2018 SEC 4 COMPUTING PRELIM PAPER 2 MARKING SCHEME
Task 1
Question Answer Marks
1 One mark for the correct formula. 1
==B3*12 or =$B$3*12 or =B$3*12 or =$B3*12
2 One mark for the correct values. 1
3(a) One mark for the correct formula, with B4 as a fixed reference. 1
=IF(ROW(B10)-9>$B$4, "", ROW(B10)-9)
(Or equivalent)
3(b) One mark for the correct formula.. 1
=IF(B10="","",CEILING(B10/12,1) )
=IF(B11="","",CEILING(B11/12,1))
…
=IF(B489="","",CEILING(B489/12,1))
(Or equivalent)
3(c) One mark for the correct formula. 1
=IF(B10="","",ABS(PMT(C10/12,$B$4,$B$2)))
(Or equivalent)
3(d) One mark for the correct formula. 1
=IF(B10="", "", ABS(IPMT(C10/12, B10, $B$4, $B$2)))
(Or equivalent)
3(e) One mark for each correct formulae. 2
In cell G10: =IF(B10="", "", E10-F10)
In cell H10: =IF(B10="", "", D10-G10)
(Or equivalent)
1
3(f) One mark for copying formulae A10:H10 to rows 11 to 489. 1
4 One mark for the correct length of tenure. 1
He should set the loan tenure to 27 years and 3 months.
Task 2
Question Answer Marks
5(a) size = 10 1
5(b) One mark for the correct validation criterion 2
One mark for printing feedback AND asking for input again.
Insert between line 4 and 5:
while True:
try:
income = int(input("({})Annual income in $: ".format(employee+1)))
if income < 0 or income > 120000:
raise Exception
except:
print("Please enter a value from 0 to 120000!")
else:
break
OR
income = int(input("({})Annual income in $: ".format(employee+1)))
while income < 0 or income > 120000:
income = print("Please enter a value from 0 to 120000!")
5(c) One mark for the correct code to obtain the highest tax. 2
One mark for printing the value.
2
highestTax = 0
if tax > highestTax: OR highestTax =
highestTax = tax max(highestTax, tax)
n = employee + 1
print("Highest tax payable is $", round(highestTax,2))
5(d) One mark for the printing the correct employee. 1
if tax > highestTax:
highestTax = tax
n = employee + 1
print("Employee {} paid the highest tax.".format(n))
5(e) One mark for the correct code to calculate the required percentage. 2
One mark for printing the value.
count = 0
…
if income <= 20000:
tax = 0
count += 1
…
print("Percentage who do not need to pay tax:
{}%.".format(round(count/size*100,1)))
6 Correct the four highlighted parts: 2
elif income <= 30000:
tax = (income-20000) * 0.02
elif income <= 40000:
tax = 200 + (income-30000) * 0.035
elif income <= 80000:
tax = 550 + (income-40000) * 0.07
else:
tax = 2800 + (income-80000) * 0.115
3
Task 3
Question Answer Marks
7 s = 0 10
count = 0
while True:
x = input('Enter a positive integer. Type "done" to finish.')
if x == "done":
break
elif not x.isdigit():
print ("Invalid input. Try again.")
else:
x = int(x)
if count == 0:
M = m = x
else:
M = max(M, x)
m = min(m, x)
s += x
count += 1
if count==0:
average = s = M = m = "NA"
average = round(s/count, 1)
print("\nYou have entered {} number(s).".format(count))
print("The sum of the number entered is {}.".format(s))
print("\nThe average of the number entered is {}.".format(average))
print("\nThe maximum of the number entered is {}.".format(M))
print("The minimum of the number entered is {}.".format(m))
4
Task 4
Question Answer Marks
8 while True: 12
i = input('Enter a string of digits or space:')
if any([not x in '0123456789 ' for x in i]):
print('Input error! Try again!')
else:
break
F = [i.count(x) for x in '0123456789 ']
B = [x for x in i.split() if sum([int(y) for y in x])>=20]
blocks = 0 if i.isspace() else 1
s = 0
count = 0
for x in range(1, len(i)-1):
if i[x]==' ' and i[x+1]!=' ':
blocks += 1
for x in '0123456789':
print('Frequency of {}: {}'.format(x, F[int(x)]))
print('\nNumber of block(s): {}'.format(blocks))
print('Block(s) with sum 20 or more:')
for i, b in enumerate(B):
print('({}) {}'.format(i+1, b))
1 mark of asking for user input.
1 mark for correctly validating if input is either a digit or space.
1 mark for feedback and re-requesting input if entered input is
invalid.
1 mark for tracking the frequencies of each digit, and
1 mark for storing the frequencies
1 mark for initialising a variable to track the number of blocks
2 marks for the correct code to count the number of blocks
1 mark for the loop to print each frequency
2 marks for printing the right frequencies. (-1 mark for each mistake)
1 mark to print the number of blocks
5
Question Answer Marks
9 1 mark of to enter the correct input 3
1 mark for saving the png file.
1 mark with the correct name.
Enter : 3647 94859 8482 3209 832 45346
10 1 mark to split input in blocks. 5
1 mark to sum the digits in each block.
1 mark to check if the sum obtained is 20 or more.
1 mark to print block numbers.
1 mark to print correct blocks.
while True:
i = input('Enter a string of digits or space:')
if any([not x in '0123456789 ' for x in i]):
print('Input error! Try again!')
else:
break
F = [i.count(x) for x in '0123456789 ']
B = [x for x in i.split() if sum([int(y) for y in x])>=20]
blocks = 0 if i.isspace() else 1
s = 0
count = 0
for x in range(1, len(i)-1):
if i[x]==' ' and i[x+1]!=' ':
blocks += 1
for x in '0123456789':
print('Frequency of {}: {}'.format(x, F[int(x)]))
print('\nNumber of block(s): {}'.format(blocks))
print('Block(s) with sum 20 or more:')
for i, b in enumerate(B):
print('({}) {}'.format(i+1, b))
