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Cambridge A Level ยท 9618 ยท Paper 4 ยท Practical programming

Computer Science 9618/43 May/June 2026 past paper

Cambridge A Level Computer Science (9618) Paper 4 (Practical programming), variant 3, May/June 2026: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 3 questions worth 75 marks. Free to open, no account needed.

Questions
3
Marks
75

File names: 9618_s26_qp_43 ยท 9618_s26_ms_43

Topics in this paper

Which syllabus chapters 9618/43 May/June 2026 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.

ChapterQuestionsMarks
Computational thinking and Problem-solving246
Further Programming129

Questions in 9618/43 May/June 2026

  1. Question 1Computational thinking and Problem-solving ยท 21 marks

    A program stores 15 strings in the 1D array DataArray (a) Write program code to declare the global 1D array DataArray with space for 15 string elements. Save your program as Question1_J26. Copy and paste the program code into 1(a) โ€ฆ

  2. Question 2Further Programming ยท 29 marks

    A prototype for a game is being developed using Objectโ€‘Oriented Programming (OOP). The game has a set of characters that have data stored about their characteristics, for example if the character can fly or not fly. A user has to โ€ฆ

  3. Question 3Computational thinking and Problem-solving ยท 25 marks

    A binary tree is designed to store up to 100 positive integers. The binary tree stores data in ascending numerical order. The data in the binary tree is created as a global 2D array with the identifier BinaryTree Each node โ€ฆ

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