N5 Assignment revision (SDD)

Multiple Choice

How many marks is the Software Design & Development section of the assignment worth?

• 15 marks

• 20 marks

• 25 marks

• 30 marks

Multiple Choice

How much time are you given to complete the assignment?

• 6 hours

• 8 hours

• 6 periods

• 10 periods

Categorize

Options (6)

Pupil's test score

Decide which grade the pupil achieved

Caclulate the pupil's percentage score

Pupil's grade

Pupil's percentage score

Validate test score

A program is created to inform a teacher what percentage score and grade a pupil achieved on a test out of 30. Categorize the inputs, processes and output.

Input

Process

Output

Match

Match the structured diagram shapes with their coding construct

Process

Loop

Selection

Pre-defined function

• Process

• Loop

• Selection

• Pre-defined function

Match

Match the flowchart shapes with their coding construct

Flow line

Initialisation

Input or Output

Selection

Terminal

• Flow line

• Initialisation

• Input or Output

• Selection

• Terminal

Multiple Choice

Which of the lines of Python shown below matches the SQA reference language below?

RECEIVE name FROM STRING KEYBOARD

• name = input("Enter your name:")

• name = int(input("Enter your name:"))

• print("enter your name")

• input("Enter your name:")

Open Ended

What should you keep in mind when writing a design for part of a program?

Multiple Choice

Which type of loop is shown in the design opposite.

• Fixed

• Conditional

Multiple Choice

You are implementing your program code and notice that it includes three separate if statements which could be more efficiently coded as a nested selection statement with if, elif and else. What should you do?

• Code a nested selection statement to make the code more efficient

• Code the selection statements as shown in the design

• Ask your teacher for help

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be the best set of test data to test a program where the user has to enter a percentage score?

• -9, 109, 100, 110, 0, -0

• 0, 57, 100, 101, 97, -1

• 1, 42, 100, -34, 102, 97

• 0, 100, -3, 789, ABC, 49

Multiple Choice

A program which can deal with unexpected input can be described as...

• fit for purpose

• readble

• robust

• efficient

Multiple Choice

A program which meets all functional requirements could be described as...

• fit for purpose

• readble

• robust

• efficient