You should all be in study mode as the prelim is just after the holidays.

You can use this 2016 H Prelim Revision powerpoint to take notes and help you out.

Use BBC Bitesize or Scholar to study this list of topics.

• Computational Constructs
  • parameter passing (value and reference, formal and actual)
  • sub-programs/routines, defined by their name and arguments (inputs and outputs), including
    • functions
    • procedures
• Data Types and Structures
  • string
  • numeric (integer and real) variables
  • Boolean variables
  • 1-D arrays and records (including arrays of records)
  • sequential files (open, create, read, write, close)
• Algorithm Specification
  • Analysis, exemplification and implementation of algorithms including:
    • input validation
    • Find Max/MIn
    • linear search
    • count occurrences
  • Analysis of other algorithms of similar complexity
• Testing and documenting solutions
  • constructing a test plan
  • comprehensive testing
  • syntax, execution and logic errors
  • dry runs
  • trace tables /tools
  • breakpoints
• Low Level Operations
  • Use of binary to represent and store
    • Integers and real numbers