Unit Test

Cambridge International AS & A Level

COMPUTER SCIENCE 9618/12

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
● Calculators must not be used in this paper.

INFORMATION

● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
● No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 Aisha manages a team of software developers.

(a) Explain the reasons why it is important that Aisha acts ethically in relation to her team
members.

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(b) The team are developing a computer game where the user plays a board game (such as
chess) against the computer.

Describe how the computer would use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to play the board game.

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(c) The final game will be released under a licence.

Tick (3) one or more boxes in each row to identify the licence(s) each statement describes.

Free Open
Commercial
Statement Software Source Shareware
Software
Foundation Initiative

The user can edit the source code

The user must always pay before being

The user can redistribute the software

The user always gets a trial period

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2 A logic expression is given:

S = (A AND B AND C) OR (B XOR C)

(a) Draw the logic circuit for the given expression.

B S

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(b) Complete the truth table for the logic expression:

S = (A AND B AND C) OR (B XOR C)

A B C Working space S

0 0 0

0 0 1

0 1 0

0 1 1

1 0 0

1 0 1

1 1 0

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3 A company has several security measures in place to prevent unauthorised access to the data on
its computers.

(a) Describe the difference between the security and privacy of data.

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(b) Each employee has a username and password to allow them to log onto a computer. An
employee’s access rights to the data on the computers is set to either read-only, or read and
write.

Identify one other software-based measure that could be used to restrict the access to the
data on the computers.

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(c) The company is also concerned about threats posed by networks and the internet.

Identify two threats to the data that are posed by networks and the internet.

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(d) Describe the method how public key encryption is performed.

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