Cambridge A Level · 9618 · Paper 2 · Problem-solving & programming

Computer Science 9618/21 May/June 2025 past paper

Cambridge A Level Computer Science (9618) Paper 2 (Problem-solving & programming), variant 1, May/June 2025: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 7 questions worth 99 marks. Free to open, no account needed.

Questions: 7
Marks: 99

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File names: 9618_s25_qp_21 · 9618_s25_ms_21

Topics in this paper

Which syllabus chapters 9618/21 May/June 2025 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.

Chapter	Questions	Marks
Data Types and Structures	5	73
Programming	2	26

Questions in 9618/21 May/June 2025

Question 1Programming · 16 marks
A program is being developed to help the manager of a shop control the stock. (a) An identifier table has been used during the design stage. Complete the identifier table: Example value Explanation Variable name Data type "Fruit" a category …
Question 2Programming · 10 marks
A program is being developed to calculate the pay of employees working for a company. A function CalculateBonus() calculates bonus pay based on the value of sales. Bonus pay is calculated as shown in the table. Value of sales (in …
Question 3Data Types and Structures · 8 marks
A student has been asked to create a simple guessing game program. This program will generate a random integer value between 1 and 100. It will then repeatedly prompt the user to input an integer value until they input the …
Question 4Data Types and Structures · 28 marks
Study the algorithm: DECLARE Chars : ARRAY[1:4] OF CHAR DECLARE …
Question 5Data Types and Structures · 7 marks
Stacks and queues are both abstract data types. A stack uses a top-of-stack pointer to indicate the location of the last item added to the stack. A queue uses two pointers: • a front pointer to indicate the location of …
Question 6Data Types and Structures · 12 marks
A program monitors the speed of vehicles as they move around a large building site. Each vehicle contains a sensor which reads an integer value that represents the speed of the vehicle. The value is expected to be in the …
Question 7Data Types and Structures · 18 marks
A program is being developed to implement a customer loyalty scheme for a coffee shop. The programmer has decided that the following data items need to be stored for each customer: Data item Description customer ID a unique six-digit string …

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