Edexcel GCSE Computer Science (1CP2) Exam Questions

• A Executes the line (1)
• The only correct answer is A. The correct answer is that the interpreter executes the line.
• B is not correct because an interpreter does not produce object code; that is what a compiler does
• C is not correct because an interpreter does not save the translated code to a file
• D is not correct because the interpreter executes the current line before it translates the next line

Award one mark for:

• The whole program (before it is run) (1)

Allow all of the code/the entire program/the whole program in one go

Do not accept one line/statement at a time or each line as it is executed

Do not accept translating only the lines that contain errors

Award up to two marks for a linked description such as:

• The compiler translates the whole program/complete source code in one go (1) whereas the interpreter translates one line/statement at a time (1)
• The compiler translates all of the source code before any of it is run/executed (1) but the interpreter translates each line/statement as it reads it (1)
• The interpreter translates one line/statement at a time (1) and the compiler translates the whole program/source code together (1)

Accept the compiler point and the interpreter point in either order.

Do not accept responses about object code/executable files, when the translated code is executed, how errors are reported, or speed/memory use.

Do not accept 'the interpreter executes/runs each line' on its own, without saying that it translates one line/statement at a time.