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Lundy
Banned
It was ok. I've never been good with algorithms and not surprisingly I probably screwed up those parts. I can think of at least 15 marks I lost, but overall I'm quite pleased
Ragerunner
Your friendly HSC guide
It was better than I could have hoped for.
Didn't do that well still but im probably looking at 65-75 raw.
Didn't do that well still but im probably looking at 65-75 raw.
B.A.M
New Member
I think is was pretty good too. My teacher said that hexadecimal is not in the syllabus therefore it shouldn't have been in there.
The coding for languages options was weird but the other algorithms were ok considering what they could ask - there were no sorts or anything tircky like a binary search, so in that respect it was alright.
I also thought that the some of the multiple shoice was not quite clear enough as the questions needed to specify more.
Hope evryone went ok and that it wasn't too bad for all those people with those dreadful teacher stories!!!
ONLY 1 DAY LEFT!!
The coding for languages options was weird but the other algorithms were ok considering what they could ask - there were no sorts or anything tircky like a binary search, so in that respect it was alright.
I also thought that the some of the multiple shoice was not quite clear enough as the questions needed to specify more.
Hope evryone went ok and that it wasn't too bad for all those people with those dreadful teacher stories!!!
ONLY 1 DAY LEFT!!
Ragerunner
Your friendly HSC guide
It's part of the year 11 course.
They are sneaky
I didn't know my hexidecimal.
They are sneaky
I didn't know my hexidecimal.
Indeed they shouldn't have.
I ended up writing out all of the numbers until I got to 30hex or whatever... Sheesh... It took some brain power, writing those numbers... because I'd forgotten how to do the conversion!
I thought it was year 9-10 computing studies stuff... hmm...
I ended up writing out all of the numbers until I got to 30hex or whatever... Sheesh... It took some brain power, writing those numbers... because I'd forgotten how to do the conversion!
I thought it was year 9-10 computing studies stuff... hmm...
Lundy
Banned
I think that was unfairly advantageous to the developer's view option people, since it was fresher in our minds and all
Jinglebell
Member
in the sam davis book, the only place hex is mentioned is in software developers view of hardware option...and it's not in any other part of the excel book...and they really shouldn't have been testing prelim stuff...so hence that question was REALLY BAD!
and i'm done complaining now
jizmiester
Member
I loved the test, i thought it was all great except for the hexadecimal part cos i hadn't gone over any of it! but if you think about it that test was A lot easier then past papers. A lot more structured!
squ34ki
heavenian woohzaa!
i came out feeling great, then i thought about all those hexadec numbers, i did it in year 9, but our teacher really hadn't covered it at all since then...
the algorithms were ok, there wasn't andy sort so that was good, plus
the qu 24 second last part aobut reasons for functional paradign, that was nearly the same as last years!!
the algorithms were ok, there wasn't andy sort so that was good, plus
the qu 24 second last part aobut reasons for functional paradign, that was nearly the same as last years!!
Beaky
You can read minds?
alot harder than last year, especially if you did the evolution option. Im really suprised to see people actually saying the test was easy...
meh ohh well no more damn software!!!
meh ohh well no more damn software!!!
Kn1ght_M4r3
Member
hmm my scho0ol thought it was hard, i found it n0t easy all the way, but it had its advantages and disadvantages.
i saw the evolution bit was like wtf is that. ahahah poor people.
ahh well its over.
i saw the evolution bit was like wtf is that. ahahah poor people.
ahh well its over.
squ34ki
heavenian woohzaa!
hey, i thought the evolution bit was the easiest
the card read blah question was hard
the card read blah question was hard
honky tonk
in Miracle World
I was really stuck on the hexadecimal question, and not because I don't know how to do it (I do the second option) but because I couldn't understand how people doing option 1 would handle it.
I couldn't remember learning it in Year 11, so I sat there for about 10 minutes trying to figure out another way of answering it. After calculating the decimal, I was almost certain I'd done it wrong. Hopefully not!
I couldn't remember learning it in Year 11, so I sat there for about 10 minutes trying to figure out another way of answering it. After calculating the decimal, I was almost certain I'd done it wrong. Hopefully not!