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AQA A LEVEL 2025/26
Helpful for mocks and exam
revision
,AS
COMPUTER SCIENCE
7516/1
Paper 1
Mark scheme
June 2025
Version: 1.0 Final
256A7516/1/MS
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, MARK SCHEME – AS COMPUTER SCIENCE – 7516/1 – JUNE 2025
Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the relevant
questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the
standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme which was used by them in
this examination. The standardisation process ensures that the mark scheme covers the students’
responses to questions and that every associate understands and applies it in the same correct way.
As preparation for standardisation each associate analyses a number of students’ scripts. Alternative
answers not already covered by the mark scheme are discussed and legislated for. If, after the
standardisation process, associates encounter unusual answers which have not been raised they are
required to refer these to the Lead Examiner.
It must be stressed that a mark scheme is a working document, in many cases further developed and
expanded on the basis of students’ reactions to a particular paper. Assumptions about future mark
schemes on the basis of one year’s document should be avoided; whilst the guiding principles of
assessment remain constant, details will change, depending on the content of a particular examination
paper.
No student should be disadvantaged on the basis of their gender identity and/or how they refer to the
gender identity of others in their exam responses.
A consistent use of ‘they/them’ as a singular and pronouns beyond ‘she/her’ or ‘he/him’ will be credited in
exam responses in line with existing mark scheme criteria.
Further copies of this mark scheme are available from aqa.org.uk
Copyright information
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internal use, with the following important exception: AQA cannot give permission to schools/colleges to photocopy any material that is acknowledged to a third
party even for internal use within the centre.
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, MARK SCHEME – AS COMPUTER SCIENCE – 7516/1 – JUNE 2025
AS Computer Science
Paper 1 (7516/1) – applicable to all programming languages A, B, D and E
June 2025
The following annotation is used in the mark scheme:
; - means a single mark
// - means alternative response
/ - means an alternative word or sub-phrase
A. - means acceptable creditworthy answer
R. - means reject answer as not creditworthy
NE. - means not enough
I. - means ignore
DPT. - means ‘Don't penalise twice’. In some questions a specific error made by a candidate, if
repeated, could result in the loss of more than one mark. The DPT label indicates that this
mistake should only result in a candidate losing one mark, on the first occasion that the error is
made. Provided that the answer remains understandable, subsequent marks should be
awarded as if the error was not being repeated.
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Practice Papers
Past Papers
AQA A LEVEL 2025/26
Helpful for mocks and exam
revision
,AS
COMPUTER SCIENCE
7516/1
Paper 1
Mark scheme
June 2025
Version: 1.0 Final
256A7516/1/MS
for more: tyrionpapers.com
, MARK SCHEME – AS COMPUTER SCIENCE – 7516/1 – JUNE 2025
Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the relevant
questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the
standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme which was used by them in
this examination. The standardisation process ensures that the mark scheme covers the students’
responses to questions and that every associate understands and applies it in the same correct way.
As preparation for standardisation each associate analyses a number of students’ scripts. Alternative
answers not already covered by the mark scheme are discussed and legislated for. If, after the
standardisation process, associates encounter unusual answers which have not been raised they are
required to refer these to the Lead Examiner.
It must be stressed that a mark scheme is a working document, in many cases further developed and
expanded on the basis of students’ reactions to a particular paper. Assumptions about future mark
schemes on the basis of one year’s document should be avoided; whilst the guiding principles of
assessment remain constant, details will change, depending on the content of a particular examination
paper.
No student should be disadvantaged on the basis of their gender identity and/or how they refer to the
gender identity of others in their exam responses.
A consistent use of ‘they/them’ as a singular and pronouns beyond ‘she/her’ or ‘he/him’ will be credited in
exam responses in line with existing mark scheme criteria.
Further copies of this mark scheme are available from aqa.org.uk
Copyright information
AQA retains the copyright on all its publications. However, registered schools/colleges for AQA are permitted to copy material from this booklet for their own
internal use, with the following important exception: AQA cannot give permission to schools/colleges to photocopy any material that is acknowledged to a third
party even for internal use within the centre.
Copyright © 2025 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.
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, MARK SCHEME – AS COMPUTER SCIENCE – 7516/1 – JUNE 2025
AS Computer Science
Paper 1 (7516/1) – applicable to all programming languages A, B, D and E
June 2025
The following annotation is used in the mark scheme:
; - means a single mark
// - means alternative response
/ - means an alternative word or sub-phrase
A. - means acceptable creditworthy answer
R. - means reject answer as not creditworthy
NE. - means not enough
I. - means ignore
DPT. - means ‘Don't penalise twice’. In some questions a specific error made by a candidate, if
repeated, could result in the loss of more than one mark. The DPT label indicates that this
mistake should only result in a candidate losing one mark, on the first occasion that the error is
made. Provided that the answer remains understandable, subsequent marks should be
awarded as if the error was not being repeated.
3
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