Computational thinking: OCR GCSE Computer Science questions
Every OCR GCSE Computer Science exam question on 2.1.1 Computational thinking, 2022–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 4 questions on Computational thinking, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q5(c) (3 marks): Computational thinking techniques were used to design the security system. Draw one line to match each computational thinking technique to its correct example.
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q9(e)(i) (1 mark): Identify one way that abstraction has been used in the design of this program. [1]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q9(e)(ii) (1 mark): Identify one way that decomposition has been used in the design of this program. [1]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q1(c) (2 marks): State the name of each of the following computational thinking techniques. Breaking a complex problem down into smaller problems. Hiding or removing irrelevant
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