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0478-Command Words

The document provides details on command words and their meanings that are used in the Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science 0478 assessment. It includes a table listing common command words like calculate, compare, define, demonstrate, describe, evaluate, explain, give, identify, outline, show, state, and suggest along with a brief definition of what each command word means in the context of the exam.

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0478-Command Words

The document provides details on command words and their meanings that are used in the Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science 0478 assessment. It includes a table listing common command words like calculate, compare, define, demonstrate, describe, evaluate, explain, give, identify, outline, show, state, and suggest along with a brief definition of what each command word means in the context of the exam.

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Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science 0478 syllabus for 2023, 2024 and 2025.

  Details of the assessment

Command words
Command words and their meanings help candidates know what is expected from them in the exams. The table
below includes command words used in the assessment for this syllabus. The use of the command word will relate
to the subject context.

Command word What it means

Calculate work out from given facts, figures or information

Compare identify/comment on similarities and/or differences

Define give precise meaning

Demonstrate show how or give an example

Describe state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features

Evaluate judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount or value of something

Explain set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things evident / provide why
and/or how and support with relevant evidence

Give produce an answer from a given source or recall/memory

Identify name/select/recognise

Outline set out the main points

Show (that) provide structured evidence that leads to a given result

State express in clear terms

Suggest apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid
responses in order to make proposals / put forward considerations

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