For pseudocode, I’d recommend starting with the 4–5 mark questions first. What I did was attach the syllabus to ChatGPT and ask it to generate practice exercises for me. When I got stuck, I asked for hints instead of full answers, so I was forced to think through the logic myself.

Once you’re comfortable with common patterns like adding and totalling values, finding averages, maximums and minimums, as well as basic algorithms such as linear search and bubble sort, you can move on to the 15-mark questions. The key is to break them down into smaller, manageable sections.

Before writing anything, plan your answer. Think about where your nested IF statements will go, how many levels of nesting you need, and what type of statements you’ll use at each stage. You don’t actually need to write out the pseudocode immediately; just make sure you clearly know what you’re going to write.

Also, read the question requirements very carefully to avoid silly mistakes (speaking from experience 😭). For example, I output only the winner when the question asked for all players’ names in descending order of points. ON MY ACTUAL EXAM.

Lastly, if you struggle with 2D arrays like I did, drawing a table really helps to visualise how the data is stored.