Cambridge O Level

COMPUTER SCIENCE 2210/22

Paper 2 Algorithms, Programming and Logic October/November 2023
MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 75

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Generic Marking Principles

These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers.
They should be applied alongside the specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptors
for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these marking principles.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1:

Marks must be awarded in line with:

• the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question
• the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question
• the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2:

Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3:

Marks must be awarded positively:

• marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit
is given for valid answers which go beyond the scope of the syllabus and mark scheme,
referring to your Team Leader as appropriate
• marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do
• marks are not deducted for errors
• marks are not deducted for omissions
• answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these
features are specifically assessed by the question as indicated by the mark scheme. The
meaning, however, should be unambiguous.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4:

Rules must be applied consistently, e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed
instructions or in the application of generic level descriptors.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5:

Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question
(however; the use of the full mark range may be limited according to the quality of the candidate
responses seen).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6:

Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should
not be awarded with grade thresholds or grade descriptors in mind.

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Question Answer Marks

1 A 1

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2(a) Format check 1

2(b) One mark for each appropriate test data, max two 4
One mark for each correct accompanying reason, max two

For example:

Normal – 30/12/1960 …
Reason – … (the date is written in the correct format and) should be
accepted.

Abnormal – 30/Dec/1960 …
Reason – … (the month is not written in the correct format and) should be
rejected.

2(c) One mark per mark point, max two 2

MP1 check that there are 10 characters in total
MP2 if the date is too long/short it will be rejected

Question Answer Marks

3(a) One mark for each correct line. 4

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3(b) One mark per mark point, max four 4

MP1 initialise a variable to store the lowest number set to a high value (at
least 100) / first value in the array
MP2 loop structure to iterate 25 times
MP3 use of IF to check if the array element is less than the current lowest
value
MP4 …if it is, set this to the lowest value
MP5 output the result (with an appropriate message) after the loop

Example answer:
Min  100
FOR Count  1 TO 25
IF Temperatures[Count] < Min
THEN
Min  Temperatures[Count]
ENDIF
NEXT Count
OUTPUT "The lowest temperature is ", Min

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4(a) One mark per mark point, max four 4

MP1 Line 01 / DECLARE City ARRAY[1:50, 1:2] OF BOOLEAN

should be DECLARE City : ARRAY[1:50, 1:2] OF STRING
Line 05 / IF should be REPEAT
MP2 Line 07 / INPUT City[Count, 2]should be INPUT
City[Count, 1]
MP3 Line 11 / UNTIL Count = 50 // Line 04 / Count  1 AND Line
10 / Count  Count + 1 should be UNTIL Count = 51 /
UNTIL Count > 50 // Line 04 / Count  0 AND move Line 10
to beginning of loop / Line 06
MP4 Line 12 / FOR Out  1 TO 1 should be FOR Out  1 TO 50

Correct algorithm:
01 DECLARE City : ARRAY[1:50, 1:2] OF STRING
02 DECLARE Count : INTEGER
03 DECLARE Out : INTEGER
04 Count  1
05 REPEAT
06 OUTPUT "Enter the name of the city"
07 INPUT City[Count, 1]
08 OUTPUT "Enter the name of the country"
09 INPUT City[Count, 2]
10 Count  Count + 1
11 UNTIL Count > 50
12 FOR Out  1 TO 50
13 OUTPUT "The city ", City[Out, 1], " is in ",
City[Out, 2]
14 NEXT Out

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4(b) One mark per mark point, max five 5

MP1 add an input (and prompt to ask) for the country to be searched
MP2 …between lines 11 and 12
MP3 …using a new variable for the input
MP4 Add an IF statement to check if the current Country array element
matches the country being searched
MP5 …between lines 12 and 13
MP6 …if it does, allow the output in line 13 // the output in line 13 should
be after a THEN
MP7 If it does not, check the next element.

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5 One mark per mark point, max three 3

MP1 variables and constants should have meaningful identifiers
MP2 …so that programmers/future programmers are able to understand
their purpose
MP3 they are both used for data storage
MP4 constants store values that never change during the execution of a
program // by example
MP5 variables contain values that have been calculated within the
program / can change during the execution of the program // by
example

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6(a) One mark per correct column, max five 5

Value Average Total Count OUTPUT

0 0

25 25 1

35 60 2

3 63 3

0 21 Total is 63

Average is 21

0 0

57 57 1

20 77 2

25 102 3

18 120 4

0 30 Total is 120

Average is 30

0 0

−1

6(b) One mark per mark point, max two 2

MP1 to add together / find the average of a batch of numbers
MP2 the total and average are output (when the batch is complete/when
0 is entered)
MP3 when 0 is entered a new batch is started.

