[Year 12 SofDev] Trace Tables vs desk Check

[ATKINSON-BUCK, Damien]

Hi all,
Apologies if this has already been asked before.
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.
Trace Table

Desk Check

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>From https://www.101computing.net/trace-table/


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>From 2018 Sov Dev Examiners report


Last year's exam Section B Q1 asked students to draw a trace table, but the suggested answer in the examiner's report<https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/exams/technology/2018/computingsoftwaredevelopment_examrep18.pdf> gave what I call a desk check.
Is there a difference?
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?
Thanks in advance
Damien



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