O Level Computer Science 2210, topic 2.1
Types and methods of data transmission: past paper questions
12 Cambridge O Level Computer Science 2210 questions on Types and methods of data transmission (2.1) from 11 papers, 2023 to 2026. Open the paper or try a question free.
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- Questions
- 12
- Papers
- 11
- Years
- 2023 to 2026
- Total marks
- 130
- Average per question
- 10.8 marks
- Largest question
- 22 marks
By type: Structured 12
How hard the questions are
- Recall0
- Apply4
- Analyse8
- 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
- giveRecall9 questions
produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory
- explainAnalyse8 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
- identifyRecall4 questions
name/select/recognise
- showApply4 questions
- completeApply3 questions
- stateRecall3 questions
express in clear terms
- useApply2 questions
- convertApply1 question
Where the questions come from
By year
- 20262
- 20253
- 20244
- 20233
By session
- May/June9
- Oct/Nov3
By paper
- Paper 112
Questions on this topic
Showing 10 of 12, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.
- 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 5Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Structured10 marks
A computer system has a mouse. An interrupt is sent to the CPU every time a button on the mouse is clicked. Identify the name of this type of interrupt.
- Try this questionQuestion 5Oct/Nov 2024, paper 12Structured12 marks
A barcode scanning system uses a check digit to check for errors in data on input. Explain how the barcode scanning system operates to check for errors.
- Try this questionQuestion 6Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured4 marks
The table contains descriptions about data transmission methods. Complete the table by identifying which data transmission methods are described.
- Try this questionQuestion 4May/June 2025, paper 11Structured12 marks
A restaurant has an electronic ordering system. The system allows customers to select the food they want to order. The data for the order is transmitted across their network to a computer in the restaurant kitchen.
- Try this questionQuestion 4May/June 2024, paper 11Structured7 marks
Data packets are transmitted across a network from one computer to another computer. Describe the structure of a data packet.
- Try this questionQuestion 2May/June 2023, paper 11Structured10 marks
A student has a sound file that is too large to be stored on their external secondary storage device. The student compresses the sound file to make the file size smaller. The compression method used reduces the sample rate and the sample resolution of the sound file.
- Try this questionQuestion 3May/June 2025, paper 12Structured22 marks
A programmer writes a program to store and sort all the data for the books in her home library. The programmer uses a high-level language to write the program.
- Try this questionQuestion 2May/June 2024, paper 12Structured7 marks
Data can be transmitted from one device to another. Tick (✓) one box to show which of the terms is not a method for transmitting data.
- 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.