X
Posn
New
T1
T2
OUTPUT
Trace table for input value 12 X Posn New T1 T2
OUTPUT
(b) State the purpose of the flowchart in part (a). ...................................................................................................................................[1] Examiners’ Comments Question 3 (a) Candidates with stronger responses throughout showed the skill of using a trace table; some candidates correctly updated the variables, T1 and T2, only. (b) Candidates with stronger responses throughout correctly identified the purpose of the flowchart as converting a denary number to binary. A few candidates incorrectly quoted the answer of a check digit from a previous examination paper.