SQA National 5 Computing Science Exam Questions By Topic

Iterative Development Phases

Identifying Functional Requirements

Structure Diagrams, Flowcharts, Pseudocode, Designing Efficient Solutions, User-Interface Design

Primitive Data Types, Arrays

Expressions & Assignment, String Operations, Selection Constructs, Iteration and Repetition, Predefined Functions, Reading Code

Standard Algorithms

Test Data, Error Types

Solution Evaluation Metrics, Readability

Binary for Integers & Conversions, Floating Point & Character Representation, Vector Graphics, Bit-Mapped Graphics

Basic Architecture (Components), Translators

Energy Use & Reduction

Firewalls & Encryption

Identifying Requirements (DDD)

UK GDPR, ERDs & Data Dictionaries, Data Validation, Query Design

Relational Database Setup, SQL SELECT Operations, SQL Manipulation, SQL Joins & Reading Code

Testing SQL

Identifying Requirements (WDD)

Website Structure, User-Interface Design (WDD), Copyright Implications (WDD), File Format Comparison, File Size Factors & Compression, Prototyping (WDD)

HTML Basics I, HTML Basics II, HTML Implementation

CSS Basics, CSS Implementation

JavaScript Mouse Events

Website Testing

Website Evaluation