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IGCSE ICT (0417)

Storage devices and media

7 questions · about 4% of the marks we indexed · examined in 6 of 9 sessions.

Questions by year

2025

  • 2025 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q44 marksBacking storage vs internal memory
  • 2025 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q10 (a)4 marksMagnetic, optical and solid-state storage

2024

  • 2024 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q5 (b)4 marksBacking storage vs internal memory
  • 2024 May/June · Paper 12 · Q143 marksMagnetic, optical and solid-state storage

2023

  • 2023 Oct/Nov · Paper 12 · Q8 (a, c, d)3 marksMagnetic, optical and solid-state storage
  • 2023 May/June · Paper 12 · Q12 (a, b(i), b(ii))8 marksBacking storage vs internal memory · Magnetic, optical and solid-state storage

2022

  • 2022 May/June · Paper 12 · Q62 marksMagnetic, optical and solid-state storage

Find the full paper on the official Cambridge past-papers page or ask your school. “Paper 42” means Paper 4, variant 2.

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Magnetic, optical and solid-state storage 5 questions · 5/9 sessions
Backing storage vs internal memory 3 questions · 3/9 sessions

Subtopics

SubtopicMarks indexedSessions
Magnetic, optical and solid-state storage 185/9
Backing storage vs internal memory 103/9

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