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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">I’m still struggling with this one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">“Mobile” is not really an application architecture it’s a device.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">From MSDN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“</span><span lang="EN">When developing a mobile application, you may choose to develop a thin Web-based client or a rich client. If
you are building a rich client, the business and data services layers are likely to be located on the device itself.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee658108.aspx">https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee658108.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:#1F497D">Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:#1F497D">Brett Fitzsimmons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:#1F497D">ICT Learning Leader</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:#1F497D">Westbourne Grammar School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:#1F497D">Ph: 9731 9575<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro",serif;color:#1F497D">M: 0425 704 715<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Hallworth<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 13 November 2016 10:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List <sofdev@edulists.com.au><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 SofDev] SD exam - A13 - Architecture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I am still not convinced about A13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A standalone application is being written for handheld devices. This application will store all its data
on the device and does not need an internet connection.</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Which type of application architecture would be best to use?</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">”</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The consensus seems to be Answer
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">A) Mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Now what about<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">B) Rich Client<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Yes the word CLIENT would suggest a server and the question says “does not need an internet connection” but Rich Clients do not NEED an internet connection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The VCAA glossary “There are styles of application architecture such as client-server, peer-to-peer, rich client and service oriented.” Has no mention
of MOBILE.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The study design has “styles of modern application architecture, including mobile, rich client, peer-to-peer and internet applications”.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Microsoft Defines Rich Client<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Rich client UIs can provide high performance, interactive, and rich user experiences for applications that must operate in stand-alone, connected, occasionally
connected, and disconnected scenarios. Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Microsoft Office Business Application (OBA) development environments and tools are available that allow developers to quickly and easily build rich client applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959">From <</span><a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/library/ee658087.aspx"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/library/ee658087.aspx</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959">>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">My students picked either A or B<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To me
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mobile: Rich or Thin client (and I would suggest some form of wireless connectivity)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Rich Client: Mobile or Fixed
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Neither answer truly nails it. I think there needs to be clearer definitions of these terms
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">kind regards
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold";color:#365F91">Robert K Hallworth</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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