Software Development 2013 Exam Discussion

[dida]

I said it was for the client as its "acceptance testing" not user acceptance testing.. is he saying thats wrong now? He clearly distinguishes the two on his website..

[no steez]

I said it was for the client as its "acceptance testing" not user acceptance testing.. is he saying thats wrong now? He clearly distinguishes the two on his website..

Yeah that's what I'm saying, it seems like he has changed his mind....

[dida]

Guys got a Question!

For this question in Section B do you think there would be multiple answers?

This is the answer:

Begin
    largestAge 0
    For i 1 to 1000
        IF ages(i) > largestAge then
            largestAge  ages(i)
        END IF
EndFor
End

This was mine:

Begin
    largestAge 0
    For i 1 to 1000
        IF ages(i) > ages(i+1)
            ages(i) <-- largestAge
        END IF
EndFor
End

Thanks guys appreciate any feedback

[silverpixeli]

Begin
    largestAge 0
    For i 1 to 1000
        IF ages(i) > ages(i+1)
            ages(i) <-- largestAge
        END IF
EndFor
End

what happens at i=1000? you compare ages(1000) to ages(1001), which doesnt exist

also i think you have your assignment the wrong way, shouldnt it be 'largestage<--ages(i)'?

you can desk check it yourself with a made up list of 5-10 ages and see if it works, but i dont think your logic is quite right unfortunately

[dida]

sorry, i wrote it the wrong way on here, it was largestAge <-- ages(i)..

silverpixeli, do you think I could get a mark if this is the case?

[silverpixeli]

sorry, i wrote it the wrong way on here, it was largestAge <-- ages(i)..

silverpixeli, do you think I could get a mark if this is the case?

an incorrect algorithm wont be able to score full marks, but everything except the condition was fine, so it may get 1 or 2 out of 3 marks
i dont have the marking guide but i'd say it'd be something like this;

1 mark for if statement,
1 for condition
1 for correct assignment with arrow correct direction

no idea if that's right though

[dida]

Okay, thanks mate. Hoping to get 1 from that.. when i first saw it i had no idea what to do.

[dida]

Guys Section C is done on IT VCE.

I know I have asked this a thousand times, so im sorry in advance, but im looking at like a 78-80/100 for the exam and my sacs average is like 94, am i still in contention for a 40 or a very low 40?

Thanks

[Ya Habibi]

Guys Section C is done on IT VCE.

I know I have asked this a thousand times, so im sorry in advance, but im looking at like a 78-80/100 for the exam and my sacs average is like 94, am i still in contention for a 40 or a very low 40?

Thanks

*contender

Just because you scored highly on your sacs, it doesn't mean you'll will score highly holistically. The A+ cuttoff is fairly low, around mid 80s. I'm not sure if you'll get it or not.

[dida]

Okay, thanks.

So would you say even a high A is not enough for a 40?

[Chazef]

40 is top 8 percent, I think A+ is top 10

[dida]

yeaaaah i so aint getting a 40

Surely my SAC's will help? 50 percent of the final grade?

[no steez]

yeaaaah i so aint getting a 40

Surely my SAC's will help? 50 percent of the final grade?

SACS are relative to your exam score, they don't automatically take a 50% chunk of your score

[dida]

what do you mean?

[no steez]

yeaaaah i so aint getting a 40

Surely my SAC's will help? 50 percent of the final grade?

what do you mean?

Not 100% sure but I'll give it a go.
I'm going to use an extreme example
---
Lets say you got 100% on all sacs, and get 1% on your exam.
Your not going to get that 50% worth of sac marks to your SS. That 50% will be scaled down.

Essentially what I'm saying is that even on the VCAA website it says Sacs are worth 50% of your mark, in reality Sac marks are no guarantee.

But dude don't worry, I checked VCEIT.com and I've made countless small stupid mistakes even though the exam was relatively easy. I'm pretty much in the same boat as you, looking at high 30's low 40's even though I'm rank 1. I believe I got 80% for the exam. What's done is done.