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7 One mark per mark point, max five 5

MP1 storing string in Quote
MP2 correct assignment for Start // sending correct start value
MP3 correct assignment for Number // sending correct number of
characters
MP4 use of SUBSTRING function with first parameter as Quote, or
equivalent, plus two other parameters
MP5 correct use of LCASE function
MP6 two correct outputs

For example:
Quote  "Learning Never Exhausts The Mind"
Start  25
Number  8
OUTPUT SUBSTRING(Quote, Start, Number)
OUTPUT LCASE(Quote)

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8 One mark per mark point, max four 4

Procedures, max three

MP1 to enable the programmer to write a collection of programming
statements under a single identifier
MP2 to allow modular programs to be created // to allow procedures to be
re-used within the program or in other programs
MP3 to make program creation faster because procedures can be re-used
// to enable different programmers to work on different procedures in
the same project
MP4 to make programs shorter (than using the repeated code) / using less
duplication of code // to make programs easier to maintain due to
being shorter.

Parameters, max three

MP5 to pass values from the main program to a procedure / function
MP6 …so that they can be used in the procedure / function
MP7 allow the procedure / function to be re-used with different data.

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9(a) One mark for each correct gate, with the correct input(s) as shown. 4

9(b) Four marks for eight correct outputs. 4

Three marks for six or seven correct outputs.
Two marks for four or five correct outputs.
One mark for two or three correct outputs

A B C Z

0 0 0 1

0 0 1 1

0 1 0 1

0 1 1 1

1 0 0 1

1 0 1 1

1 1 0 0

1 1 1 1

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Question Answer Marks

10(a) 18 1

10(b) One mark for the correct field name 2

One mark for the correct reason

For example:
Code …
…Each entry in this field is a unique identifier

10(c) Two marks for four correct answers. 2

One mark for two or three correct answers.

Field Data type

Breed text

Gender Boolean

Age integer

Arrived date/time

10(d) One mark for each correct answer 3

SELECT
Horses
BreedOrigin

Correct SQL:

SELECT Code, Breed

FROM Horses
WHERE BreedOrigin = "Scotland";

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11 Requirements may be met using a suitable built-in function from the 15

programming language used (Python, VB.NET or Java)

Tables for AO2 and AO3 are used to award a mark in a suitable band using a
best fit approach.

Marks are available for:

• AO2 (maximum 9 marks)
• AO3 (maximum 6 marks)

Data Structures required with names as given in the scenario

The names underlined must be used as they are provided in the scenario:

Arrays or lists WoodType[], Price[], Customers[], Quotations[]

Requirements (techniques)
R1 Input and store customer name, room length and width, with validation of
input for room dimensions, including error message and repeated input
(Input with prompts, range check and iteration).
R2 Initialise wood arrays. Calculate room area, select and store wood
required. Determine cost of wood type and calculate price of wood to
purchase. Round and store all data to relevant array (array initialisation,
rounding, data retrieval from array, calculation and storage of results).
R3 Output full details: name of customer, choice of wood and quotation price
with appropriate messages. Program continues for next customer (Output
with messages, iteration of whole program).

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11 Example 15-mark answer in pseudocode

// declarations not required in the answer

// initial population of WoodType[] and Price[] arrays
// input and loops are also acceptable
WoodType[1]  "Laminate"
WoodType[2]  "Pine"
WoodType[3]  "Oak"
Price[1]  29.99
Price[2]  39.99
Price[3]  54.99
// initialises starting customer in sales arrays
CurrentCustomer  1
// to allow program to continue to next customer
Cont  TRUE
WHILE Cont DO
// input customer name
OUTPUT "Input the customer’s name "
INPUT Customers[CurrentCustomer]
// input of room dimensions with validation
OUTPUT "What is the length of your room? "
INPUT RoomLength
// validate RoomLength
WHILE RoomLength < 1.5 OR RoomLength > 10.0
OUTPUT "The measurement must be in the range 1.5
to 10.0 inclusive, please try again "
INPUT RoomLength
ENDWHILE
OUTPUT "What is the width of your room? "
INPUT RoomWidth
// validate RoomWidth

