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• Identify Relevant Information: Gather key data, define inputs and outputs, and understand any constraints or requirements specific to the problem.

• Determine Required Computations: Break the problem into clear steps. Decide on calculations, logic, or algorithms that will process the inputs to reach the desired outcome.

• Verify the Solution: Test by comparing outputs to expected results, run different scenarios (including edge cases), and validate that all requirements are met accurately.

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What are 3 sensible inputs and outputs for this system?

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Create the inputs and outputs for a Inventory Management System

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Advantages of specifying preconditions:

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Highlight the reusable components between these three applications...

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...and explain the benefit of this approach for the user

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What are some programming standards you can think of?

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A game developer has a contract with a publisher to deliver a sequel to a popular game. The new game is due to be released as a launch title for a next-generation games console. The developer decides to reuse many of the assets from the original game to speed up development. What are the disadvantages of doing this?

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1. Web pages commonly store local copies or cache on a client machine to reduce unnecessary internet traffic. Explain why caching might be beneficial or a hindrance in each of the following examples:

News website VS Live football scores website

Multiple Select

What are the advantages of caching?

• Slower response times
• Higher energy consumption
• improved performance and reduced latency

• Increased data redundancy
• Decreased load on data sources, and better resource utilization.

Multiple Choice

Disadvantages of caching

• Reduced memory usage
• Simplified debugging
• Stale data

• Improved performance