National 5 Computing Science 2018-19

Here we go, last exam. Good luck if you're sitting it as well 👍.

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username4623278

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My exam went okay I think, how did everyone else get on?

Reply 42

How did you guys find it?

I thought it was pretty easy, I left out the design question about the fairground one; nothing what I was expecting maybe because I was under pressure or something but I just couldn't get my head around how to code it. Other than that it was fine.

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Original post by The_RobDob

My exam went okay I think, how did everyone else get on?

Original post by Strelzo

How did you guys find it?

I thought it was pretty easy, I left out the design question about the fairground one; nothing what I was expecting maybe because I was under pressure or something but I just couldn't get my head around how to code it. Other than that it was fine.

Glad it went well for you both :smile:

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username4623278

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Original post by Strelzo

How did you guys find it?

I thought it was pretty easy, I left out the design question about the fairground one; nothing what I was expecting maybe because I was under pressure or something but I just couldn't get my head around how to code it. Other than that it was fine.

For the current meter reading question what did you put for line 18 in the code?

Reply 45

Hello, I’m after the exams, and I have to agree - exam was quite easy. However since my teachers was not teaching then I was stuck with end-user and functional requirements and I am dissapointed

Reply 46

Original post by The_RobDob

For the current meter reading question what did you put for line 18 in the code?

WHILE currentReading < previousReading

currentReading = InputBox("Error, enter a value what is not less than the previous reading.")

END WHILE

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username4623278

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Original post by Strelzo

WHILE currentReading < previousReading

currentReading = InputBox("Error, enter a value what is not less than the previous reading.")

END WHILE

Wasn't that what was already there?

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Consequence_CC

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Original post by The_RobDob

Wasn't that what was already there?

I put down
UNTIL currentMeter > previousMeter as it said that the current meter needs to be higher

Original post by The_RobDob

For the current meter reading question what did you put for line 18 in the code?

Reply 49

Original post by The_RobDob

Wasn't that what was already there?

No idea, I'm just pissed at how badly worded some of the questions were. I'm probably wrong but oh well.

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Nrevi

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Original post by Strelzo

No idea, I'm just pissed at how badly worded some of the questions were. I'm probably wrong but oh well.

Agreed that’s what I hate about computing - the vague wordings. Overall the paper was fair.

Reply 51

Original post by Nrevi

Agreed that’s what I hate about computing - the vague wordings. Overall the paper was fair.

Yeah, don't get me wrong it was a very fair paper, just don't see why they purposely write some questions out to try and catch you out.

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Original post by Strelzo

No idea, I'm just pissed at how badly worded some of the questions were. I'm probably wrong but oh well.

I strongly agree on this one, I was confused on this one cause it was a conditional loop and then showing the output maybe?. Idk.

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Sorry for double post but, what did everybody get for design technique for fairground game thing?. I wrote out steps 1 and 2 then done 3 and 4 using structure diagram

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Reply 54

Consequence_CC

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Original post by Kubsyy

Sorry for double post but, what did everybody get for design technique for fairground game thing?. I wrote out steps 1 and 2 then done 3 and 4 using structure diagram

Was that the one with the board and the scores?

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Original post by Kubsyy

I strongly agree on this one, I was confused on this one cause it was a conditional loop and then showing the output maybe?. Idk.

It's like I know how to structure very high quality code, just stupid way of putting it. I hate the SQA with a passion.

Reply 56

Original post by Consequence_CC

Was that the one with the board and the scores?

Yes

Reply 57

ads203

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we finished learning about the course around February and my teacher kept ranting on about us learning our standard algorithms and that if we did anything over the April holiday, it was to learn the standard algorithms, my only question is how important are standard algorithms at higher? Also that nat 5 computing exam was not hard apart from that design technique question at the end of the paper. only economics left and my exams are done.

Reply 58

Consequence_CC

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Original post by Kubsyy

Yes

I used python and I basically copied steps 1 and 2 that were shown above the answer box and added an if loop within the conditional loop to end game if score >= 50 and added another if loop out of conditional loop to display prize message if score was == 50.

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