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2 Tick (ü) one box in each row to identify if the statement is about validation, verification or both.
Validation Verification Both
Statement
(ü) (ü) (ü)
Entering the data twice to check if both entries are
the same.
Automatically checking that only numeric data has
been entered.
Checking data entered into a computer system
before it is stored or processed.
Visually checking that no errors have been
introduced during data entry.
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3 Name and describe the most appropriate programming data type for each of the examples of data
given. Each data type must be different.
Data: 37
Data type name ................................................................................................................................
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Data: Cambridge2021
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Data: 47.86
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4 The pseudocode algorithm shown has been written by a teacher to enter marks for the students in
her class and then to apply some simple processing.
Count 0 ←
REPEAT
INPUT Score[Count]
IF Score[Count] >= 70
THEN
Grade[Count] "A" ←
ELSE
IF Score[Count] >= 60
THEN
Grade[Count] "B" ←
ELSE
IF Score[Count] >= 50
THEN
Grade[Count] "C" ←
ELSE
IF Score[Count] >= 40
THEN
Grade[Count] "D" ←
ELSE
IF Score[Count] >= 30
THEN
Grade[Count] "E" ←
ELSE
Grade[Count] "F" ←
ENDIF
ENDIF
ENDIF
ENDIF
ENDIF
Count ←
Count + 1
UNTIL Count = 30
(a) Describe what happens in this algorithm.
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(b) Write the pseudocode to output the contents of the arrays Score[] and Grade[] along with
suitable messages.
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(c) Describe how you could change the algorithm to allow teachers to use it with any size of
class.
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5 The flowchart represents an algorithm.
The algorithm will terminate if –1 is entered.
START
INPUT
Value
IS Yes
Value =
–1 ?
OUTPUT
"Reject: END
No
Abnormal"
IS
No Value >= 50
AND Value
<= 100 ?
Yes
Diff1 100 – Value
Diff2 Value – 50
IS
OUTPUT No Diff1 < 1 OR
"Accept: Normal" Diff2 < 1 ?
Yes
OUTPUT
"Accept:
Extreme"
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(a) Complete the trace table for the input data:
50, 75, 99, 28, 82, 150, –1, 672, 80
Value Diff1 Diff2 OUTPUT
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(b) Describe the purpose of the algorithm.
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6 A library uses a database table, GENRE, to keep a record of the number of books it has in each
genre.
ID GenreName Total Available Loaned Overdue
ABI Autobiography 500 250 250 20
BIO Biography 650 400 250 0
EDU Education 20200 10000 10200 1250
FAN Fantasy 1575 500 1075 13
GFI General Fiction 35253 23520 11733 0
GNF General Non-Fiction 25200 12020 13180 0
HFI Historical Fiction 6300 3500 2800 0
HNF Historical Non-Fiction 8000 1523 6477 0
HUM Humour 13500 9580 3920 46
MYS Mystery 26000 13269 12731 0
PFI Political Fiction 23561 10523 13038 500
PNF Political Non-Fiction 1823 750 1073 23
REF Reference 374 374 0 0
ROM Romance 18269 16800 1469 0
SAT Satirical 23567 12500 11067 0
SCF Science Fiction 36025 25000 11025 0
SPO Sport 45720 32687 13033 3256
THR Thriller 86000 46859 39141 0
(a) State the reason ID could be used as a primary key in the table GENRE.
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(b) State the number of records in the table GENRE.
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(c) Complete the query-by-example grid to display any genres with overdue books. Only display
the ID, GenreName and Overdue fields in order of the number of books overdue from largest
to smallest.
Field:
Table:
Sort:
Show:
Criteria:
or:
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