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Fundamentals of Algorithms quiz games for A-Level Computer Science

9 live games for A-Level Computer Science, 124 questions. Preview every question free. Hosting A-Level Computer Science sets comes with a school package.

Fundamentals of Algorithms for AQA A-Level Computer Science: 9 ready-made live quiz games, 124 questions in all.

The questions cover Binary search, Bubble sort, Merge sort, Sorting Algorithms, Graph Traversal and Searching Algorithms.

There are 5 practice sets, 2 quickfire rounds and 2 picture rounds. Question types: 92 multiple choice, 25 true or false, 4 fill the gap and 3 matching. 31 questions have a picture.

Preview every set here. Hosting A-Level Computer Science sets comes with a school package, from £150 a year for the whole school.

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Quickfire: Fundamentals of Algorithms

A-level15 questions· Warm-up

Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.

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Preview 3 sample questions
  1. 1

    Merge sort uses which algorithmic strategy?

    Brute forceDynamic programmingDivide and conquerGreedy
  2. 2

    True or false?

    Merge sort uses a divide-and-conquer approach.
  3. 3

    True or false?

    Linear search requires the data to be sorted.

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Fundamentals of Algorithms: Sorting Algorithms

A-level15 questions· Core

Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.

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  1. 1

    True or false?

    DFS will always find the shortest path in an unweighted graph.
  2. 2

    True or false?

    DFS explores as deep as possible along a branch before backtracking.
  3. 3

    True or false?

    Binary search has a worst-case time complexity of O(log n).

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Quickfire: Sorting and searching

A-level15 questions· Warm-up· 4 pictures

Plays in 13 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Fossil Hunt.

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  1. 1

    True or false?

    A linear search for 16 in [16, 27, 1, 6, 2] checks 2 items.
  2. 2

    True or false?

    A linear search for 18 in [16, 17, 2, 10, 22] checks 4 items.
  3. 3

    True or false?

    A linear search for 28 in [20, 14, 18, 28, 10] checks 5 items.

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Picture round: Binary search, set 2

A-level12 questions· Core· all pictures

Plays in 13 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Fossil Hunt.

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  1. 1
    A row of 8 numbers in boxes, index numbers underneath

    Picture: Forge Class Software Ltd

    Binary search for 20, mid = (low + high) DIV 2. Which item is checked first?

    5922820
  2. 2
    A row of 10 numbers in boxes, index numbers underneath

    Picture: Forge Class Software Ltd

    Binary search for 12, mid = (low + high) DIV 2. Which items are checked, in order?

    1, 1228, 1232, 19, 1212, 28
  3. 3
    A row of 8 numbers in boxes, index numbers underneath

    Picture: Forge Class Software Ltd

    Binary search for 33, mid = (low + high) DIV 2. Which items are checked, in order?

    33, 44, 253325, 44, 335, 17, 18

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Practice

Fundamentals of Algorithms: Bubble sort

A-level15 questions· Core

Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.

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  1. 1

    Bubble sort, ascending: how many swaps does pass 1 make on [1, 24, 19, 9, 15]?

    5342
  2. 2

    Bubble sort, ascending: how many swaps does pass 1 make on [16, 25, 19, 21, 15]?

    4235
  3. 3

    Bubble sort, ascending: how many swaps does pass 1 make on [6, 1, 10, 15, 3, 4]?

    3254

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Fundamentals of Algorithms: Bubble sort, set 2

A-level11 questions· Core

Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.

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  1. 1

    Bubble sort, ascending: [27, 26, 21, 10, 18, 12]. What is the list after pass 2?

    21, 10, 18, 12, 26, 2710, 18, 12, 21, 26, 2710, 12, 18, 21, 26, 2726, 21, 10, 18, 12, 27
  2. 2

    Bubble sort, ascending: [18, 9, 20, 26, 2, 23, 13]. What is the list after pass 1?

    18, 9, 20, 26, 2, 23, 139, 18, 20, 2, 23, 13, 262, 9, 13, 18, 20, 23, 269, 18, 2, 20, 13, 23, 26
  3. 3

    Bubble sort, ascending: [23, 3, 6, 13, 29, 15, 25]. What is the list after pass 1?

    3, 6, 13, 15, 23, 25, 2923, 3, 6, 13, 29, 15, 253, 23, 6, 13, 29, 15, 253, 6, 13, 23, 15, 25, 29

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Fundamentals of Algorithms: Merge sort

A-level15 questions· Core

Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.

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  1. 1

    Merge sort splits [5, 29, 22, 20, 23, 18] in half. What is the left half?

    5, 22, 2320, 23, 185, 29, 225, 18, 20
  2. 2

    Merge sort splits [29, 24, 16, 2, 26, 28] in half. What is the left half?

    29, 16, 262, 26, 2829, 24, 162, 16, 24
  3. 3

    Merge sort joins [7, 8, 17] and [19, 27] into one sorted list. What is it?

    7, 19, 8, 27, 1719, 27, 7, 8, 177, 8, 17, 19, 2727, 19, 17, 8, 7

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Fundamentals of Algorithms: Merge sort, set 2

A-level11 questions· Core

Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.

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Preview 3 sample questions
  1. 1

    Merge sort joins [21, 23] and [3, 9, 15, 27] into one sorted list. What is it?

    3, 9, 15, 21, 23, 2721, 3, 23, 9, 15, 2721, 23, 3, 9, 15, 273, 9, 15, 27, 21, 23
  2. 2

    Merge sort joins [14, 27] and [11, 13, 24, 28] into one sorted list. What is it?

    14, 11, 27, 13, 24, 2811, 13, 14, 24, 27, 2811, 13, 24, 28, 14, 2714, 27, 11, 13, 24, 28
  3. 3

    Merge sort joins [1, 3, 22] and [8, 28, 29] into one sorted list. What is it?

    1, 8, 3, 28, 22, 291, 3, 8, 22, 28, 291, 3, 22, 8, 28, 298, 28, 29, 1, 3, 22

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