CAIE 9618 Computer Science Paper 32 May/June 2023 Past Paper (v2)
9618/32/M/J/23 · May/June 2023 · Paper 3 Advanced Theory
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Paper details
- Exam board
- Cambridge International (CAIE) AS & A Level
- Subject
- 9618 Computer Science
- Paper
- Paper 3 Advanced Theory
- Paper code
- 9618/32/M/J/23（9618_s23_qp_32）
- Series
- May/June 2023
- Variant
- v2
- Total marks
- 75
- Questions
- 11 (27 parts)
- Duration
- 90 min
- Type
- Written
- Parts with figures
- 1
Topic coverage
Question overview (marks and main topic)
| Q | Marks | Main topic |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 5 | Floating-point numbers, representation and manipulation |
| Q2 | 5 | File organisation and access |
| Q3 | 9 | Algorithms |
| Q4 | 4 | Programming Paradigms |
| Q5 | 5 | Encryption, Encryption Protocols and Digital certificates |
| Q6 | 9 | File Processing and Exception Handling |
| Q7 | 6 | Circuit switching, packet switching |
| Q8 | 6 | Processors, Parallel Processing and Virtual Machines |
| Q9 | 10 | Boolean Algebra and Logic Circuits |
| Q10 | 6 | Algorithms |
| Q11 | 10 | Algorithms |
Grade thresholds for this paper
| Grade | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min marks / 75 | 54 | 46 | 39 | 32 | 25 |
| Percent | 72% | 61% | 52% | 43% | 33% |
Grade thresholds are the minimum raw marks published by the exam board for each series and variant. A single paper has grades A–E (A–G for IGCSE); A* is awarded only on the whole-subject total.
Adjacent series
Other papers in this series
Paper 3 v1Paper 3 v3Paper 1 v2
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