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Cambridge International AS & A Level · 9618
A Level Computer Science practice questions, by topic
Eggzams has 1,500 original A Level Computer Science questions for the Cambridge International AS & A Level 9618 syllabus, organised into 30 topics. Topics include Information Representation: Number Systems and Data, Data Representation: Text, Images, Sound and Compression, Communication Basics and Networks, Internet Technologies and Protocols and Hardware Devices and Computer Architecture. Every question has an explanation after you answer, so a wrong answer becomes a mini-lesson.
Sample A Level Computer Science questions
Here is the kind of question you will get, with the explanation that follows every answer. These are free in the app.
A Level Computer Science (9618) · Assembly Language and Low-Level Programming
In the Cambridge assembly language, which instruction loads a value directly into the Accumulator (immediate addressing)?
- LDM #n
- LDD <address>
- ADD #n
- STO <address>
LDM #n loads the Accumulator with the immediate value n (the # symbol denotes immediate addressing).
A Level Computer Science (9618) · Object-Oriented Programming
Which of the following best describes a "class" in object-oriented programming?
- A class can only ever define a single attribute, with no methods included
- A class refers only to a single, specific object that has already been created
- A blueprint or template defining the attributes and methods of objects created from it
- This term describes only the final compiled machine code of an entire program
A class is a blueprint or template that defines the attributes (properties) and methods (behaviours) that objects created from it will have.
A Level Computer Science (9618) · Software Development Life Cycle and Methodologies
Which of the following best describes the "design" stage of the SDLC?
- Design refers only to writing and testing the actual final source code of the system
- Design is a stage that is always skipped entirely in any software development project
- Planning the solution’s structure, such as data structures, algorithms and interfaces
- This stage always occurs only after a system has already been fully implemented and tested
The design stage involves planning the structure of the solution, such as data structures, algorithms, user interfaces, and overall system architecture, based on the requirements identified.
Topics covered: 30 topics, 1,500 questions
A Level Computer Science on Eggzams is split into the topics below, so you can drill exactly the part you find hardest instead of working through a textbook in order. Each topic has its own progress tracker.
- Information Representation: Number Systems and Data
- Data Representation: Text, Images, Sound and Compression
- Communication Basics and Networks
- Internet Technologies and Protocols
- Hardware Devices and Computer Architecture
- Logic Gates and Boolean Algebra
- Processor Fundamentals and the Fetch-Execute Cycle
- Assembly Language and Low-Level Programming
- System Software: Operating Systems
- System Software: Translators and Language Levels
- Security, Privacy and Data Integrity
- Ethics, Ownership and Legislation
- Databases: Design and Normalisation
- Databases: SQL
- Algorithm Design and Problem-Solving
- Data Structures: Arrays, Lists and Records
- Data Structures: Stacks, Queues and Trees
- Programming Fundamentals and Pseudocode
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Software Development: Program Design and Testing
- Software Development Life Cycle and Methodologies
- Searching and Sorting Algorithms
- Recursion and Algorithm Efficiency
- Networking: LANs, WANs and Topologies
- Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems
- Finite State Machines and Computational Thinking
- Bit Manipulation: Shifts, Bit Masks and Device Control
- File Organisation, File Access and Hashing
- Programming Paradigms: Low-level, Imperative, Declarative and Object-Oriented
- File Processing and Exception Handling
How to practise A Level Computer Science with Eggzams
Pick one topic, answer a short run of questions, and read the explanation after every answer, right or wrong. Repeat the topics where your accuracy is lowest. Questions come in easy, medium and hard, so you can build up in each topic and see the difficulty rise as you improve.
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1,500 original questions across 30 topics, each with an explanation.
Are these real A Level Computer Science past paper questions?
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The first 5 questions in every topic are free once you create a free account. A one-time payment of $9.99 unlocks everything in the app, with no subscription.
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