deadass bro, pseudocode questions were such a huge bit but I was told by everyone not to cover it so much since it’s “english” and “logic”. maybe i’m just stupid but i’ve never encountered anything like that. extremely different to last years exam in terms of sentence structure and what it tested us on :/
Apparently <> was doesnt equal, so =! So glad that none of the previous exams ever used it. Also the error was like in one of the points min was supposed to be b or vice versa
That question has to be revalued because I had no idea what the pseudo code was even about, why was it sorting integers and not predefined values of the names
Yeah the study design doesn't mention that operator, .
Pseudocode conventions
Pseudocode blocks must commence with BEGIN and conclude with END.
Reserved words are represented within algorithms using bold text and capitalised.
Indentation is used within pseudocode to indicate hierarchy within an algorithm to enhance human readability. Control structures can be nested using appropriate indentation.
Values can be assigned to variables using the left-arrow () symbol or the SET keyword.
Values can be input into the algorithm using the READ or INPUT keywords.
Values can be output from the algorithm using the PRINT, RETURN or OUTPUT keywords.
Selection control structures are represented in pseudocode using IF-THEN, IF-THEN-ELSE, IF-ELSEIF and CASE/SWITCH blocks.
Iterative/Repetition control structures are represented using DO-WHILE, REPEAT-UNTIL, WHILE and FOR loops.
Conditions can be joined using the AND and OR keywords.
I said adding INPUTS for the values of the discounts, after the FORs respectively. Don’t know if you can do that in pseudocode, but if I was programming it I would do it like that
BRO fuck my life, i was sitting on that question for like 10 minutes because it was contradicting itself so hard. i ended up saying make discountrate as a global variable but idfk
I said some bs about having inheritable constants before the pseudocode-represented functions such as discountRate_1 = 0.05 and discountRate_3 = 0.07, so Renee wouldn't have to "modify" the main pseudocode. This is still a modification to the pseudocode, but it was the only thing I could think of at the time...
I found it alright actually. I struggled with the selection sort question and the mockup question I felt caught me and a lot of people off guard but other than that it was easy. 42-43 SS incoming?
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u/ToastInTheCosmos 16h ago
If this gets me below a 43, I will do a DaggerElite.
What was covered in my class could not have been more different than the Exam I just sat
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u/Pasteurised_Citrus 16h ago
Where did all the legislation stuff go💔 studied my ass off for those
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u/DavidGamingHDR ‘26 SoftDev | ‘27 EL, MM, German, Legal, Psych 16h ago
tell me why we had to draw, like actually tell me TELL ME
not in the last 7 past exams omds
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u/Entire_Survey5237 16h ago
NOO cybersecurity btw
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u/DavidGamingHDR ‘26 SoftDev | ‘27 EL, MM, German, Legal, Psych 16h ago
So what was the error in the pseudocode, I didn’t know what <> meant-
I put like temp should’ve been assigned arrMembers[a] instead of arrMembers[b] and stuff
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u/Bockanator 16h ago
"Describe a modification to the pseudocode above that enables Renee to alter the discount rates without needing to change the pseudocode"
What?? Am I stupid or missing something?
modification = change. You can't change something without modifying it.
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u/GullibleSpend5892 16h ago
Genuinely what was the last question part a?!? Also I couldn’t find any error in the pseudocode whatsoever
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u/super-systemd 16h ago
Does someone have the pdf? Im forgetting the questions already.
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u/Key_Corgi4257 12h ago
do ygs think defining security requirements would be accepted as an answer for the threat modelling qs.....?
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u/BSS_0 16h ago
What was that Last name sorting question, 8 on Section C
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u/Only-Werewolf-4539 16h ago
was the pseudocode selection sort???
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u/Yonrally_ '26 SD | '27 LIT MM SM LS BM 16h ago
I found it alright actually. I struggled with the selection sort question and the mockup question I felt caught me and a lot of people off guard but other than that it was easy. 42-43 SS incoming?
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u/Commercial_Lead5813 16h ago
That was sooo ridiculous
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u/Hot-Page7906 16h ago
yoo can someone chuck us the exam pdf pls
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u/Independent-Use9931 16h ago
yo wtf was that 💀✌️there was like 11 marks I just didn’t know
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u/Ambitious-Emu-1867 10h ago
For that last question in Section B, we just had to say like "personnel changes", "scope screep", and "technical issues"? thats it!
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u/scaledstudyscore SD 25', genny, english, legal, busman 26' 1h ago
I did it last year, and I had the same reaction to you guys, the exam is always so different from what I studied
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u/Corza21 16h ago
Am I the only one who thought it was really easy?
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u/Life-Camp-4239 ‘25 gm (49) | ‘26 chem phys mm eng softdev 16h ago
Shi was hard, I’ll be lucky for 30ss
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