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Question 3 - 2003 HSC
Job vacancy advertisement.
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Question 5 - 2002 HSC
Example of plagiarism
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Question 5 - 2001 HSC
Appropriate system conversion method used to convert all data to a database system
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Question 6 - 2003 HSC
Approach that uses well-defined phases with set tasks and deliverables
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Question 6 - 2001 HSC
Circumstances required to create a prototype
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Question 7 - 2003 HSC
Two roles in determining the requirements for a new system
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Question 7 - 2001 HSC
Reason for a system analyst to use a CASE tool
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Question 8 - 2003 HSC
Statement that best describes the reason for the closure of Napster
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Question 9 - 2002 HSC
Reason for copyright laws for computer software
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Question 10 - 2002 HSC
Identifies a software development approach used by a software developer
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Question 14 - 2003 HSC
Activity in the software development cycle
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Question 18 - 2003 HSC
Statement describing issues relating to defamatory comments
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Section II
Question 21 - 2002 HSC
(a) Identify and discuss TWO project management techniques in ensuring the successful completion of a software development project. (b) Discuss TWO strategies adopted by management and the project team when a project has implications for employees. (c) Draw a context diagram and data flow diagram (DFD) for the system. Explain how employees might assist in the review of the system and production of the DFD.
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Section II
Question 21 - 2001 HSC
(a) Design and perform a desk check using the given test data. Explain why the algorithm does not work. Modify the program to ensure that the software component operates as intended. (b) Outline ethical issues related to the given scenario. Discuss techniques used by management to ensure that the software team are responsible software developers.
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Question 22 - 2003 HSC
(a) Define outsourcing. Discuss the implications of outsourcing. Steps taken during the software development to ensure reliability of the internal network systems operation. (b) Interpretation of symbols used on a structure chart. Locate and describe the error in the algorithm. Alter the algorithm to remove the error. Develop an algorithm in pseudocode to perform the task of AcceptAndValidatePassword module.
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Section II
Question 22 - 2002 HSC
(a) Discuss the software development approach for the system. (b) Identify and discuss TWO key features and their importance in determining the technical feasibility. (c) Construct a storyboard and design a screen. (d) Identify ONE group who may have a problem using the touch screen and explain how this could be resolved. (e) Write an algorithm to calculate the cost of train tickets and to conduct a search of an array.
