AS / A Level Computer Science

Candidates should be able to:

Write code to perform file-processing operations

Show understanding of an exception and the

importance of exception handling

Notes and guidance

Open (in read, write, append mode) and close a file

Read a record from a file and write a record to a file

Perform file-processing operations on serial,

sequential, random files

Know when it is appropriate to use exception

handling

Write program code to use exception handling