<div dir="ltr">Hi all<div><br></div><div>In the SD sample exam, B2, students are asked to write pseudocode. </div><div>I expect the marker would want to see an answer like this:</div><div><div><br></div><div>Begin</div><div> If Student in Student Details File Then</div><div> If Competition_Score >= 50 Then</div><div><b> If Competition_Score >= 95 then</b></div><div><b> Award <img src="cid:ii_irfrd3jg0_156539444f6912de" width="15" height="13"> "High Distinction"</b></div><div><b> Else</b></div><div><b> Award <img src="cid:ii_irfrekpl1_1565395513b505c9" width="15" height="13"> "Pass"</b></div><div> EndIf</div><div> Print “Certificate” Award</div><div> EndIf</div><div>End</div></div><div><br></div><div>It got me to wondering. If - instead of the 'else' a student wrote something like </div><div><br></div><div><b>Elseif Competition_Score >=50 </b><br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>which also would work (but would be redundant since the second IF construct already tested for this) would the student be penalised?</div><div><br></div><div>It's good to see SD exams recently recognising and testing students' ability to optimise code, but is optimisation and efficiency a criterion in assessing students' pseudocode?</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><br></i></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Mark Kelly</span><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:mark@vceit.com" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">mark@vceit.com</a><br></div><div><a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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