Academic Year: 2019- 20

Date 05 06 20

Term 2

Semester Exam 2

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Additional Instructions:

For Examination Setter’s Use:

Subject Name Comp.Sc. Level HL Paper Number 1

Grade 11 Duration 2 hrs 10 min Teacher’s Code 5238

Total Marks 100 Teacher ‘s Signature Ashima

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Marks Obtained Total Marks Teacher’s Code Teacher’s Signature

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1. In order to improve weather forecasting, software is continually being developed. A group of 50
software engineers are divided into teams to work on different projects. Each team consists of about
10 people.

a) Describe how a manager makes sure that the work of all the teams fits together to create the
required solution. [2]

b) i) Explain why the test data would be prepared before any programs are completed. [2]

ii) Identify who would generate the test data. [1]

c) Discuss the implications of a changeover to a new implementation with regard to :

i) Installation [2]
ii) Training [2]
iii) Method of changeover [2]

2. a) Give the limitation and strength of recursion as a programming technique. [2]

b) Write a recursive code for binary search algorithm method. Assume the list is sorted. [6]

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(b) Transfer the contents of this two-D array into a collection called Numbers [5]