Author: Administrator

Space Explorer: The Way Back Home

Posted on by Administrator Posted in Coding Quiz, Computer Science, GCSE Concepts, Quizzes

You are onboard a spaceship lost in a distant galaxy, far far away from planet Earth. Your aim is to return to planet Earth by using teleportation gates (black holes) to jump from one galaxy to another until you can…

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The Lost Treasures of Pirate Island

Posted on by Administrator Posted in Algorithms, Algorithms (GCSE), Coding Quiz, Computer Science, GCSE Quiz, Quizzes

Be the captain of your own pirate ship and sail the seven seas to find the 32 lost treasures of pirate island. Follow the instructions given to locate these treasures. But be aware, the sea is dangerous and its storms…

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Cryptic Puzzles – Computer Networks

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Before attempting to solve this challenge, you should familiarise yourself with the different types of clues that cryptic definitions can be based on. Effectively, the definitions given in a cryptic crossword, will almost never be a literal meaning of the…

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Computer Science – Cryptic Crossword #02

Posted on by Administrator Posted in A Level Quiz, Computer Science, Crosswords, Quizzes, Solved Challenges

Here is our second cryptic crossword for computer scientists! You can access our first cryptic crossword on this page. Before attempting to solve this challenge, you should familiarise yourself with the different types of clues that the crossword definitions can…

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Ice Cream Price Calculator

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Your local ice cream shop would like to set up a touchscreen tablet on the counter for their customers to customise their ice cream order and automatically calculate the cost of their ice cream. Here are the options available when…

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Revision Progress Tracker Algorithm

Posted on by Administrator Posted in Computer Science, Python - Intermediate, Python Challenges, Solved Challenges

It’s nearly the end of the school year and you have started to revise for your Computer Science end of year exam. To help you keep track of your revision, you have decided to write a computer program to calculate…

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Search Engine Indexing… In your own words…

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Before completing this task, you will need to revise how search engine indexing works and how the page rank algorithm is used to decide which pages should appear at the top of your search results when using a search engine…

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Average Lap Time Calculator

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An Athletics club is planning to create an app to record the lap time of different runners during a 400 x 4 relay race. Their app will capture and store the names of the runners involved in the relay race…

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Return On Investment Calculator

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A group of students have setup a young enterprise at the start of the year and are now evaluating how successful their business was. One approach to evaluate the profitability of a business is to calculate both the profit (or…

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Storage Units Conversions – Quiz

Posted on by Administrator Posted in Computer Science, Computing Concepts, GCSE Concepts, GCSE Quiz, Quizzes

The following diagram is a quick recap of the main storage units used to estimate the size of a file or the storage capacity of a storing device. Take the Quiz! (open full screen)