WHILE RoomWidth < 1.5 OR RoomWidth > 10.0

OUTPUT "The measurement must be in the range 1.5
to 10.0 inclusive, please try again "
INPUT RoomWidth
ENDWHILE
RoomArea  ROUND(RoomLength, 1) * ROUND(RoomWidth,
1)
RoomArea  ROUND (RoomArea + 0.5, 0)
// show the wood available and prices
OUTPUT "the wood choices available are:"
OUTPUT "Number Wood Type Price($)"
FOR Count  1 TO 3
OUTPUT Count, " ", WoodType[Count], " ",

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11 Price[Count]
Next Count
// input wood choice
OUTPUT "Input a number from 1 to 3 "
INPUT WoodChoice
// validate wood choice
WHILE WoodChoice < 1 OR WoodChoice > 3
OUTPUT "Your input is out of range, please try
again "
INPUT WoodChoice
ENDWHILE
// to calculate the total cost of the wood
WoodCost  RoomArea * Price[WoodChoice]
// to store the relevant data in Quotations[]
Quotations[CurrentCustomer, 1]  RoomLength
Quotations[CurrentCustomer, 2]  RoomWidth
Quotations[CurrentCustomer, 3]  RoomArea
Quotations[CurrentCustomer, 4]  WoodChoice
Quotations[CurrentCustomer, 5]  WoodCost

// final output of quotation

OUTPUT "Customer name: ", Customers[CurrentCustomer]
OUTPUT "The wood you have chosen is: ",
WoodType[WoodChoice]
OUTPUT "Your total price is: ",
Quotations[CurrentCustomer,5]
// ready for next customer
CurrentCustomer  CurrentCustomer + 1
// resets CurrentCustomer to beginning of array when
array
// limit reached
IF CurrentCustomer > 100
THEN
CurrentCustomer  1
ENDIF
ENDWHILE

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Marking Instructions in italics

AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of the principles and concepts of computer
science to a given context, including the analysis and design of computational or
programming problems

0 1-3 4-6 7-9

No creditable At least one programming Some programming The range of

response. technique has been used. techniques used are programming techniques
Any use of selection, appropriate to the used is appropriate to the
iteration, counting, problem. problem.
totalling, input and output. More than one technique All criteria stated for the
seen applied to the scenario have been
scenario, check the list of covered by the use of
techniques needed. appropriate programming
techniques, check the list
of techniques needed.

Some data has been Some of the data The data structures
stored but not structures chosen are chosen are appropriate
appropriately. appropriate and store and store all the data
Any use of variables or some of the data required. required.
arrays or other language More than one data The data structures used
dependent data structures structure used to store store all the data required
e.g. Python lists. data required by the by the scenario.
scenario.

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Marking Instructions in italics

AO3: Provide solutions to problems by:

• evaluating computer systems
• making reasoned judgements
• presenting conclusions

0 1-2 3-4 5-6

No creditable Program seen without Program seen with some The program has been
response. relevant comments. relevant comment(s). fully commented.

Some identifier names The majority of identifiers Suitable identifiers with

used are appropriate. used are appropriately names meaningful to their
Some of the data named. purpose have been used
structures used have Most of the data throughout.
meaningful names. structures used have All of the data structures
meaningful names. used have meaningful
names.

The solution is illogical. The solution contains The program is in a

parts that may be illogical. logical order.

The solution is inaccurate The solution contains The solution is accurate.

in many places. parts that are inaccurate. Solution logically performs
Solution contains few Solution contains lines of all the tasks given in the
lines of code with errors code with some errors scenario. Ignore minor
that attempt to perform a that logically perform syntax errors.
task given in the scenario. tasks given in the
scenario. Ignore minor
syntax errors.

The solution attempts at The solution attempts to The solution meets all the
least one of the meet most of the requirements given in the
requirements. requirements. question.
Solution contains lines of Solution contains lines of Solution performs all the
code that attempt at least code that perform most tasks given in the
one task given in the tasks given in the scenario.
scenario. scenario.

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