Testing 2
Explain, using examples, the difference between a ‘syntax error’ and a ‘logic error’?
Questions
Testing 1
A computer system requires users to enter their age in years, but will only accept values in the range of 0-120 inclusive. Below is a test plan to test that the system works correctly. Complete the test plan by writing an ‘expected outcome’ and ‘reason for test’ for each of the numbered cells of the
Defensive Design 3
To plan against unwanted inputs, developers will often create whitelists and/or blacklists. What is the difference between a ‘whitelist’ and a ‘blacklist’?
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Defensive Design 2
Code maintainability is an important defensive design measure. Explain 3 methods of code maintainability.
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Defensive Design 1
Explain, using examples, the difference between “input sanitisation” and “input validation”.
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Computational Thinking 2
What is meant by the term ‘decomposition’?
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Computational Thinking 1
What is meant by the term abstraction?
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Compression 3
A programmer wishes to compress their source code file, before sending it to a colleague for review. Which method of compression should they use and why?