COMP3 - JUN 2016 Discussion Thread

I got 73/75 on COMP4, and 1 mark of an A on COMP2, but COMP1 f****d me over too haha! Ended up getting an E in COMP1 o_O
AQA Reverse looks so much nicer now, and my coding knowledge has improved by ALOT. I need 82% in COMP1 and 88% in COMP3 and I might just ace that A*. :P

I'm curious how you guys are approaching revision for this exam, I feel like the textbook doesn't cover eveything...

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Ainsleyy

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Original post by Filipo

I got 73/75 on COMP4, and 1 mark of an A on COMP2, but COMP1 f****d me over too haha! Ended up getting an E in COMP1 o_OAQA Reverse looks so much nicer now, and my coding knowledge has improved by ALOT. I need 82% in COMP1 and 88% in COMP3 and I might just ace that A*. :PI'm curious how you guys are approaching revision for this exam, I feel like the textbook doesn't cover eveything...

I'm so frustrated right now because I was thinking the same as you. I couldn't find hashing anywhere in the book and there were past paper questions on it. I googled it and found out its not even in the book... I had absolutely no idea. Does anyone know if there are any other topics that aren't in the book that I should learn? If so does anyone know any good resources to learn them from?

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alizagator

Original post by Ainsleyy

I'm so frustrated right now because I was thinking the same as you. I couldn't find hashing anywhere in the book and there were past paper questions on it. I googled it and found out its not even in the book... I had absolutely no idea. Does anyone know if there are any other topics that aren't in the book that I should learn? If so does anyone know any good resources to learn them from?

Hashing, graph traversals and binary trees are all on the revision checklist but aren't in the textbook, there are some good resources for them at http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/ict-and-computer-science/as-and-a-level/computing-2510/teaching-and-learning-resources though :smile:

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Original post by Ainsleyy

I'm so frustrated right now because I was thinking the same as you. I couldn't find hashing anywhere in the book and there were past paper questions on it. I googled it and found out its not even in the book... I had absolutely no idea. Does anyone know if there are any other topics that aren't in the book that I should learn? If so does anyone know any good resources to learn them from?

Multiwingspan website provides some good notes, I think AQA has revision notes available too. There are a few websites with notes on them that have some stuff that we need. I think its all about using all the different resources which makes it much more difficult for us.

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Hi, seems like most people are on the same page here, i got an E in comp1, a C in comp2, D for AS overall and my teacher predicts my comp4 is a low D (i am not great at programming). im retaking comp2 and doing comp3 of course, i am aiming for a C overall so i need to ace these exams. A lot of you have mentioned hashing questions coming up in exams, could someone tell me which papers they are so i could have a look, thanks.

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Original post by JonnyMarx98

Hi, seems like most people are on the same page here, i got an E in comp1, a C in comp2, D for AS overall and my teacher predicts my comp4 is a low D (i am not great at programming). im retaking comp2 and doing comp3 of course, i am aiming for a C overall so i need to ace these exams. A lot of you have mentioned hashing questions coming up in exams, could someone tell me which papers they are so i could have a look, thanks.

I don't know what exams hashing comes up in, but what I would suggest is doing all of the past papers for comp3. There is only about 6, and questions in computing tend to be recycled a lot.

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Original post by Filipo

I don't know what exams hashing comes up in, but what I would suggest is doing all of the past papers for comp3. There is only about 6, and questions in computing tend to be recycled a lot.

I was planning on doing so. It's annoying that my teacher still hasn't taught us everything yet though, so i have been teaching myself stuff i don't know.

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Quick question, does anyone know if you can bullet point your answers on questions where you are assessed on good english. For example in june 2015 could you bullet point the tasks of an operating system on question 6.

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GMogOx

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Original post by JonnyMarx98

Quick question, does anyone know if you can bullet point your answers on questions where you are assessed on good english. For example in june 2015 could you bullet point the tasks of an operating system on question 6.

I think you'd lose some marks for your QWC however I think you would still get credited for the contents of the bullet points.

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Original post by JonnyMarx98

I was planning on doing so. It's annoying that my teacher still hasn't taught us everything yet though, so i have been teaching myself stuff i don't know.

Your not the only one. We still haven't been taught everything. Its VERY frustrating.

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Original post by JonnyMarx98

Quick question, does anyone know if you can bullet point your answers on questions where you are assessed on good english. For example in june 2015 could you bullet point the tasks of an operating system on question 6.

You would lose marks for quality of written communication.

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