Monday 12 June 2026 – Afternoon A Level Computer Science H446/01 Computer Systems (Complete And Verified Study material) (28pages) LEARNEXAMS

1 A small manufacturing business uses networked computers with closed source application software installed. (a) A spreadsheet application package is used to calculate employee’s wages. (i) Give one benefit of using a spreadsheet application for this task compared to calculating wages manually. ........................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... [1] (ii) Give two other types of application packages that the small business could use, giving an example of a task that the business could use each application for. Application 1 ...................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................... Example of task 1 .............................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... Application 2 ...................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................... Example of task 2 .............................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... [4] (iii) Describe a drawback of using closed source software (rather than open source software) for the small business.