)
(iii)
and there is less need to keep swapping data (1) 2
(c) (i) Secondary storage is needed to keep programs and data long term. 1
Any two from,
RAM is volatile (1) Secondary storage is non-volatile (1)
RAM has lower capacity (1) than secondary storage (1)
(ii)
Data on RAM can be accessed faster (1) than of secondary storage
(1)
Secondary storage is cheaper (1) than RAM (1) 2
Magnetic storage
(iii) Optical storage
Solid state storage 3
Device A – optical storage
(iv) Device B – solid state storage
Device C – magnetic storage 3
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Question Additional
Answer Marks
Number Guide
2 (a) (i) Stored Program Concept
1
(ii) A computer in which the processing instructions are stored (1) in
memory with the data (1) 2
(iii) Bus
1
Response identifies any four from: Response
data and instructions are stored in main memory (1) must
data and instructions are fetched by the CPU (1) cover
on the pulse of a clock (1) (as ‘required’/ notified / assigned by the both
program counter) main
correctly identify role of address bus (1) memory
correctly identify role of data bus (1) and CPU
instructions decoded by the CU (1)
(iv) Accept
instructions executed (with data, as appropriate) by the ALU (1)
CPU for
Data and instructions are fetched from main memory (1), from
addresses
bullets 6
requested by the CPU (1) on the address bus (1). (Data and and
instructions are sent) using the data bus (1). 7
(Data and instructions are then) decoded and executed in the CPU
(1).
Results of operations are sent back to the memory (1) on the data
bus (1). 4
Accumulator
(b) Program counter
Current instruction 3
Any two from,
Often cheap
Low power devices
(c) Use simple technology
Might run just one program
The program runs rarely updates
The program runs is stored in ROM or flash memory
Often use sensors 2
Question Additional
Answer Marks
Number Guide
3 (a) (i) D
1
(ii) Strings must be enclosed in quotation marks.
1
When asking the use to enter/ input some data/ information to the
(iii) program
When displaying the output
2
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Index 0 1 2 3 4 5
String L u c e u m
(b) (i)
One mark for each correct row
2
SET numChars TO LENGTH (Lyceum)
(ii) SEND numChars TO DISPLAY
One mark for each correct row
2
(c) (i) len()
1
string = ‘Lyceum’
length = len(string)
(ii) print(length)
one mark for each correct line
3
(d) (i) Using a loop to cycle through each character in a string
1
SET string TO ‘Lyceum’
FOR index = 0 TO LENGTH (string) - 1
SEND string [index] TO DISPLAY
(ii)
END FOR
one mark for each correct line
4
string = 'Lyceum'
for index in range (0, len(string)) :
(iii) print (string[index])
one mark for each correct line
3
END
Ref:CG
Grade 9 (Edexcel) Computer Science Mark Scheme Monthly Test - January 2022
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