Past Exam Papers & Solutions for UCL Computer Science modules
Dear University College London,
I request that you kindly provide the past exam papers and solutions from the academic years 2000 - 2020, or for as many years as possible from within that timeframe, for the following Computer Science modules: Computer Architecture(COMP1001), Discrete Mathematics for Computer Scientist, Theory 1 (COMP102P), Theory 2 (COMP104P), Object Oriented Programming (COMP103P & COMP1008), Discrete Mathematics (MATH6301), Computer Architecture and Concurrency (COMP0008) and Computer Systems (COMP0019)
Many thanks,
Yours faithfully,
Yathurshen Muralitharan
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Dear Yathurshen
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request of 17^th February 2021.
Apologies for the delay in responding to you request.
We have completed the compilation of information in response to your
request for information about past exam papers and solutions for the
following UCL Computer Science modules from the 2000 – 2020 academic
years:
Computer Architecture(COMP1001), Discrete Mathematics for Computer
Scientist, Theory 1 (COMP102P), Theory 2 (COMP104P), Object Oriented
Programming (COMP103P & COMP1008), Discrete Mathematics (MATH6301),
Computer Architecture and Concurrency (COMP0008) and Computer Systems
(COMP0019).
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