Topics

Question 1

Unit 1- Components of a computer (paper 1)

Answer 1

1. 1- Processor components
2. 2- processor performance
3. 3- types of processor
4. 4- input devices
5. 5- output devices
6. 6- storage devices

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Question 2

Unit 2- System software (paper 1)

Answer 2

2. 1- OS functions
3. 2- Types of OS
4. 3- Nature of applications
5. 4-Programming language translators

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Question 3

Unit 3- Software development (paper 1)

Answer 3

3. 1- Systems analysis methods
4. 2- Writing and following algorithms
5. 3- Programming Paradigms
6. 4- Assembly Language

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Question 4

Unit 4- Exchanging data (paper 1)

Answer 4

4. 1- Compression, encryption and hashing
5. 2- Database concepts
6. 3- Relational databases and normalization
7. 4- Introduction to SQL
8. 5- Advanced SQL
9. 6- Transaction processing

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Question 5

Unit 5- Networks (paper 1)

Answer 5

5. 1- Structure of the internet
6. 2- Internet communication
7. 3-Network security and threats
8. 4- HTML and CSS
9. 5-JavaScript
10. 6- Search engine indexing
11. 7-Clint-server and peer to peer

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Question 6

Unit 6- Data types (paper 1)

Answer 6

6. 1- Binary, Denary and hexadecimal
7. 2- ASCII and Unicode
8. 3- Binary arithmetic
9. 4- Floating point binary (this powerpoint is hell)
10. 5- bitwise and masks

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Question 7

Unit 7- Data structures (paper 1)

Answer 7

7. 1- Arrays, tuples and records
8. 2- Queues
9. 3- Lists and linked lists
10. 4- Stacks
11. 5- Hash tables
12. 6- Graphs
13. 7- Trees

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Question 8

Unit 8- Boolean algebra (paper 1)

Answer 8

8. 1a- logic diagrams
9. 1b- Boolean notations
10. 2- Boolean algebra and simplification
11. 3- Karnaugh maps
12. 4a-adders
13. 4b-D-type flip flops

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Question 9

Unit 9- Legal and cultural issues (paper 1)

Answer 9

9. 1- Computing related legislation
10. 2- Ethical, moral and cultural issues
11. 3- Privacy and censorship
12. 4- Answering ethics questions

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Question 10

Unit 10- Computational thinking (paper 2)

Answer 10

10. 1- Thinking abstractly
11. 2- Thinking ahead
12. 3- Thinking procedurally
13. 4- Thinking logically, thinking concurrently
14. 5- Problem recognition
15. 6- Problem solving

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Question 11

Unit 11- Programming techniques

Answer 11

11. 1- Programming basics
12. 2- selection
13. 3- iteration
14. 4- subroutines
15. 5- recursion

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Question 12

Unit 12- Algorithms

Answer 12

12. 1- Analysis and design of algorithms
13. 2- Searching algorithms
14. 3- Bubble sort and insertion sort
15. 4- Merge sort and quick sort
16. 5- Graph traversal algorithms
17. 6- Dijkstra’s algorithm

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Question 13

From 2018 paper 1

Answer 13

Topics that were hard:
Q1Bi- LMC question
Q2Ai- functions of an OS
Q2Bi- HTML 
Q2Bii- page indexing 
Q3Diii- third normal form 
Q3E- data sharing?
Q6- Ethics
Q7C- psuedocode
Q8B- grid thing?
Q10A- logic gates
Q10B- Karanaugh map