Cambridge A Level · 9618 · Paper 1 · Theory fundamentals

Computer Science 9618/13 May/June 2026 past paper

Cambridge A Level Computer Science (9618) Paper 1 (Theory fundamentals), variant 3, May/June 2026: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 8 questions worth 75 marks. Free to open, no account needed.

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Marks: 75

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File names: 9618_s26_qp_13 · 9618_s26_ms_13

Topics in this paper

Which syllabus chapters 9618/13 May/June 2026 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.

Chapter	Questions	Marks
Information representation	2	21
Databases	1	17
Hardware	2	13
System Software	1	10
Processor Fundamentals	1	9
Security, privacy and data integrity	1	5

Questions in 9618/13 May/June 2026

Question 1Security, privacy and data integrity · 5 marks
Validation and verification can be used to protect the integrity of data. Complete the description of methods of ensuring data integrity by writing the missing terms. is a method of verification where the data is entered by a user and …
Question 2Hardware · 3 marks
(a) Complete the truth table for the given logic circuit. …
Question 3Information representation · 13 marks
An animation is a sequence of bitmap images with a sound recording played at the same time. (a) The sound is recorded with a sampling resolution of 2 bytes. State what is meant by a sampling resolution of 2 bytes. …
Question 4Databases · 17 marks
A database needs designing for a school library. The library stores data about books including the author, title, category and number of pages. The library will also store data about the students and the books they have borrowed. The data …
Question 5System Software · 10 marks
A student uses a laptop for school work. The laptop contains system software including an Operating System (OS) and utility software. (a) Hardware management is one key management task that the OS performs. (i) Identify two tasks the OS performs …
Question 6Information representation · 8 marks
(a) Draw one or more lines to match each denary number with its equivalent unsigned binary, hexadecimal or Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) value(s). Hexadecimal: 121 BCD: 00010101100001010001 Binary: 110000110000 Hexadecimal: 57F4 Binary: 11110111101011 BCD: …
Question 7Processor Fundamentals · 9 marks
A program is written in assembly language. (a) Complete the table by writing the name of each mode of addressing. mode of addressing description The operand is an address where the data is stored. The operand is an address that …
Question 8Hardware · 10 marks
A computer is used to record sound. (a) The computer has Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM). Complete the table by naming and describing two other types of ROM. type of ROM description (b) The sound is recorded using a microphone. …

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