0417.1.1.11 — Differences between analogue and digital data: past paper questions
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- 0417/11 · October/November 2025 · Q2b[4]
Contrast analogue data with digital data.
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · October/November 2024 · Q3a[2]
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See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · October/November 2024 · Q3b[2]
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See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · February/March 2024 · Q3[4]
There are two forms of data: analogue and digital. Contrast analogue and digital data.
See it on the paper → - 0417/11 · May/June 2023 · Q1[1]
Tick (✓) the most appropriate data type for the ISBN.
See it on the paper → - 0417/13 · October/November 2022 · Q6a[2]
State what is meant by png and gif file types. png gif
See it on the paper → - 0417/13 · October/November 2022 · Q6b[3]
Explain the differences between the two file types.
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · February/March 2020 · Q6a[3]
Write down the file path to locate a document which is stored in the folder Examination_Marks. C:
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · February/March 2020 · Q6b[2]
The teacher could have saved the document as a .txt or an .rtf file format. Describe what is meant by .txt and .rtf file formats.
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · February/March 2020 · Q6c[3]
Explain the differences between the two file formats.
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · October/November 2019 · Q1[4]
A student is creating a test plan for a validation routine. The input to be tested is an integer between 1 and 10. Tick whether the following are the most appropriate examples of normal data, abnormal data or extreme data. one 10 3.2
See it on the paper → - 0417/12 · May/June 2019 · Q14[2]
Explain the difference between analogue data and digital data.
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What examiners said
This question was quite challenging for candidates. Some candidates mixed up analogue and digital data. Also lots of answers were unclear with the candidates writing about computers understanding or not understanding the data. Some candidates identified that analogue was continuous and digital is discrete data and that analogue data needed to be converted to digital for a computer to process it....
— Examiner report, February/March 2024, 0417/12 Q3 (Cambridge)
This question was a tick box question that should have been straightforward. However, some candidates may have found it challenging because bar codes in previous series have been depicted as integers. This question included an X, which is not an integer, so the answer should have been "Text". Unfortunately this was also due to candidates not reading the question carefully before placing their answ...
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 0417/11 Q1 (Cambridge)
Many candidates knew that gifs could be moving images whereas png were static images. Those candidates that explained the different types of format fared better than those that attempted to expand the acronym.
— Examiner report, October/November 2022, 0417/13 Q6(a) (Cambridge)
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