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OCR A2 Computing F453 Official Thread 22/06/2016 Exam Discussion

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Reply 60

username2460773

Original post by MrSplash

I meant for coursework itself not whole A Level. Only got a C last year, retaking f452 for a B

For f454 it doesn't mention the grade boundary for A*, but an A is 64 UMS/marks.

Reply 61

Dapperblook22

There is a 90% UMS boundary released each year for exams, to see which parts would be an A* on their own. Last year it was 73/80 for 90% UMS in F454 :smile:

EDIT: Here's the link http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/246985-a2-units-showing-90-percent-conversion-points-june-2015.pdf

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Reply 62

MrSplash

Original post by Dapperblook22

There is a 90% UMS boundary released each year for exams, to see which parts would be an A* on their own. Last year it was 73/80 for 90% UMS in F454 :smile:

EDIT: Here's the link http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/246985-a2-units-showing-90-percent-conversion-points-june-2015.pdf

Kl thanks

Reply 63

MrSplash

Looking through last years f452 paper with the markscheme..... Terrible.

Reply 64

ryanroks1

Original post by MrSplash

I meant for coursework itself not whole A Level. Only got a C last year, retaking f452 for a B

Judging from the trend over the last few years, 73 raw marks usually hits the 90% conversion threshold for an A* in F454.

Reply 65

King_Kauko

How is everyones F453 revision going?!

Reply 66

Dapperblook22

Original post by King_Kauko

How is everyones F453 revision going?!

For me it is going the same as always, working through past paper questions and having a weekly F453 test on each unit.

I have been paying more attention to register questions however, as there are not many resources for them and so I have been learning the model answers from the mark schemes.

Reply 67

John323

Hey do you guys think an SQL system would be classified as having enough programming to be a decent project when queries are used?
I am really worried as my coursework has been sent off and I am scared it will go down from what it has been marked as

Reply 68

Mattari

Original post by John323

Was it just purely SQL? What mark did you get?

Reply 69

John323

Original post by Mattari

Was it just purely SQL? What mark did you get?

I got a low B and there were obviously some other aspects involved as I was making it in VB but I added quite a few queries such as search and checking plus adding and removing data.

Reply 70

MrSplash

Original post by John323

I got a low B and there were obviously some other aspects involved as I was making it in VB but I added quite a few queries such as search and checking plus adding and removing data.

Mine is a vb program using sql to connect to a database... I got 74, it shouldnt be a problem if you have sufficient amount of code and alpha testing in your implementation.

Reply 71

Shannon#1

I'm really nervous about this exam, any revision techniques you are using? Nobody in our year did very well on one of their coursework grades (A452) so all of us need quite a good grade in our exam

Reply 72

Dapperblook22

Original post by Shannon#1

I'm really nervous about this exam, any revision techniques you are using? Nobody in our year did very well on one of their coursework grades (A452) so all of us need quite a good grade in our exam

A452 is the GCSE coursework I think; this is the thread for the A Level Computing Exam :tongue:

. You are welcome to stay though :biggrin:

Reply 73

James Carinduff

Is it possible to get an A* if I got a high B over all last year and a top a in F454?

Reply 74

ryanroks1

Original post by James Carinduff

Is it possible to get an A* if I got a high B over all last year and a top a in F454?

Providing you have an A grade overall across the A Level with 90% in the A2 modules, you can achieve an A*.

Reply 75

ryandaniels2015

What language is everybody programming in for F452?

Reply 76

MrSplash

anyone got any revision notes for f452? also how are people preparing for the algorithm questions?

Reply 77

AKC...

Original post by MrSplash

anyone got any revision notes for f452? also how are people preparing for the algorithm questions?

They can only ever ask the same sort of string manipulation kind of questions. Learn how to do this and all should be good. I'm in the same boat, but I've spent the past 4 days doing 453 just to make sure I know that. After that's done I'll spend some time on 452.

Reply 78

AKC...

Original post by ryandaniels2015

What language is everybody programming in for F452?

I'm doing python seeing as it is what I used for my program in 454. Shouldn't matter too much, but I've wondered what happens if you use a defunct or rare language.

Reply 79

Jamuk

Original post by AKC...

I'm doing python seeing as it is what I used for my program in 454. Shouldn't matter too much, but I've wondered what happens if you use a defunct or rare language.

Yeah you should be fine with Python, I used C# in mine.

Either way, it can't get much worse than my friend who panicked and wrote "pseudocode" as his language xD