All OCR A Level Computer Science Sample & Past Papers For H046/H446 Spec

As Salamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh World!

Was looking through all the resources I have to decide what to share for today's post but I had no idea what to do so just decided to link all the sample and past papers. Most of these are available on OCR's website but some of them take a little more effort to find. 

Truth be told, these were in my old school's teacher shared drive in the A level computer science folder that was freely available to everyone. Technically speaking, I know i'm not supposed to share the ones that are locked on OCR's website but someone on TSR or something will post them soon enough anyway.

Was originally going to link all the old H047/H447 spec past papers as well in this post but I decided I'll do that for tomorrow's post InShaAllah. Anyway, past papers are by far the best resource for the new H046/H446 spec, they're free and give you a good idea on what to expect in your final exam.

In the old spec papers, the questions are pretty much the same nearly every year. They'll always ask to define/describe/explain the same terms over and over again to the point that if you do all the past papers you'll have memorised 95% of all the mark schemes.

The new spec however takes a new approach, the exams will still usually ask to define/describe/explain the terms in the spec but it will "dress up" the question in a given context to try and throw some people off. Obviously there's a lot of new content added to the new linear spec but the exams are not so different from the old ones. Practice with the sample and past papers linked below and your final exam will be easy InShaAllah.

With that said, don't start to underestimate the exams. OCR will most probably throw in a few "funny" questions every year to catch some people out. The key is to study the patterns of these papers so you can make an educated guess as to what will come up in your final exam (obviously don't completely rely on your guess and forget everything else).

One thing that really annoys me about OCR in particular is that they release the past papers so late. Edexcel, sorry I meant erm... Pearson (will never get used to that) and AQA release the previous year's papers in May whereas OCR release them in August for reasons I don't know why. Anyways, here are all the links. Enjoy!

H046

Computing Principles

1. H046/01 Computing Principles Sample Paper QP & MS
2. H046/01 Computing Principles June 2016 QP
3. H046/01 Computing Principles June 2016 MS
4. H046/01 Computing Principles June 2016 Modified Enlarged A3 24PT
5. H046/01 Computing Principles June 2016 Modified Enlarged A3 18PT
6. H046/01 Computing Principles June 2016 Modified Enlarged A3 18PT Q7 Insert

Algorithms & Problem Solving

1. H046/02 Algorithms And Problem Solving Sample Paper QP & MS
2. H046/02 Algorithms And Problem Solving June 2016 QP
3. H046/02 Algorithms And Problem Solving June 2016 MS
4. H046/02 Algorithms And Problem Solving June 2016 Modified Enlarged A3 24PT
5. H046/02 Algorithms And Problem Solving June 2016 Modified Enlarged A3 18PT

H446

Computer Systems

1. H446/01 Computer Systems Sample Paper QP & MS
2. H446/01 Computer Systems Practice Paper Set 1 QP
3. H446/01 Computer Systems Practice Paper Set 1 MS
4. H446/02 Computer Systems Practice Paper Set 2 QP
5. H446/02 Computer Systems Practice Paper Set 2 MS

Algorithms & Programming

1. H446/02 Algorithms And Programming Sample Paper QP & MS
2. H446/02 Algorithms And Programming Practice Paper Set 1 QP
3. H446/02 Algorithms And Programming Practice Paper Set 1 MS
4. H446/02 Algorithms And Programming Practice Paper Set 2 QP
5. H446/02 Algorithms And Programming Practice Paper Set 2 MS

Hope this helps!