Hsc Exam Analysis

Software
Design
and
Development


Exam
Analysis
 Structure
of
Exam:


Sec0on
I:
Mul0ple
Choice
 • 20
Mul0ple
Choice
Ques0ons
 • Examines
knowledge
of
Core
topics
 • May
need
to
apply
knowledge
to
situa0ons
 • Allow
35
mins
to
answer
these
ques0ons
 Sec0on
2:
Short
answers
Core
 • analyse
and
interpret
situa0ons
and
to
apply
knowledge
to
these
situa0ons.
 • 3
ques0ons,
with
mul0ple
parts

 • Q21,22,23
 • Allow




1
hr
50
mins
to
answer
these
ques0ons
 Sec0on
3:
Short
Answers
Op0ons
 • Q24,
25

 • Choose
one
ques0on
based
on
the
topic
you've
studied
 • Each
ques0on
has
mul0ple
parts
 • Either
 • Q24:
Programmers
view
of
hardware
 • Q25:
History
of
Programming
languages
 • Allow:

35


mins
to
answer
this
sec0on
 
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9.1.1
Social
and
Ethical
Issues
 • 2008
Q1,
17,18,
21ai,
ii,
22ci
 • 2007
Q18,22diii
 • 2006
Q22ai,ii,iii
 • 2005
Q2,23ai,23aii,23aii,23bi,23ci,ii,iii
 9.1.2
Applica0on
of
SoWware
Development
Approaches
 • 2008
Q
5,
16,
21bii,
22cii
 • 2007
Q4,9,12,21bi,ii
 • 2006
Q4,7,8,13,21aii,21b,23cii,23civ
 • 2005
Q2,21ai,ii,22aiii
 9.2.1
Defining
and
Understanding
the
Problem
 • 2008
Q3,4,5,
21ai,ii,
21ci,ii,
21civ,v,
22b,23ai
 • 2007
Q11,19,20,22c
,
23biii,23ci,ii,iii
 • 2006
Q10,18,21ai,21cii,22aiv,22bi,23ci,23dii
 • 2005
Q1,7,21bi,22ai
 9.2.2

Planning
and
Design
of
SoWware
Solu0ons
 • 2008
Q10,14,20,21ci,21civ,v,22ai,ii,iii,
22biv,23aiii
 • 2007Q1,7,8,16,21di,22ei,22eii,23biii,23ci,ii,iii
 • 2006
Q9,11,12,16,21b,21ciii
 • 2005
Q5,11,15,17,21ci,ii,22aii,22bi,iii,iv
 9.2.3
Implementa0on
of
SoWware
Solu0ons
 • 2008
Q
8,9,11,12,15,19,21ci,ii,21civ,v,22aii,23bi,ii,iii,iv,23ci,ii,iii
 • 2007
Q1,2,3,5,6,8,13,14,15,16,17,21dii,22a,b,22di,ii,23bi,ii,iii
 • 2006
Q1,3,5,6,15,17,18,19,20,21ci,23a
 • 2005
Q3,8,10,12,14,20,21bii,21ci
 9.2.4
Tes0ng
and
Evalua0on
of
SoWware
 • 2007
Q10,21ai,ii,21ci,22b,23ai,23aii
 • 2006
Q21aiii,23bi,ii
 • 2005
Q6,
16
 9.2.5
Maintenance
fo
SoWware
Solu0ons
 • 2007
Q21cii
 • 2006
Q14,23cii
 • 2005
Q4,23bii
 9.3
Developing
a
Solu0on
Package
 • 2008
Q2,7,21cii,21civ,v
 • 2007
Q22ai,ii,23bi,ii,23biii
 • 2006
Q2,21ci,22aiii,22bii,iii,23civ
 • 2005
Q9,13,18,19,22bii


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Complete
as
many
past
papers
as
possible.
The
syllabus
has
not
changed
since
implemented,
so
you
can
do
any
of
the
past
papers
from
2001
to
now.

If
you
 can’t
spare
3
hours
to
for
the
whole
thing,
do
timed
practices
on
individual
questions.

Allow
1
1/2

minutes
per
mark
for
the
questions
that
you
do.
Use
the
grid
 below
to
mark
off
the
questions
that
you
have
completed.

 
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