O Level Computer Science 2210, topic 3.2
Input and output devices: past paper questions
12 Cambridge O Level Computer Science 2210 questions on Input and output devices (3.2) from 9 papers, 2023 to 2026. Open the paper or try a question free.
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- Questions
- 12
- Papers
- 9
- Years
- 2023 to 2026
- Total marks
- 105
- Average per question
- 8.8 marks
- Largest question
- 13 marks
By type: Structured 12
How hard the questions are
- Recall2
- Apply4
- 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
- giveRecall7 questions
produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory
- identifyRecall7 questions
name/select/recognise
- explainAnalyse6 questions
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things clear / say why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
- describeApply5 questions
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
- showApply4 questions
- stateRecall3 questions
express in clear terms
- convertApply2 questions
- completeApply1 question
- findApply1 question
- useApply1 question
Where the questions come from
By year
- 20264
- 20253
- 20243
- 20232
By session
- May/June8
- Oct/Nov4
By paper
- Paper 112
Questions on this topic
Showing 9 of 12, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.
- Try this questionQuestion 2May/June 2026, paper 11Structured11 marks
A smartphone has a quad-core 2.4 GHz processor. The processor performs the fetch-decode-execute (FDE) cycle. The first register used in the FDE cycle stores the location in random access memory (RAM) of the next instruction.
- 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 7Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured8 marks
A train station has a ticket inspector who checks each customer’s ticket before they are allowed to get on the train. The train station wants a system that will allow the tickets to be automatically checked.
- Try this questionQuestion 4May/June 2026, paper 11Structured11 marks
An optical mouse is connected to a computer using a universal serial bus (USB) cable. State the purpose of the optical mouse.
- Try this questionQuestion 2May/June 2025, paper 11Structured9 marks
A clothes store has a ticket system to allow customers to speak to a personal shopper. The ticket displays a ticket number in hexadecimal, for example 11B. The ticket system has an output device that creates a paper ticket.
- Try this questionQuestion 1May/June 2023, paper 12Structured3 marks
Output devices are used to output data from a computer. Circle three devices that are output devices. actuator digital versatile disk (DVD) keyboard microphone mouse printer scanner sensor solid-state drive (SSD) speaker Output devices are used to output data from a computer.
- Try this questionQuestion 7May/June 2026, paper 11Structured11 marks
A child has a robot animal. The robot animal can perform actions like making a noise and walking around a room. If the robot animal hears a clapping sound, it makes a noise.
- 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.