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Computer Science 9618 · Information representation. Binary and decimal prefixes; binary, denary, hexadecimal, BCD, ones and twos complement; integer conversion, binary arithmetic and overflow; ASCII, extended ASCII and Unicode.

It came up in 51 of 104 papers, for about 6 marks a paper when it does. It last came up in October/November 2025.

Often set with Multimedia, Assembly Language, Compression, Bit manipulation.

60 questions, newest first

  1. 9618/11/O/N/25 Question 1 · 7 marks
  2. 9618/12/O/N/25 Question 6 part (b) · 1 mark
  3. 9618/12/O/N/25 Question 7 · 4 marks
  4. 9618/13/O/N/25 Question 1 parts (b) (c) · 4 marks
  5. 9618/13/O/N/25 Question 2 parts (a) (b) (d) · 5 marks
  6. 9618/11/M/J/25 Question 3 parts (b(i)) (b(ii)) (b(iii)) · 4 marks
  7. 9618/12/M/J/25 Question 2 · 7 marks
  8. 9618/13/M/J/25 Question 1 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) · 5 marks
  9. 9618/13/M/J/25 Question 7 parts (b) (c) · 3 marks
  10. 9618/11/O/N/24 Question 1 · 7 marks
  11. 9618/13/O/N/24 Question 6 part (a) · 2 marks
  12. 9618/13/O/N/24 Question 8 parts (a) (b) · 4 marks
  13. 9618/11/M/J/24 Question 7 · 3 marks
  14. 9618/12/M/J/24 Question 7 · 6 marks
  15. 9618/13/M/J/24 Question 1 · 9 marks
  16. 9618/12/O/N/23 Question 3 · 6 marks
  17. 9618/13/O/N/23 Question 1 part (a) · 1 mark
  18. 9618/11/M/J/23 Question 3 parts (d(i)) (d(ii)) (d(iii)) (d(iv)) (d(v)) · 7 marks
  19. 9618/12/M/J/23 Question 4 parts (a) (b) (c) · 5 marks
  20. 9618/13/M/J/23 Question 7 part (a) · 3 marks
  21. 9618/11/O/N/22 Question 1 parts (a(i)) (a(ii)) (a(iii)) (b) (c) · 8 marks
  22. 9618/12/O/N/22 Question 2 · 5 marks
  23. 9618/13/O/N/22 Question 9 · 4 marks
  24. 9618/11/M/J/22 Question 1 · 5 marks
  25. 9618/12/M/J/22 Question 3 parts (c) (e) · 4 marks
  26. 9618/13/M/J/22 Question 1 parts (a(i)) (a(ii)) (b) · 10 marks
  27. 9608/11/O/N/21 Question 1 parts (b) (c) · 7 marks
  28. 9618/11/O/N/21 Question 1 · 9 marks
  29. 9618/12/O/N/21 Question 4 · 8 marks
  30. 9618/13/O/N/21 Question 1 · 9 marks
  31. 9608/12/M/J/21 Question 3 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) · 2 marks
  32. 9608/12/M/J/21 Question 6 parts (a) (b) · 4 marks
  33. 9608/13/M/J/21 Question 3 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) (c(iii)) · 3 marks
  34. 9618/11/M/J/21 Question 1 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) (c(iii)) · 7 marks
  35. 9618/12/M/J/21 Question 4 part (b(i)) · 1 mark
  36. 9618/12/M/J/21 Question 6 · 6 marks
  37. 9618/13/M/J/21 Question 1 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) (c(iii)) · 7 marks
  38. 9608/11/M/J/20 Question 4 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) · 3 marks
  39. 9608/12/M/J/20 Question 5 parts (b(i)) (b(ii)) (b(iii)) · 4 marks
  40. 9608/13/M/J/20 Question 7 part (d) · 2 marks
  41. 9608/11/O/N/19 Question 5 parts (a(ii)) (b) (c(i)) (c(ii)) (d) · 6 marks
  42. 9608/13/O/N/19 Question 4 · 5 marks
  43. 9608/12/M/J/19 Question 3 parts (d(i)) (d(ii)) (d(iii)) · 3 marks
  44. 9608/11/O/N/18 Question 4 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) (c(iii)) · 3 marks
  45. 9608/12/O/N/18 Question 3 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) (c(iii)) · 3 marks
  46. 9608/13/O/N/18 Question 1 part (a(i)) · 1 mark
  47. 9608/13/O/N/18 Question 2 parts (b(i)) (b(ii)) (b(iii)) (b(iv)) · 4 marks
  48. 9608/11/M/J/18 Question 8 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) (c(iii)) · 3 marks
  49. 9608/12/M/J/18 Question 4 · 8 marks
  50. 9608/13/M/J/18 Question 3 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) (c(iii)) (c(iv)) · 4 marks
  51. 9608/13/O/N/17 Question 1 · 7 marks
  52. 9608/22/O/N/17 Question 1 part (b(i)) · 2 marks
  53. 9608/11/O/N/16 Question 3 · 7 marks
  54. 9608/11/O/N/16 Question 8 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) · 4 marks
  55. 9608/12/O/N/16 Question 4 · 4 marks
  56. 9608/13/O/N/16 Question 3 · 7 marks
  57. 9608/13/O/N/16 Question 8 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) · 4 marks
  58. 9608/11/M/J/16 Question 2 · 5 marks
  59. 9608/12/M/J/16 Question 2 · 5 marks
  60. 9608/13/M/J/16 Question 2 · 6 marks

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