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IGCSE Computer Science 0478/21 — October/November 2021 past paper

Paper 2 Problem-solving and Programming (variant 1) · 1h 45m · 50 marks

Question paper Mark scheme

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For the whole October/November 2021 seriesExaminer report Grade thresholds

Grade boundaries for 0478/21

Grade	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
Marks	31	23	15	12	10	8	6

Minimum raw mark out of 50, from Cambridge's October/November 2021 grade thresholds. Cambridge sets A* only for the whole subject.

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About this past paper

This is the Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science (0478) Paper 2 Problem-solving and Programming past paper from the October/November 2021 exam series — 1h 45m, 50 marks. The official mark scheme is here too, so you can check every answer the way an examiner would. The examiner report for the series explains where candidates lost marks. The grade thresholds show the marks needed for each grade.

Cambridge's reference for this paper is 0478/21/O/N/21; the files are named 0478_w21_qp_21 and 0478_w21_ms_21.

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