“Predict” — what the examiner wants
How to answer a Cambridge Computer Science question that starts with Predict (9618): Cambridge's definition, what a full-mark answer contains, the mistake that loses the mark.
Cambridge's definition
“suggest what may happen based on available information”
What earns full marks
Use the information given to say what will happen and, if asked, why.
What loses the mark
Guessing without reference to the data in the question.
A question that uses it
Predict the output of the program when the input is –1.
In real past papers
None of the current-syllabus questions in the bank opens with this word yet — it is in the syllabus list, so it can still be set.
Don't confuse it with
The definition follows the command-word table in the Cambridge syllabus; the guidance is ZAK's. Statistics come from the real past-paper question bank (command words are read from each question's wording). Command words and past papers are © Cambridge Assessment International Education.