GCSE AQA Computer Science Paper 1

calwt

Any last minute things to remember for AQA GCSE Computer Science Paper 1? Thanks! :smile:

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Good luck! :smile:

How did everyone’s exam go

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Izzy-06

How do you think it went? Lots of people in my class didn’t seem to love how array focused the exam seemed to be.

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Izzy-06

Original post by Alistair23

How did everyone’s exam go

I think it went really well. At first the 8 and 6 marker near the end seemed horrible but then I just used the logic of the previous questions and then it was fine. How did your exam go?

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j.fundss

i didnt too it the cards questions so annoying and I'm trying to find how others did but most did OCR

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Evil Homer

TSR Community Staff

I've grouped a couple of conversations together that are talking about the same exam. Hope it went well everyone :smile:

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A_grant05

What did people get on the question about the differences between WHILE and REPEAT UNTIL. I only got that WHILE checks condition before the code and REPEAT checks after, what was the other answer?

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Izzy-06

Original post by A_grant05

What did people get on the question about the differences between WHILE and REPEAT UNTIL. I only got that WHILE checks condition before the code and REPEAT checks after, what was the other answer?

I wasn’t really sure but I just took a guess and said how one ran when the value of a was above one and the other ran when a was 1 or lower (I think that’s what the numbers where)

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noahwdennis

@A_grant05

I think it was the use of different comparative operators to end the loop such as less than and equal / greater than

(edited 1 year ago)

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VinxLxdyt

I did my code in pencil, is that going to be fine?

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SarpenedStudent

Was there a question 14 because a bunch are saying there was and I don't remember it?

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noahwdennis

Original post by SarpenedStudent

Was there a question 14 because a bunch are saying there was and I don't remember it?

Yep there was

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SarpenedStudent

Original post by noahwdennis

Yep there was

How many marks was it and what was it on?

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Izzy-06

It might be fine but the reason they ask for pen is that pencil isn’t always readable after being scanned in

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Izzy-06

Original post by SarpenedStudent

How many marks was it and what was it on?

I think it was about a card game unless that was question 13 but I think there was a like 6 or maybe 8 mark coding question there

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SarpenedStudent

Original post by Izzy-06

I think it was about a card game unless that was question 13 but I think there was a like 6 or maybe 8 mark coding question there

The last 6 marker I did was sequence of 5 cards in an array, I believe that was 13 but others are saying there was another question afterwards. I don't know if it's a prank or if I've screwed up.

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Izzy-06

Original post by SarpenedStudent

The last 6 marker I did was sequence of 5 cards in an array, I believe that was 13 but others are saying there was another question afterwards. I don't know if it's a prank or if I've screwed up.

I definitely answered all the questions as I checked multiple times. There definitely was a question 14 but I’m not sure if it was that card question or the 8 marker but then again even that could have been an earlier question.