Little Heath ICT - CPT1 Question time.

CPT 1

Here is the question paper analysis for CPT1. The color code is related to the revision sheets that you can download below. There are still gaps:

Hardware and software

Bits and bytes

Networking

Sound and Vision

Programming

Trees. Stacks and Queues

Trace Tables

	Jan-02		Jan-03		Jan-04		Jan-05		Jan-06		Jan-07
	Questions		Questions		Questions		Questions		Questions		Questions
	Answer Scheme		Answer Scheme		Answer Scheme		Answer Scheme		Answer Scheme		Answer Scheme
	Commentary		Commentary		Commentary		Commentary		Commentary		Commentary
1a	Processor and memory	1	Hardware	1	Name and describe buses	1	Bus/Star advantages disadvant	1	Software types	1	Hardware and software
	Secondary Storage		Software		LAN Hardware	2	System SW classification		Application		Units of measure, clock speed
	Fetch - Execute Cycle		Operating System		Parallel/Serial transmission		Applications SW classification		Bespoke		data/memory capacity
1b	First/Second G Language		Data Bus	2	First/Second/Third G lang		Offtheshelf/Bespoke definition		Interpreter/compiler	2	Classify types of software
	Execution of Second G language	2	Bit Pattern - Binary		Advantages of third G	3	Address bus		special purpose		Application
	Imperative language		BCD		Compiler		Data bus		operating system		Bespoke
	High level languages advantage/dis		Parity		Interpreter		Identify components inc clock		assembler		Interpreter/compiler
2	Word length		Start and stop bits	3	Binary Representations	4	Data types - telephone no etc.		definintion of library programme		special purpose
	Bits	3	LAN		BCD	5	Bit Patters -BCD Binary	2	Procedure and function		operating system
	Interpretations of word		Lan Hardware		Byte values		ASCII and Alternatives		Name of built in function		assembler
3	Integrated package		Star and Bus	4	Data vs Information	6	Bit mapped graphics		Dry run of function	3	Data encoding
	System/utility software examples		Advantages/Disadvantages		Direct vs Indirect		Colour coding/depth		Use of identifiers		Binary
	System software examples		What is a protocol	5	Star/Bus/Ring topology		Vector graphics		Compiler and interpreter		BCD
4	Binary		Why is a protocol needed	6	Define	7	Variable declaration		Advantages and disadvan	4	Queue
	BCD	4	Component identification		Internet		Assignment statement	3	Assembler		Worked example of queue
	Ascii		Function of processor		Domain Name		Selection statement		Machine Code	5	Data and Information
5	Video Resolution		Function of memory		Intranet		Iteration		Relationship between	6	Structured programming techniques
	Pixel display		Function of secondary store		URL		Functions and Procedures		Assembler error list		(odd one)
	Color depth		Data Bus		IP Address	8	Trace table	4	Hardware		Variable names and data types
6	Analog Digital		Control Bus		Dial up Networking	9	Parallel and Serial		Types of component		Pseudo code
7	Constant Definition	5	Constant Definition		Leased line networking		Bandwidth		Upgrade issues - benefits	7	Data encoding
	Variable Definition		Assignment Statement	7	Binary Encoding schemes		Baud rate and Bit rate	5	Data/Information		USB serial and parallel
	Local Variable		Selection Statement		Trace Table		Relationship bit rand and bw		Direct/Indirect		Parallel data signals
	Global Variable		Iteration	8	Stack	10	URL components	6	Binary representations	8	internet/intranet
	Parameter		User defined type		LIFO				types of data		URL components
	Assignment Statement		Parameter		Push			7	Browser	9	Statement types
	Selection Statement		Local variable		Pop				Characteristics of browser		Assignment statement
	Iteration		Named constants - advantages	9	Parameter				Domain names		Declaration
	Functions and Procedures		Age variable		Program structure chart				IP address		Variable statement
8	Parallel Data		Values of boolean						Top level domains		Data Structure
	Handshaking	6	Bit Mapped v Vector graphics					8	Networking NIC		Additional pseudocode
9	Advantages of networking		Advantages/Disadvantages						Networking benefits		Libraries
	Networking hardware	7	Digital Sound					9	Serial data	10	Trace table
	Star network		Advantages/Disadvantages						Image encoding
	Bus network		Sound synthesis						Sound encoding
	Intranet	8	Direct and indirect sources					10	Write code samples
10	Binary search tree		Data and information						Criticise code samples
	Trace table	9	Compilers
			Assemblers
			Interpreters
		10	Trace table

