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HSC Software Design & Development 2022​

In the course of his employment, Mr Rankine decides to create a custom application for marking the roll each day. After the roll is marked, the data is automatically inputted onto Compass, and the app discards the information, as the school has forbidden that official school data be stored by a third party app.

Open Ended

State an appropriate form to store the data in.

Open Ended

Identify one one disadvantage of using this form of data storage, in this context.

In team meeting regarding a software product, Joseph and Jordan disagree on whether to store the postcode of a house as a string (Joseph's view), or an integer (Jordan's view).

Open Ended

As the lead developer, choose a type, and justify your choice.

Open Ended

Further discussion reveals that while Joe has coded his part of the project to store the houses on a street as an array, Jordan has coded his part to store the houses on a street as a record. Choose which option to pursue as the correct data structure, and explain your choice.

​How long a user is going to stay on a website is dependent on how the website has been designed. Ergonomic websites, naturally, will have more visits than websites which have not been designed with ergonomics in mind.

A commonly-known rule for website ergonomics is the "three-click rule," which suggests that a user should be able to navigate to a part of your site in three, or fewer, clicks.

Multiple Choice

Which UI elements would be most appropriate for inputting the amount and the colour of an item you wish to purchase from a website?

• Sliders & Number Inputs

• Sliders & Checkboxes

• Dropdowns & Checkboxes

• Dropdowns & Number Inputs

Multiple Choice

Which response best matches a screen element with the data being entered?

• Text boxes

  FOR

  Scanned signature

• Check boxes

  FOR

  Date of Birth

• Dropdown list

  FOR

  Name of a Pet

• Radio Buttons

  FOR

  Day of the Week