O Level Computer Science 2210, topic 3.3
Data storage: past paper questions
12 Cambridge O Level Computer Science 2210 questions on Data storage (3.3) from 10 papers, 2023 to 2026. Open the paper or try a question free.
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- Questions
- 12
- Papers
- 10
- Years
- 2023 to 2026
- Total marks
- 108
- Average per question
- 9 marks
- Largest question
- 13 marks
By type: Structured 12
How hard the questions are
- Recall1
- Apply5
- Analyse6
- Not banded0
Derived from the command word Cambridge prints in each question, banded by a fixed table beside the syllabus's own definitions. A question printing no command word is unbanded: unknown, not middling.
Command words
- describeApply6 questions
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
- explainAnalyse6 questions
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things clear / say why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
- giveRecall6 questions
produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory
- stateRecall5 questions
express in clear terms
- identifyRecall4 questions
name/select/recognise
- showApply4 questions
- convertApply2 questions
- completeApply1 question
- drawApply1 question
- findApply1 question
Where the questions come from
By year
- 20261
- 20253
- 20244
- 20234
By session
- May/June9
- Oct/Nov3
By paper
- Paper 112
Questions on this topic
Showing 12 of 12, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.
- Try this questionQuestion 6May/June 2026, paper 12Structured10 marks
A student has an application (app) on their smartphone that can be used to identify the name of a flower.
- Try this questionQuestion 1Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Structured13 marks
A toy store gives each of the toys it sells a unique code. The codes are 3-digit hexadecimal codes, for example A4B. A computer is used to store a database of the codes.
- Try this questionQuestion 4Oct/Nov 2024, paper 12Structured13 marks
A student has a smartwatch. The smartwatch has built-in input and output devices. Identify two input devices that can be built into the smartwatch.
- Try this questionQuestion 13Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured7 marks
Storage and memory are important components of a computer system. Primary storage is one type of storage in a computer system. Tick (✓) one box to show which is an example of primary storage.
- Try this questionQuestion 7May/June 2025, paper 11Structured11 marks
A student’s computer has primary storage. One example of primary storage is random access memory (RAM). Identify one other example of primary storage.
- Try this questionQuestion 1May/June 2024, paper 11Structured4 marks
A student has a portable tablet computer. Identify two input devices that could be built into the portable tablet computer.
- Try this questionQuestion 3May/June 2023, paper 11Structured4 marks
Secondary storage devices are used to store data in a computer. Circle three components that are secondary storage devices.
- Try this questionQuestion 1May/June 2025, paper 12Structured13 marks
A computer stores data temporarily in random access memory (RAM). RAM is one example of primary storage. Give one other example of primary storage.
- Try this questionQuestion 5May/June 2024, paper 11Structured11 marks
A computer uses both random access memory (RAM) and secondary storage. State the purpose of secondary storage.
- Try this questionQuestion 4May/June 2023, paper 12Structured9 marks
A student uses a mobile phone to take photographs for a school project. The student needs to transmit the photographs to their computer. They could use serial data transmission or parallel data transmission to transmit the photographs.
- Try this questionQuestion 9May/June 2024, paper 12Structured8 marks
A company uses both solid-state and optical secondary storage.
- Try this questionQuestion 10May/June 2023, paper 12Structured5 marks
A user has both system software and application software installed on their computer. Describe the difference between system software and application software.