<div dir="ltr">Hi Damien,<div><br></div><div>Unless I'm mistaken, Desk Checks aren't mentioned in the study design at all. Trace tables are basically the same, and while I've certainly seen versions that have the line numbers on the side, I feel like they are redundant. I usually do Trace Tables (desk checks) like the diagram on the RHS *(in your example), with the bottom-most values representing the current value of the variable.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd be interested to hear other's thoughts on this - as I can change what is in my text for 2020!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Adrian</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 2:35 PM ATKINSON-BUCK, Damien <<a href="mailto:Damien.ATKINSON-BUCK@ivanhoe.com.au">Damien.ATKINSON-BUCK@ivanhoe.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all, <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apologies if this has already been asked before.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Could someone please give me a guide as to the difference between a desk check and a trace table. I was under the impression that the desk check was a simply putting all of the variables into a table and checking their value each pass through
the loop/function whereas a trace table was a fair bit larger in that they show what happens throughout each line of code, as per the 2 images below.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From <a href="https://www.101computing.net/trace-table/" target="_blank">https://www.101computing.net/trace-table/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From 2018 Sov Dev Examiners report<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Last year’s exam Section B Q1 asked students to draw a trace table, but the suggested answer in the
<a href="https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/exams/technology/2018/computingsoftwaredevelopment_examrep18.pdf" target="_blank">
examiner’s report</a> gave what I call a desk check. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is there a difference? <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If there is, what is acceptable in the exam? Given the 2018 exam has used this style, I assume it will be accepted this year, but does anyone have any other thoughts?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Damien<u></u><u></u></p>
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