<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Chris. It seems trace tables are closely related to but are not identical to desk checks. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="http://blog.teachbook.com.au/index.php/computer-science/software-development/trace-tables/">One site</a> I found says</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:12px;line-height:22px">- The [trace] table usually takes the form of a multi-column, multi-row table; With each column showing a variable, and each row showing each number input into the algorithm and the subsequent values of the variables.</span><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:12px;line-height:22px"><font face="times new roman, serif">- A Desk Check concentrates on the value of variables and the logic i.e. what is the value of variable x after statement n; what is the next statement to be executed? ... </font></span><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:12px;line-height:22px">Desk checking is a manual (non-computerised) technique for checking hte logic of an algorithm. The person performing the desk check effectively acts as the computer, using pen and paper to record results. The desk checker </span><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;border:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(24,24,24);line-height:22px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">carefully</em><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:12px;line-height:22px"> follows the algorithm being careful to rigidly adhere to the logic specified.</span></font><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:12px;line-height:22px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:22px">The page seems to treat desk checks as a subset of trace tables. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:22px"><a href="http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/_Documents/CSC_public/Computer_Science_Specifications_Booklet_pdf.pdf">Another source</a> (try p.19) looks more trustworthy, and says trace tables are a subset of desk checks. It has useful examples.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:22px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trace_table">Wikipedia</a> also has an example of trace tables.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:22px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:22px">I'm not sure if that helps at all.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:22px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:22px">Mark</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 December 2015 at 09:49, Paragreen, Chris J <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paragreen.chris.j@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">paragreen.chris.j@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The new Study Design makes reference to Trace Tables (U3O1K4). Does anyone know if this is meant to be the same as Desk Checking (which is not mentioned in the
Study Design), or is it an alternative? Could a desk check count as a trace table?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Chris<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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