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Development life cycle and decomposition past paper questions

O Level Computer Science 2210 · Algorithm design and problem-solving. Understand the program development life cycle, limited to: analysis, design, coding and testing (a) Understand that every computer system is made up of sub-systems, which are made up of further sub-systems (b) Understand how a problem can be decomposed into its component parts (c) Use different methods to design and construct a solution to a problem

In Cambridge O Level Computer Science 2210, Development life cycle and decomposition came up in 6 of the 34 papers on Paperstreak, for about 4 marks a paper when it does. It last came up in May/June 2025.

8 questions, newest first

1. 2210/22/M/J/25 Question 1 · 1 mark
2. 2210/22/O/N/24 Question 5 · 4 marks
3. 2210/23/O/N/24 Question 2 · 1 mark
4. 2210/23/O/N/24 Question 5 · 6 marks
5. 2210/22/M/J/24 Question 1 · 1 mark
6. 2210/21/M/J/23 Question 1 · 7 marks
7. 2210/22/M/J/23 Question 1 · 1 mark
8. 2210/22/M/J/23 Question 3 · 3 marks

More in Algorithm design and problem-solving: Explaining the purpose of an algorithm, Standard methods (searching, sorting, totalling, counting), Validation and verification, Test data and trace tables, Finding and correcting errors, Writing and amending algorithms.

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