GCE A Level Computer Science

Assessment

Computer systems (01) - 2 hours and 30 minutes written paper worth 40% of the final grade. The internal workings of the (CPU), data exchange, software development, data types and legal and ethical issues. Algorithms and programming (02) - 2 hours and 30 minutes written paper worth 40% of the final grade. Using computational thinking to solve problems. Programming project (03) - Non-exam assessment (20%) Students will be expected to analyse a problem (10 marks), and design (15 marks), develop and test (25 marks), and evaluate and document (20 marks) a program. The program must be to solve it written in a suitable programming language. Students must take all three components to be awarded the OCR A Level in Computer Science.