Daily Practice · GCSE Computer Science

Daily Practice - GCSE Computer Science

Systems, data representation, networks, algorithms and programming.

24th January 2024

5 questions · GCSE · 123 questions in this band

1
Ethical, Legal, Cultural and Environmental Impact
State one reason a small business might choose to use open source software instead of proprietary (closed source) software.
2
Network Protocols and Layers
Define the term protocol.
3
Algorithms
An array called items contains [12, 45, 7, 30, 19] at indices 0 to 4. Describe how a linear search would locate the value 30, stating the number of comparisons needed.
4
Translators and Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
A program compiles and runs but always outputs an average that is too small. State the type of error and explain why the translator did not report it.
5
1D and 2D Array Processing: Writing and Tracing Programs
Write a loop in pseudocode that outputs every element of a 1D array named names of length 6.

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