Monthly Test – January 2022

Computer Science - Grade 9 (Edexcel)

Mark Scheme

Duration: 2 Periods Total Marks: 50 Marks

Question Additional
Answer Marks
Number Guide
Device Name Input Output Both

Mouse √
(1) (1)

1 (a)

Headset √
(1) (1)

4
(b) (i) C 1
(ii) PC 2 1
With more RAM, more of the program instructions can be loaded (1)
(iii)
and there is less need to keep swapping data (1) 2
(c) (i) Secondary storage is needed to keep programs and data long term. 1
Any two from,
 RAM is volatile (1) Secondary storage is non-volatile (1)
 RAM has lower capacity (1) than secondary storage (1)
(ii)
 Data on RAM can be accessed faster (1) than of secondary storage
(1)
 Secondary storage is cheaper (1) than RAM (1) 2
 Magnetic storage
(iii)  Optical storage
 Solid state storage 3
 Device A – optical storage
(iv)  Device B – solid state storage
 Device C – magnetic storage 3

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Question Additional
Answer Marks
Number Guide
2 (a) (i)  Stored Program Concept
1
(ii)  A computer in which the processing instructions are stored (1) in
memory with the data (1) 2
(iii)  Bus
1
Response identifies any four from: Response
 data and instructions are stored in main memory (1) must
 data and instructions are fetched by the CPU (1) cover
 on the pulse of a clock (1) (as ‘required’/ notified / assigned by the both
program counter) main
 correctly identify role of address bus (1) memory
 correctly identify role of data bus (1) and CPU
 instructions decoded by the CU (1)
(iv) Accept
 instructions executed (with data, as appropriate) by the ALU (1)
CPU for
Data and instructions are fetched from main memory (1), from
addresses
bullets 6
 requested by the CPU (1) on the address bus (1). (Data and and
instructions are sent) using the data bus (1). 7
 (Data and instructions are then) decoded and executed in the CPU
(1).
 Results of operations are sent back to the memory (1) on the data
bus (1). 4
 Accumulator
(b)  Program counter
 Current instruction 3
Any two from,
 Often cheap
 Low power devices
(c)  Use simple technology
 Might run just one program
 The program runs rarely updates
 The program runs is stored in ROM or flash memory
 Often use sensors 2

Question Additional
Answer Marks
Number Guide
3 (a) (i) D
1
(ii) Strings must be enclosed in quotation marks.
1
 When asking the use to enter/ input some data/ information to the
(iii) program
 When displaying the output
2

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Index 0 1 2 3 4 5
String L u c e u m
(b) (i)

One mark for each correct row

2
SET numChars TO LENGTH (Lyceum)
(ii) SEND numChars TO DISPLAY
One mark for each correct row
2
(c) (i) len()
1
string = ‘Lyceum’
length = len(string)
(ii) print(length)

one mark for each correct line

3
(d) (i) Using a loop to cycle through each character in a string
1
SET string TO ‘Lyceum’
FOR index = 0 TO LENGTH (string) - 1
SEND string [index] TO DISPLAY
(ii)
END FOR

one mark for each correct line

4
string = 'Lyceum'
for index in range (0, len(string)) :
(iii) print (string[index])

one mark for each correct line

3

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Grade 9 (Edexcel) Computer Science Mark Scheme Monthly Test - January 2022
Prepared for Lyceum International Schools by Lyceum Assessments