Types of programming language, translators and integrated development environments (IDEs): past paper questions

How hard the questions are

• Recall1
• Apply3
• Analyse2
• 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

• giveRecall5 questions

  produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory

• describeApply4 questions

  state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features

• identifyRecall3 questions

  name/select/recognise

• showApply2 questions
• completeApply1 question
• explainAnalyse1 question

  set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things clear / say why and/or how and support with relevant evidence

• stateRecall1 question

  express in clear terms

• suggestAnalyse1 question

  apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid responses in order to make proposals / put forward considerations

• useApply1 question
• writeRecall1 question