<div dir="ltr">Really? There's <i>nothing</i> in the exam on the differences between - or activities within - analysis, design, development and evaluation?<div>That would be a first. VCAA is in love with PSM.<br></div><div><br></div><div>When VCAA settles down on the couch on Friday night, it automatically reaches for the TV remote, a cask of Cab Merlot, a tub of ice cream, and the comforting, sensual delights of the PSM. </div><div><br></div><div>In fact, when VCAA gets married, it will be to the PSM, which will be cute, because they will be known as VCAPSM in celebrity magazines.</div><div><br></div><div>But what if it's true. VCAA and the PSM have done a Brangelina split? That's harder to accept than a Trump presidency.</div><div><br></div><div>That's <i>too much</i> to process in one week.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 November 2016 at 13:55, Matheson, Geoff J <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matheson.geoff.j@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">matheson.geoff.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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<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 10 November 2016 at 1:20 pm<br>
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</span><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Year 12 SofDev] It is safe to comment on the SD exam.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_-6948548474158867462__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Thanks Mark.</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Had a quick look over the exam.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I like Section C of the exam. Good questions.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Multiple choice are pretty good too.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">My query though, is about Section B, Q 4.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">This regards Hash functions. However I could only find one,
<b>optional</b> reference to hash tables in the Study Design. Elsewhere it refers to data structures as being ones that are relevant to the selected language.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I’ve pasted the excerpt below… can anyone clarify whether when the Study Design say ‘or’, it actually means ‘and’ ?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Hence my surprise that it was on the exam.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Thoughts welcome
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