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Every CAIE A-Level Computer Science exam question on 20.1 Programming Paradigms, June 2024 and the specimen papers, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 21 questions on Programming Paradigms, as a list
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q8(a) (3 marks): Sliding doors is a feature that is available on a minivan but unavailable on a hatchback. Write additional clauses to represent this information. 23 24 25 [3]
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q8(b) (1 mark): Using the variable Options, the goal: available(Options, saloon) returns Options = reversing_camera Write the result returned by the goal: available(Options, ha
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q8(c) (4 marks): F may be available for B if F is a feature and B is a body style and F is not unavailable for that body style. Write this as a rule: may_choose_option(F, B) IF
- June 2024, Paper 4, Q2(a)(i) (4 marks): Write program code to declare the class Tree and its constructor. Do not declare the other methods. Use the appropriate constructor for your programming languag
- June 2024, Paper 4, Q2(a)(ii) (3 marks): The get methods GetTreeName(), GetGrowth(), GetMaxHeight(), GetMaxWidth() and GetEvergreen() each return the relevant attribute. Write program code for the get
- June 2024, Paper 4, Q2(b) (7 marks): The text file Trees.txt stores data about 9 trees. The data in the file is stored in the format: Tree name,Height growth each year,Maximum height,Maximum width,
- June 2024, Paper 4, Q2(c) (4 marks): The procedure PrintTrees() takes a Tree object as a parameter and outputs the tree’s name, height growth each year, maximum height, maximum width and whether it
- June 2024, Paper 4, Q2(d)(i) (2 marks): Write program code for the main program. Save your program. Copy and paste the program code into part 2(d)(i) in the evidence document. [2]
- June 2024, Paper 4, Q2(d)(ii) (1 mark): Test your program. Take a screenshot of the output(s). Save your program. Copy and paste the screenshot into part 2(d)(ii) in the evidence document. [1]
- June 2024, Paper 4, Q2(e)(i) (6 marks): The procedure ChooseTree() takes an array of Tree objects as a parameter. The procedure prompts the user to input their requirements for a tree. The user needs
- June 2024, Paper 4, Q2(e)(ii) (2 marks): The procedure ChooseTree() needs amending. After the procedure has output the list of trees that meet all the requirements, the procedure needs to: • take as in
- June 2024, Paper 4, Q2(e)(iii) (2 marks): Write program code to amend the main program to call ChooseTrees(). Test your program with the following tree requirements: • a maximum height of 400 cm • a max
- Specimen, Paper 3, Q8(a) (2 marks): State the addressing mode used by: LDM LDD [2]
- Specimen, Paper 3, Q8(b) (3 marks): Using opcodes from the table, write instructions to set the value at address 509 to the contents of address 500 added to the value 12. [3]
- Specimen, Paper 4, Q2(a) (4 marks): Write the program code for the class, HiddenBox. Declare the properties as private. Do not write the constructor or any other methods. If you are using Python,
- Specimen, Paper 4, Q2(b) (4 marks): The constructor: • takes the box name, creator, date hidden and game location as parameters • sets the box to be inactive • initialises all the array elements a
- Specimen, Paper 4, Q2(c) (3 marks): The class HiddenBox has two getter methods: GetBoxName and GetGameLocation. Edit your program and write the getter methods GetBoxName and GetGameLocation in the
- Specimen, Paper 4, Q2(d)(i) (2 marks): The main program declares a 1D array named TheBoxes of type HiddenBox. The main program can store up to 10 000 elements as a local variable. Write program code
- Specimen, Paper 4, Q2(d)(ii) (4 marks): The procedure NewBox: • takes the Name, Creator, Date Hidden and Game Location of the box as input • creates an instance of HiddenBox and appends it to the end
- Specimen, Paper 4, Q2(d)(iii) (1 mark): After declaring the array, the main program calls NewBox. Edit the main program to call NewBox. Save your program. Copy and paste the program code into part 2(d
- Specimen, Paper 4, Q2(e) (3 marks): A new type of box is created. The new type of box is a puzzle box. The class PuzzleBox, inherits from HiddenBox. PuzzleBox has the additional properties: • Puzz
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