MC Proposed Solutions

[Uberjew]

I agree with all the current solutions in the original post. Besides one. Question 15... I hated this one, I ruled out A and B straight away. But C and D... Everything mentioned in them is highly important, it was a struggle to toss up between processor speed and operating system, but given Xian was making the game for two different systems I thought operating system was pretty important. Yes they said what are the most important characteristics of mobile phones that Xian should consider, but I just took that as a given her circumstances question. A bit of an ambiguous question I say.

Oh yeah this was really bad imo, I just remember that whenever we were talking about constrains of a mobile device you never really talked about OS, rather physical and technical limitations.

[bevanweerasinghe]

After looking at the paper, I have some proposed MC solutions (although certainly do not take them as 100% accurate). Let's get some discussion happening.

1:    B
2:    A
3:    A
4:    D
5:    B
6:    B
7:    D
8:    C
9:    B
10:  D

11:  D
12:  A
13:  A
14:  C
15:  C
16:  A
17:  A
18:  B
19:  A
20:  C

EDIT: Q19 is A. See below.

i got 4. as D as well but on vceit  mark kelly says its C  , and this was his explanation

"Question 4
A code of ethics for software developers is a set of moral principles and guidelines that assists when
A.      a logic error is found within a program code.
B.      a runtime error is found within a program code.
C.      an issue occurs with management over pay and conditions.
D.      an issue occurs with management over what a program will do.

Answer is C. A code of ethics describes how people should behave morally, which makes A and B irrelevant. D is not an ethical issue, leaving C, which is a human matter. "

[Uberjew]

Mmn i got 16/20 according to him. q6 i did D, it seemed to make more sense to a software developer. c seemed almost too generic but i guess it is more human...

q15 he chose OS>processor speed.  come on the os he can't do anything about either because it's just there and you have the latest one, i think both cpu and os are important but i think bad question (because according to him i'm wrong haha)

looks like in getting at or very close to 20 for section b.

[billyjackson768]

Glad someone agrees with me on question 15. 

Pretty sure I lost at least two marks on the Pseudo code though. Haven't taken a good look at all the answers yet. 12pm and I only just woke up, first time in a year! 

[MJRomeo81]

Question 4
A code of ethics for software developers is a set of moral principles and guidelines that assists when
A.      a logic error is found within a program code.
B.      a runtime error is found within a program code.
C.      an issue occurs with management over pay and conditions.
D.      an issue occurs with management over what a program will do.

I still think the answer is D, although under some interpretations it could also be C. But how is D not an ethical issue? I have seen plenty of examples in the course where ethical dilemmas occur due to program requirements. What if the program was designed to do something unethical such as spying on users without the users being aware? This would be a moral principle from the software developer's perspective.

"Working conditions" is a moral principle but I don't see how pay is. Sure it can be under one interpretation, but it is more likely to fall under legislation rather than "right or wrong" behaviour imo.

[huss48]

Question 4
A code of ethics for software developers is a set of moral principles and guidelines that assists when
A.      a logic error is found within a program code.
B.      a runtime error is found within a program code.
C.      an issue occurs with management over pay and conditions.
D.      an issue occurs with management over what a program will do.

I still think the answer is D, although under some interpretations it could also be C. But how is D not an ethical issue? I have seen plenty of examples in the course where ethical dilemmas occur due to program requirements. What if the program was designed to do something unethical such as spying on users without the users being aware? This would be a moral principle from the software developer's perspective.

"Working conditions" is a moral principle but I don't see how pay is. Sure it can be under one interpretation, but it is more likely to fall under legislation rather than "right or wrong" behaviour imo.

http://vceit.com/postmortems/2012sd/SD2012exam.htm
MK solutions are up .

MJRomeo81 well done on ur proposed MC solutions, u would of score 18/20. 

[MJRomeo81]

Thanks Huss If only I scored that when I sat the exam back in 2011

What would be your personal answer to Q4 huss? Anyone else think that "what a program will do" can be interpreted as an ethical decision?

[bevanweerasinghe]

Anyone else think that "what a program will do" can be interpreted as an ethical decision?

The reason i chose "what a program will do" is because i believe things such as a program key logging . from memory on one of the old exams my teacher pointed out some ethical question about key logging.

also sorry for reviving a dead thread.

[MJRomeo81]

MK has also edited his post mortem for question 4. While he still has C as his preferred answer, he makes this comment:

However, others have argued that <D> could mean that programmers are instructed to put ethically-unacceptable functionality into a program (e.g. a keylogger). That's valid.

So there is a problem in the vagueness of "an issue". Since others and I can come up with different issues that satisfy options C and D, they both should be accepted by markers.

[bevanweerasinghe]

sorry i didnt view the post mortem after it had been edited.