Computer Science-P1-9-MS

Computer Science – Class 9 – P1 – Marking Scheme
Question Description Name of Device Marks

This is an input device that works by shining a light
onto the surface of a document. The light source is
2D Scanner 1
automatically moved across the document and the
reflected light is captured by mirrors and lenses.
This is an input device where a laser or a light
source is moved across an object. The width, height
3D scanner 1
and depth of the object are measured to allow a
model to be created.
1 This is an output device that uses many small
mirrors to reflect light towards a lens. This will DLP Projector(s) 1
display an image.
This is an output device that creates an object by
3D printer 1
building layer upon layer of material.
This is an output device that converts digital signal
to analogue signal with the help of DAC to produce Loudspeaker 1
sound.
One mark for each correct answer [5]

Question Answer Marks
Two from:
 It is non-volatile
2a  Can be easily disconnected from the computer 2
 It is not directly accessed by the CPU
 Suitable example e.g. CD, DVD, USB flash memory
One from:
2b(i)  ROM 1
 RAM
Two from:
 HDD
2b(ii) 2
 SSD
 Flash memory
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Question Scenario Sensor Marks

Counting the number of cars that cross Magnetic field / pressure /
1
a bridge motion / infra-red
Checking if a tropical aquarium is 25
Temperature 1
degrees Celsius
3
Monitoring the pollution level in a river pH / light 1
Detecting when a person is approaching

Pressure / motion / infra-red 1
an automatic door system
One mark for each correct answer [4]

4(a)  10110100
2
 11001001
4(b)  000011111010
1
(must have leading zeros)
4(c)  93
2
 1D

A variable in a computer program is a named data store than contains a
value that may change during the execution of a program. In order to make
programs understandable to others, variables should be given meaningful
names. 2
e.g. Age  13
5 (Accept relevant answer with right concept and example)
Constant in a computer program is a named data store than contains a

value that does not change during the execution of a program.
2
e.g. PI  3.142
(Accept relevant answer with right concept and example)
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Question Pseudocode Data type Marks
FirstNum  30 Integer 1
SecondNum  30.2 Real 1
6 Gender  ‘M’ Character 1
SurName  “John” String 1
Flag  True Boolean 1
Question Statement True False Marks

(✓) (✓)
25 kB is larger than 100 MB ✓ 1
999 MB is larger than 50 GB ✓ 1
7
3500 kB is smaller than 2 GB ✓ 1
2350 bytes is smaller than 2 kB ✓ 1
1 mark for each correct answer, in the given order:

• analogue
• digital
8 • denary 6
• 10
• Binary
• 2
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9(a) 11011010 1
9(b)(i) 187 1
9(b)(ii) number is divided (by 2 for each shift) / decreased 1
-128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
9(b)(iii) 1
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
Question Symbols Description Marks
Decision making 1
Input/output 1
10 Flow of direction 1
Start/end 1
Process 1
Question Answer marks

Sampling resolution; The number of bits per
sample is known as the sampling resolution (also known as the bit depth)
1
e.g. CDs have a 16-bit sampling resolution and a 44.1 kHz sample rate – that
is 44 100 samples every second.
Sampling rate is the number of sound samples taken

11 per second. This is 1
measured in hertz (Hz), where 1 Hz means ‘one sample per second’.
Image resolution refers to the number of pixels that make up an image; for
example, an image could contain 4096 × 3072 pixels (12 582 912 pixels in 1
total)
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=> 800 x 600=480,000 pixels 1
=> 480000 x 16 = 7680000
1
=> 7680000/8 = 960000 bytes
12
=> 8GiB = 8 x 1024 x 1024 x 1024 = 8589934592 bytes 1
=> 8589934592/960000 = 8947 photos 1
Mark
Question 13 Answer
s
is used by memory management to store and retrieve data from
paging 1
HDD/SSD and copy it into RAM
this is storage provided by a dedicated environment behind a
Private cloud company firewall; customer/client and cloud storage provider are 1
integrated and operate as a single entity
data The same data is stored on more than one server in case of
1
redundancy maintenance or repair, allowing clients to access data at any time
is a memory management technique where secondary memory can
Virtual memory 1
be used as if it were a part of the main memory
Cloud storage is a method of data storage where data is stored on remote servers 1
A point when the execution of a process comes to a halt since the

Thrash point system is so busy moving data in and out of memory rather than 1
doing any actual execution
Question 14
Student marks program
Get input Process Display output

1 1 1 1
Get student Get student marks Calculate average arks Display Average marks
Name
Accept relevant names of modules (breakdown structures) at the end and award one mark for each
output box.
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True False
Question Statement Marks
(✓) (✓)
The analysis stage does not use abstraction and
decomposition tools to identify what is required from the (✓) 1
program.
Iterative testing does not include modular testing (✓) 1
Flowchart helps the designers to minimize program logical errors(✓) 1

15 Structure diagrams are hierarchical, showing how a
computer system solution can be divided into sub-systems (✓) 1
with each level giving a more detailed breakdown
Decomposition adds up smaller parts of a complex problem
into bigger parts with the help of integration, which can then (✓) 1
made into larger systems
Pseudocode follows the strict bounded rules of a
(✓) 1
programming language
 to save storage space on devices such as the hard disk drive/solid state
drive
 to reduce the time taken to stream a music or video file
16  to reduce the time taken to upload, download or transfer a file across a 5
network
 reduced file size also reduces costs
 uses less bandwidth due to fewer bits as compared to uncompressed files
(any relevant reason should be marked correct)
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Computer Science – Class 9 – P1 – Marking Scheme

Question Description Name of Device Marks

One mark for each correct answer [5]

Question Scenario Sensor Marks

Detecting when a person is approaching

One mark for each correct answer [4]

Question Answer Marks

Question Answer Marks

Constant in a computer program is a named data store than contains a

Question Pseudocode Data type Marks

Question Statement True False Marks

Question Answer Marks

1 mark for each correct answer, in the given order:

Question Answer Marks

Question Symbols Description Marks

Question Answer marks

Sampling rate is the number of sound samples taken

Question Answer Marks

=> 8589934592/960000 = 8947 photos 1

A point when the execution of a process comes to a halt since the

Get input Process Display output

Iterative testing does not include modular testing (✓) 1

Flowchart helps the designers to minimize program logical errors(✓) 1

Question Answer Marks

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