Cambridge O Level · 2210 · Paper 1 · Computer systems

Computer Science 2210/11 May/June 2026 past paper

Cambridge O Level Computer Science (2210) Paper 1 (Computer systems), variant 1, May/June 2026: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 8 questions worth 75 marks. Free to open, no account needed.

Questions: 8
Marks: 75

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File names: 2210_s26_qp_11 · 2210_s26_ms_11

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Which syllabus chapters 2210/11 May/June 2026 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.

Chapter	Questions	Marks
Data Representation	3	22
Hardware	1	11
Data Transmission	1	11
Automated and Emerging Technologies	1	11
Software	1	10
The Internet and its Uses	1	10

Questions in 2210/11 May/June 2026

Question 1Data Representation · 3 marks
Data storage can be measured in different units. (a) Tick (3) one box to show which is the largest unit of measurement for data storage. A exbibyte (EiB) B gibibyte (GiB) C mebibyte (MiB) D tebibyte (TiB) (b) Calculate how …
Question 2Hardware · 11 marks
A smartphone has a quad-core 2.4 GHz processor. (a) The processor performs the fetch-decode-execute (FDE) cycle. (i) The first register used in the FDE cycle stores the location in random access memory (RAM) of the next instruction. Identify the name …
Question 3Data Representation · 9 marks
Hexadecimal and binary are two examples of a number system. (a) Give one other example of a number system. (b) Convert the hexadecimal number 2A to an 8-bit binary number. working space (c) Convert the hexadecimal number 101 to a …
Question 4Data Transmission · 11 marks
An optical mouse is connected to a computer using a universal serial bus (USB) cable. (a) State the purpose of the optical mouse. (b) The USB cable transmits data using the serial half-duplex data transmission method. Describe how the serial …
Question 5Software · 10 marks
An integrated development environment (IDE) has two types of translator: a compiler and an interpreter. (a) Give the purpose of the compiler and the interpreter. (b) Identify one other type of translator. (c) The table contains statements about compilers and …
Question 6The Internet and its Uses · 10 marks
Web pages need to be located and retrieved to be displayed on a device. (a) Complete the paragraph about locating and retrieving web pages. Use the terms from the list. Some of the terms in the list will not be …
Question 7Automated and Emerging Technologies · 11 marks
A child has a robot animal. The robot animal can perform actions like making a noise and walking around a room. If the robot animal hears a clapping sound, it makes a noise. If the robot animal is walking and …
Question 8Data Representation · 10 marks
A student opens a document on their computer and inputs text. (a) Explain how the computer represents the text. (b) The student stores a video on their computer. The video contains sound and images. (i) Complete the table with the …

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