The British Informatics Olympiad is the computing competition for schools and colleges. We are proud to present BIO 2004, sponsored by Lionhead Studios.
The 2004 British Informatics Olympiad Round One

The 2004 British Informatics Olympiad paper was set in schools across mainland Britain. It is also the BIO 2005 sample paper.

The paper consists of three questions, to be solved in three hours. Browse the following links to see the paper:

• Instructions to candidates (rubric)
• Question 1: Mayan Calendar
• Question 2: Four in a line
• Question 3: Morse code
• Entire 2004 BIO paper
• BIO 2005 sample paper

Worked solutions are available:

• Question 1: Mayan Calendar
• Question 2: Four in a line
• Question 3: Morse code

The paper and marks scheme are available in several downloadable formats:

Paper

• Adobe Acrobat viewer: bio04ex.pdf (51,750 bytes)

Marks scheme

• Adobe Acrobat viewer: bio04mks.pdf (57,622 bytes)