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Every Edexcel GCSE Computer Science exam question on 2.1.5 Overflow, 2022–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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  1. Q2(d)(ii)

    June 2024 · Paper 1

    1 mark2.1.5 Overflow
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  2. Q3(a)(iv)

    June 2022 · Paper 1

    2 marks2.1.5 Overflow
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  3. Q1(d)

    Specimen · Paper 1

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  1. June 2024, Paper 1, Q2(d)(ii) (1 mark): Identify the correct statement about overflow. (1) A Causing the program to crash during an arithmetic operation B Requiring more bits to store a result than ar
  2. June 2022, Paper 1, Q3(a)(iv) (2 marks): Explain what has happened as a result of adding these two 8-bit binary numbers. 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 + 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 (2)
  3. Specimen, Paper 1, Q1(d) (1 mark): Identify the 4-bit binary addition that will result in an overflow error. (1) A 1001+1000 B 0011+1001 C 1000+0110 D 0111+1000

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