	Jun-02		Jun-03		Jun-04		Jun-05		Jun-06		Jun-07
	Questions		Questions		Questions		Questions		Questions		Questions
	Answer Scheme		Answer Scheme		Answer Scheme		Answer Scheme		Answer Scheme		Answer Scheme
	Commentary		Commentary		Commentary		Commentary		Commentary		Commentary
1	Bus network	1	System vs application sw	1	System Software	1	System/Application examples	1	Function of memory	1	Hardware and software
	Star network		Examples		General/Special	2	ASCII		Units of measure memory		Types of software
	Leased line vs dialup		General/Special/Bespoke		Advantages/Disadvantages		BCD		Stored program concept	2	Identifiers - Pseudocode
2	Hardware vs Software		Advantages/dis of bespoke	2	First/Second/Third gen		Unicode	2	Arrays and pseudocode		Functions and Arrays
	System Software	2	Bytes in a Kilobyte		3Gen advantages	3	Component/bus identification		Array assignment statements	3	LAN
	Other types of software		BCD/Pure Binary	3	Full name ROM/RAM		Stored program concept		Data types		WAN
3	Machine code		ASCII and Parity		Identify component/buses	4	Sound encoding	3	Networking advantages		Internet addresses
	Second gen, third gen	3	Identify components and bus		Stored program concept		Analog/Digital		Server vs local installation	4	Pseudo-Code
	Imperative high level - character		Stored program concept		Parity		Encoding schemes		Advantages and disadvantages		Variables, Types
	Named constants	4	Sounds/Images	4	Binary Tree	5	Start bits/Stop bits/parity		Explain dial up networking		Trace Table
	Iteration		Analog/Digital		Root node		Baud rate/Bit rate/Bandwidth		Purpose of modem
	Selection		Vector Graphics - how?		Search pattern		Baud rate/bit rate difference#		Define Protocol	5	Stacks
4	Component and bus identification	5	WAN - define	5	Define LAN, WAN	6	Global/Local variables		Define Handshaking		Queues
	Stored program concept		Internet hardware/software		Examples LAN, WAN		Self contained procedures		Domain names	6	Data types
	size of word		Leased line/dialup define		Protocol		Global variable bugs	4	ASCII		Binary representation
5	Data types		baud rate/bit rate define		Baud Rate	7	LIFO/FIFO stack		Parity and char representation		ASCII values
	Procedures, parameters, functions	6	URL components		Bit Rate		Binary tree		Algorithm block diagram		Parity representation
6	Bit patters		IP address and ranges		Bandwidth	8	Define LAN/WAN		Trace table	7	Computer Buses
	BCD	7	Variable declaration		Relationship Bw/Bit rate		Internet/WWW/Intranet	5	Component identification		Storage capacities
	Ascii		Selection Statement		Serial/Parallel adv/disadv		Domain name/IP address		Analog/Digital		Processor operations
7	Vector Graphics		Iteration	6	Sound Coding	9	Trace table		Sound		Stored program concept
	Picture encoding		Trace table		Bitmapped/Vector adv/dis			6	Vector graphics
8	Trace Table				Alpha coding systems				Graphic bit encoding
9	Parallel/Serial			7	Trace table				(very detailed)
10	Parity			8	Constant definition			7	Define software
	Bit rate/bandwidth				Variable declaration				Software classification		January 2008
					Assignment statement						Questions
					Selection statement						Mark Scheme
					Iteration
					Local variable
					Global variable
					Parameter