[Year 12 SofDev] Calculators Soft Dev Exam

[Mark]

Students don't need to use calculators often.

One reason may be to calculate the transmission time of a random file with
X records, each with F fields of a specific data type or length at M
megabits per second.

A total file length of 5318008 bytes tends to amuse them, and justifies the
possession of the calculator.

On 28 August 2015 at 13:47, Andrew Shortell <shortell at get2me.net> wrote:

> to calculate sizes of files, to see if they fit on back up devices.
>
> e.g.  dont want them to try to put a 900MB file on a cd
>
> Andrew Shortell
> Educator
> CRC Melton
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> shortell at get2me.net (This List)
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> On 28 Aug 2015, at 11:32 am, Darren Scott <dscott at ccb.vic.edu.au> wrote:
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> Heyo,
> http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/documents/vcaanavigator_web.pdf states that
> they’re allowed a scientific calculator only.
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> Darren Scott
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> *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [
> mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au <sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au>] *On
> Behalf Of *Croke, Daryl D
> *Sent:* Friday, 28 August 2015 11:05 AM
> *To:* sofdev at edulists.com.au
> *Subject:* [Year 12 SofDev] Calculators Soft Dev Exam
>
> Hi all
>
> Just a clarification do students need calculators during the Soft Dev
> exam, if so, what type and why?
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> Cheers
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> Daryl Croke
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> *keep on coding*
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They decided to visit a friendly sleuth of bears and their mates, a
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On their way, they met a tower of giraffes and a parade of elephants.
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Mark Kelly



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