{"id":"25be70e4-c2fa-4e06-8cc4-69df379d9da7","revisionId":"8bd93283-d81a-45e0-933a-091d403b4956","questionNumber":null,"questionType":"LA","specification":"","difficulty":3,"difficultyBand":"easy","totalMarks":3,"sourceTitle":null,"calculatorUse":null,"parts":[{"id":"9d1b0813-7b07-4819-9321-b85369e92603","label":null,"content":"A smart car park uses an automated payment station. Complete the table to identify the missing input, process, and output in the system.\n\n![A diagram of a parking payment station showing a touch display screen, a coin/card slot for inputs, a receipt dispensing slot, and a barrier connection output.](https://assets.mathsgenie.co.uk/aqa-qb/2f70afc7-a7ce-4e24-b824-9bf34f72dfd5.png)\n\n| Input | Process | Output |\n| :--- | :--- | :--- |\n| **[1]** | Calculate parking fee | Parking fee |\n| Entry time and Exit time | **[2]** | Duration of stay |\n| Receipt data | Print receipt | **[3]** |","markscheme":"- Identifies **[1]** as 'Duration of stay' (or 'Hours parked' / 'Time parked') B1\n- Identifies **[2]** as 'Calculate elapsed time' (or 'Subtract entry time from exit time' / 'Calculate duration of stay') B1\n- Identifies **[3]** as 'Printed receipt' (or 'Paper receipt' / 'Receipt') B1","marks":3,"order":0,"markingRubric":null,"explanation":null,"options":[]}],"options":[],"explanation":null,"firstAttemptFullMarks":null},{"id":"279fbc1e-7b1b-4fae-89c2-f115bbe367de","revisionId":"fbd7f77e-58f1-4126-91e4-84581307fcdc","questionNumber":null,"questionType":"LA","specification":"","difficulty":4,"difficultyBand":"easy","totalMarks":2,"sourceTitle":null,"calculatorUse":null,"parts":[{"id":"deea4abe-b97a-43e5-9288-b44c739d46b4","label":null,"content":"Describe how information about individual delivery drones would be structured in a relational database for a logistics company.","markscheme":"- The data is organized in a table where each row is a record representing a single drone, and each column is a field representing a specific attribute (such as model or payload capacity) M1\n- A primary key (such as a unique `DroneID`) is used to uniquely identify each drone's record in the table A1","marks":2,"order":0,"markingRubric":null,"explanation":null,"options":[]}],"options":[],"explanation":null,"firstAttemptFullMarks":null},{"id":"27c5e4e2-c897-4879-96bc-ab24cf898123","revisionId":"fb4bf7fd-ff9c-412f-b5aa-2c7f852c51ec","questionNumber":null,"questionType":"LA","specification":"This algorithm searches an alphabetically sorted list of student names for a target name.\nThe target name may or may not be in the list.\n\n```python\ncurrent = 0\nfound = False\novershot = False\n\nwhile (current < len(studentList)) and (not found) and (not overshot):\n if studentList[current] == targetName:\n found = True\n elif studentList[current] > targetName:\n overshot = True\n else:\n current = current + 1\n```\n\nThe use of the `found` variable helps to make the algorithm efficient by stopping the loop as soon as the target is located.","difficulty":5,"difficultyBand":"easy","totalMarks":2,"sourceTitle":null,"calculatorUse":null,"parts":[{"id":"eaecc2c8-b6f6-439c-aec4-7c2e5365e502","label":null,"content":"Describe how the use of the `overshot` variable also helps to make the algorithm efficient.","markscheme":"- Explains that the loop terminates/stops early when a value alphabetically past the target is reached (or when `studentList[current] > targetName` is true) B1\n- Explains that because the list is sorted, the target cannot exist in the remaining portion of the list, saving unnecessary iterations/comparisons B1","marks":2,"order":0,"markingRubric":null,"explanation":null,"options":[]}],"options":[],"explanation":null,"firstAttemptFullMarks":null}],"initialQuestions":null,"initialView":"runner","intro":"$L3f","subjectCode":"gcse_computer_science","summaries":[{"id":"01836610-eac9-40ef-9f67-b0218622ac53","difficultyBand":"easy","calculatorUse":null},{"id":"02d0b0ec-d55c-47ed-8327-3f67ba4d48

Computational thinking Questions

Computational thinking Questions