AS/A2

Computer Science

TOPIC OVERVIEW - THOSE ITEM WITH TICKS COULD OCCUR IN THE MOCK EXAM.

TOPIC OVERVIEW:

3.1 Data representation
- 3.1.1 User-defined data types ✔
- 3.1.2 File organisation and access ✔
- 3.1.3 Real numbers and normalised floating-point representation ✔
3.2 Communication and Internet technologies
- 3.2.1 Protocols ✔
- 3.2.2 Circuit switching, packet switching and routers ✔
- 3.2.3 Local Area Networks (LAN) ✔
3.3 Hardware
- 3.3.1 Logic gates and circuit design
- 3.3.2 Boolean algebra
- 3.3.3 Karnaugh Maps
- 3.3.4 Flip-fl ops
- 3.3.5 RISC processors
- 3.3.6 Parallel processing
3.4 System software
- 3.4.1 Purposes of an operating system (OS)
- 3.4.2 Virtual machine
- 3.4.3 Translation software
3.5 Security
- 3.5.1 Asymmetric keys and encryption methods ✔
- 3.5.2 Digital signatures and digital certificates ✔
- 3.5.3 Encryption protocols ✔
- 3.5.4 Malware ✔
3.6 Monitoring and control systems
- 3.6.1 Overview of monitoring and control systems ✔
- 3.6.2 Bit manipulation to monitor and control devices ✔

4.1 Computational thinking and problem-solving

4.1.1 Abstraction ✔

4.1.2 Algorithms ✔

4.1.3 Abstract Data Types (ADT) ✔

4.1.4 Recursion

4.2 Algorithm design methods

4.2.1 Decision tables ✔

4.2.2 Jackson Structured Programming (JSP) ✔

4.2.3 State-transition diagrams ✔

4.3 Further programming

4.3.1 Programming paradigms Low-level programming Imperative programming Object-oriented programming Declarative programming

4.3.2 File processing ✔

4.3.3 Exception handling ✔

4.3.4 Use of development tools / programming environments ✔

4.4 Software development

4.4.1 Stages of software development ✔

4.4.2 Testing ✔

4.4.3 Project management ✔

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