9618 is Cambridge AS Level Computer Science. This page explains what the code covers, which papers it is examined by, and which topics carry the most marks — counted from 320 real past-paper questions set between 2021 and 2026.
9618 is the Cambridge syllabus code for AS Level Computer Science.
ExamYard publishes a question book for this syllabus, covering the following:
Every topic in the 9618 banks, with how many questions and marks each has carried since 2021. The heaviest topics are where revision time pays back fastest.
| Topic | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Information Representation | 57 | 394 |
| Communication | 30 | 264 |
| Hardware | 62 | 329 |
| Processor Fundamentals | 50 | 384 |
| System Software | 32 | 237 |
| Security, Privacy and Data Integrity | 31 | 168 |
| Ethics and Ownership | 27 | 122 |
| Databases | 31 | 427 |
Heaviest topic: Databases, 427 marks across 31 questions.
Across every 9618 paper in these banks, the three heaviest topics are Databases (427 marks), Information Representation (394 marks) and Processor Fundamentals (384 marks). The first of those alone is about 18% of every mark on offer. The lightest is Ethics and Ownership at 122 marks.
That matters because revising by whole past paper spreads your time evenly over topics the examiner does not weight evenly. Working topic by topic lets you spend the most time where the most marks are, and it shows you the handful of question shapes each topic actually uses rather than meeting one of them every few weeks.
Past papers are easiest to use when the questions are already sorted by topic, so you can finish one topic before starting the next instead of meeting it once every few papers. ExamYard prints the real Cambridge questions for AS Level Computer Science 9618 arranged that way, with the mark scheme kept separate from the question. Chapter 1 of every book is free to read, with no account and no email address.
9618 is Cambridge AS Level Computer Science.
The questions in these banks come from papers set between 2021 and 2026. Nothing older is included, because Cambridge changes syllabuses and older questions can test content that is no longer examined.
320 real Cambridge questions worth 2,325 marks, sorted by topic.