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| + | = Getting started = | ||
| + | You will need to create a new project and select a console app (remember in college you will need to browser for compiled storage). | ||
| − | + | When you have a console app, simply copy the code from the '.cs' file and replace all of the code in the console app. | |
| − | == | + | Run your console app, this will create the 'bin' folder with your project folder. Navigate through the 'bin' folder and you should see the files created when the project was compiled, copy the 'txt' files into the same location. |
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| − | + | =About Paper 1= | |
| − | + | You '''cannot''' use a calculator for this unit. You could however do the calculations in a small program within your IDE, for example: | |
| + | <syntaxhighlight lang="csharp" line>Console.WriteLine((3/9)*100); | ||
| + | Console.ReadLine(); | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
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| + | The question paper is divided into four sections and a recommendation is given to candidates as to how long to spend on each section. Below are the recommended timings for the examination. | ||
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| + | ===Section A=== | ||
| + | You are advised to spend no more than '''45 minutes''' on this section. | ||
| + | Questions will examine the specification content not specific to the Preliminary Material. | ||
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| + | [[Section A AL|Section A Main Page]] | ||
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| + | ===Section B=== | ||
| + | You are advised to spend no more than '''20 minutes''' on this section. | ||
| + | You will be asked to create a new program not related to the Preliminary Material or Skeleton Program. | ||
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| + | [[Section_B_2017|Section B Main Page]] | ||
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| + | ===Section C=== | ||
| + | You are advised to spend no more than '''15 minutes''' on this section. | ||
| + | Questions will refer to the Preliminary Material and the Skeleton Program, but will not require programming. | ||
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| + | [[Section_C_2024|Section C Main Page]]<br> | ||
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| + | ===Section D=== | ||
| + | You are advised to spend no more than '''70 minutes''' on this section. | ||
| + | Questions will use the Skeleton Program and the Preliminary Material. | ||
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| + | [[Section_D_2024|Section D Main Page]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:29, 11 December 2023
Getting started
You will need to create a new project and select a console app (remember in college you will need to browser for compiled storage).
When you have a console app, simply copy the code from the '.cs' file and replace all of the code in the console app.
Run your console app, this will create the 'bin' folder with your project folder. Navigate through the 'bin' folder and you should see the files created when the project was compiled, copy the 'txt' files into the same location.
About Paper 1
You cannot use a calculator for this unit. You could however do the calculations in a small program within your IDE, for example:
1 Console.WriteLine((3/9)*100);
2 Console.ReadLine();
The question paper is divided into four sections and a recommendation is given to candidates as to how long to spend on each section. Below are the recommended timings for the examination.
Section A
You are advised to spend no more than 45 minutes on this section. Questions will examine the specification content not specific to the Preliminary Material.
Section B
You are advised to spend no more than 20 minutes on this section. You will be asked to create a new program not related to the Preliminary Material or Skeleton Program.
Section C
You are advised to spend no more than 15 minutes on this section. Questions will refer to the Preliminary Material and the Skeleton Program, but will not require programming.
Section D
You are advised to spend no more than 70 minutes on this section. Questions will use the Skeleton Program and the Preliminary Material.
