Model Questions and Answers
Edexcel Summer 2016 Exam Paper
The Question
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Same building or site is a LAN
Same business or organisation in different areas in a WAN
Working from home is a VPN
Personal items on one person is a PAN
The Answer
X
X
X
X
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Same building or site is a LAN
Same business or organisation in different areas in a WAN
Working from home is a VPN
Personal items on one person is a PAN
Now try this:
Situation
LAN
WAN
PAN
VPN
Librarian uses a computer to look
at literature on a server in the
basement.
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An organisation in Lisbon sends
emails to customers whether they
are in London or New York.
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An Uber driver uses a hands-free
kit to connect to his mobile
phone.
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A site manager working from
home is able to access his
company’s head office.
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Now try this: Answer
Situation
LAN
WAN
PAN
VPN
Librarian uses a computer to look
at literature on a server in the
basement.
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X
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An organisation in Lisbon sends
emails to customers whether they
are in London or New York.
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□X
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An Uber driver uses a hands-free
kit to connect to his mobile
phone.
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□X
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A site manager working from
home is able to access his
company’s head office.
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X
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The Question
Anything that a standard computer user may do is a high-level language
Anything that a manufacturer would have to do is a low-level language
The Answer
X
X
X
X
Anything that a standard computer user may do is a high-level language
Anything that a manufacturer would have to do is a low-level language
Now try this:
Situation
High-level
Low-level
Writing a new program for the BIOS
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Keeping a list of student grades after an
assessment
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Writing a program to work out UMS marks
needed to reach a target grade
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Changing the maximum amount of clock cycles
the CPU can complete in a second
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Now try this: Answer
Situation
High-level
Low-level
Writing a new program for the BIOS
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X
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Keeping a list of student grades after an
assessment
□X
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Writing a program to work out UMS marks
needed to reach a target grade
□X
□
Changing the maximum amount of clock cycles
the CPU can complete in a second
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X
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The Question
The Answer
gljlw
binary
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
+3
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Move the second alphabet forward 3 places
read upwards
to encrypt
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Move the second alphabet back 2 places
read
downwards to
decrypt
-2
Now try this:
fulham
+5
-3
mxixzb
Now try this: Answer
fulham
+5
kzqmfr
palace
-3
mxixzb
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Move the second alphabet forward 5 places
+5
-3
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Move the second alphabet back 3 places
read
upwards to
encrypt
read
downwards
to decrypt
The Question
Storing small files to track users is usually to do with cookies
Anything about unauthorised access (hacking) is the misuse act
Making copies of data usually breaches copyright
The Answer
X
X
X
Storing small files to track users is usually to do with cookies
Anything about unauthorised access (hacking) is the misuse act
Making copies of data usually breaches copyright
Now try this:
A website has been tracking users without
their permission.
A person was given a DVD movie. He gives a
copy of it to someone else.
An office worker gains access to a part of the
computer network he has not been given
access to.
Now try this: Answer
A website has been tracking users without
their permission.
X
A person was given a DVD movie. He gives a
copy of it to someone else.
An office worker gains access to a part of the
computer network he has not been given
access to.
X
X
The Question
The Answer
Comments
cubeNum
18 - 22
25 or 27
10, 19, 21 or 23
Now try this:
1. State the coding technique that could be
used to make pseudocode easier to
understand.
2. State the line numbers that show a
selection statement.
3. State the name of the subprogram shown
in the pseudocode.
4. State a line number on which the variable
Num is a global variable
5. State a line number on which the variable
Num is a local variable
Now try this: Answer
1. State the coding technique that could be
used to make pseudocode easier to
understand.
Comments or annotations
2. State the line numbers that show a selection
statement.
9 - 13
3. State the name of the subprogram shown in
the pseudocode.
sqNum
4. State a line number on which the variable
Num is a global variable
01, 10, 12, 14
5. State a line number on which the variable
Num is a local variable
16 or 18
The Question
The Answer
0.5 0.25
2 + 0.5 + 0.25 = 2.75 or 2 ¾
Now try this:
0
1
0
1
Now try this: Answer
0.5 0.25
0
1 + 0.25 = 1.25 or 1 ¼
1
0
1
The Question
Formula:
Time =
size of file in bits
network speed in bits
The Answer
Formula:
Time = size of file in bits
network speed in bits
10 * 1024 * 8
10 * 1024 * 1024
Now try this:
• Write an arithmetic expression to show the
time needed to transmit a 4 MB file at 8
Mbps. (2)
Now try this: Answer
Formula:
Time = size of file in bits
network speed in bits
4 * 1024 * 1024 * 8
8 * 1024 * 1024
The Question
The Answer
Now try this:
Bob’s Menu
English Breakfast
Continental Breakfast
1.
2.
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4.
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2.
3.
4.
Beans
Eggs
Sausage
Bacon
Croissants
Toast
Jam
Tea or Coffee
Write the HTML code needed to format the text “Beans”, “Eggs”, “Sausage”
and “Bacon” as shown above. (3)
(HTML and body tags already given)
Now try this: Answer
• One mark for <ol> </ol>
• One mark for all items in <ol> </ol>
• One mark for <li> </li> inside <ol> </ol>
Example:
<ol>
<li>Beans</li>
<li>Eggs</li>
<li>Sausage</li>
<li>Bacon</li>
</ol>
The Question
The Answer
Now try this:
Now try this: Answer
(1)
SELECT (id, name)
(1)
FROM tblPeople
(1)
WHERE gender LIKE ‘F%’
(1)
ORDER BY name DESC
The Question
The Answer
Now try this:
Now try this: Answer
The Question
The Answer
1
2
2
4
3
4
2
8
1
16
0
Now try this:
,#1
,#3
,#3
Now try this: Answer
1
3
3
3
2
,#3
,#3
9
1
27
0
The Question
The Answer
In Python:
R3 = 1
R4 = 2
R5 = 4
while R5 != 0:
R3 = R3 * R4
R5 = R5 – 1
Now try this:
,#1
,#3
,#3
Now try this: Answer
In Python:
R3 = 1
R4 = 3
R5 = 3
while R5 != 0:
R3 = R3 * R4
R5 = R5 – 1