<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I think there is a distinct difference between “table” and “function”.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Hash functions have applications other than being used for associative arrays or hash tables (as mentioned in study guide).They are used for encryption algorithms such as MD5. Also, the implementation of an associative array is dependent on the language - it might not even use an array, it could be implemented as a linked list or red-black tree or any data data structure. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I think this needs to be clarified for next year.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 12 Nov 2016, at 2:42 PM, Tony Crewe <<a href="mailto:TonyCrewe@caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au" class="">TonyCrewe@caulfieldgs.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">IMHO implied by ...</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p><ol nodeid="1" class=""><li class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.800000190734863px;" class="">uses<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>data<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>structures<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>organise<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>manipulate<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>data,<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>including<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>associative<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>arrays<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>(or<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>dictionaries<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>or<span style="letter-spacing: -0.8pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>hash tables)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ol><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;" class="">Tony</span></div><br class=""><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p><br class=""><br class=""><div style="" class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 654.625px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" class="">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> <<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" class="">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>> on behalf of Brett Fitzsimmons <<a href="mailto:bpfitz@netspace.net.au" class="">bpfitz@netspace.net.au</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, 12 November 2016 2:20 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Deja vu</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class="">There is also no reference to hash functions in the Study Guide.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Brett <div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 12 Nov 2016, at 10:52 AM, Mark <<a href="mailto:mark@vceit.com" class="">mark@vceit.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The sample SD exam contained references in C10 to random and sequential files, and Paula has acknowledged that this was not a valid question since the terms are not in the study design.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Question B1 in the official SD exam refers to "a linear file", which also does not appear in the study design. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">At least the question's marks did not depend on students knowing the definition of the term.</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Mark Kelly</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:mark@vceit.com" target="_blank" class="" style="font-size: 12.8px;">mark@vceit.com</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://vceit.com/" target="_blank" class="">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></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class=""><a href="http://www.edulists.com.au/" class="">http://www.edulists.com.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- FAQ, Subscribe, Unsubscribe<br class="">IT Software Development Mailing List kindly supported by<br class=""><a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/" class="">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and<br class=""><a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/softwaredevel3-4.html" class="">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/softwaredevel3-4.html</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/" class="">http://www.vitta.org.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> - VITTA Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association Inc<br class=""><a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools" class="">http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Swinburne University</div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; 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