Computer Science IAL topics, by unit

10 topics · 4 units · 98 papers

Matched automatically, by keyword patterns in each paper’s questions and mark scheme, so a topic sits under a unit when one of that unit’s papers matched it. A topic assessed in more than one unit appears under each, counted and listed for that unit alone.

Paper 1 — Theory Fundamentals

25 papers · assesses:

CPU architecture and the fetch-execute cycle (5 papers)
Cyber security (4 papers)
Databases (9 papers)
Logic gates and Boolean algebra (6 papers)
Memory and storage devices (5 papers)
Networks (5 papers)
Number systems and data representation (8 papers)

Paper 2 — Fundamental Problem-solving and Programming Skills

25 papers · assesses:

Algorithms and programming (9 papers)
Data structures (7 papers)

Paper 3 — Advanced Theory

24 papers · assesses:

Algorithms and programming (2 papers)
CPU architecture and the fetch-execute cycle (1 paper)
Cyber security (1 paper)
Data structures (6 papers)
Logic gates and Boolean algebra (5 papers)
Networks (5 papers)
Number systems and data representation (5 papers)
Object-oriented programming (5 papers)

Paper 4 — Practical

24 papers · assesses:

All Computer Science papers