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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 3 — Real-World Problems and Solution Requirements

Scoping a genuine problem with real constraints.

Modules (96)

1 Identifying a Need or Opportunity 2 Stakeholders 3 Data Collection Methods for User Needs 4 Decomposing a problem into sub-problems 5 Decomposing a problem into a hierarchy chart 6 Choosing the aspect of a problem to develop 7 Scope of a solution 8 Version and solution boundaries 9 Constraints on a solution 10 Economic constraints 11 Legal constraints 12 Social constraints 13 Technical constraints 14 Limitations of a solution 15 Functional requirements 16 Solution Non-functional Requirements 17 Writing measurable non-functional requirements 18 Listing requirements and constraints for a problem 19 Evaluation criteria 20 Prescribed criteria 21 Self-determined criteria 22 Input-process-output (IPO) chart 23 Ideation Techniques 24 Brainstorming 25 Mind maps 26 Characteristics of Creative and Innovative Solutions 27 Roles and responsibilities in a team project 28 Comparing alternative designs with a decision matrix 29 What a single-table database is 30 The repeated-data problem in one big table 31 What is a relational database? 32 Primary key 33 Foreign key and table relationships 34 One-to-many relationships between tables 35 Why use a database instead of a spreadsheet 36 Plain text (TXT) files: structure 37 Delimited (CSV) files: structure 38 XML files: structure 39 JSON files: structure 40 Reasons for using TXT, CSV and XML data sources 41 One-dimensional arrays 42 Records: fields with different data types 43 Two-dimensional arrays 44 Choosing a data structure 45 Why programs are divided into modules 46 Procedures versus functions 47 Functions calling other functions 48 Purposes of naming conventions 49 Naming conventions for solution elements 50 Readability improvements in code 51 Maintainability improvements in code 52 Purposes of internal documentation: code maintenance 53 Comments that explain and justify data and code structures 54 Header comments for code maintenance 55 Spotting sequence, branching and iteration in everyday systems 56 Pseudocode Writing Conventions 57 Pseudocode for Solution Design 58 Variable Assignment: x <- value 59 input keyword 60 print keyword 61 Arithmetic Operators in Pseudocode 62 Comparison Operators in Pseudocode 63 Boolean Operators in Pseudocode 64 if-then-else block 65 if-then block 66 else if: chained selection 67 for loop: for i from 1 to n 68 while loop 69 Repeat-Until loop 70 Counters and accumulators in pseudocode 71 Arrays in pseudocode 72 Records in pseudocode 73 define: defining a function 74 return keyword 75 Calling a function 76 Function header in Software Development pseudocode 77 Writing pseudocode from an IPO chart 78 Pseudocode for user interaction: prompts and menus 79 Types of validation check 80 Pseudocode for validating input 81 Pseudocode for presenting results 82 Iterating through records in pseudocode 83 Linear Search algorithm in pseudocode 84 Keeping an untouched copy of the raw data 85 Cleaning data 86 Handling missing values 87 Cleaning data in pseudocode 88 Merging two data sources in pseudocode 89 Purpose of a software development brief 90 Brief feature: problem, need or opportunity outline 91 Brief feature: proposed users 92 Brief feature: feasibility 93 Purpose of a software requirements specification (SRS) 94 SRS content: requirements, constraints and scope 95 Structure of a technical proposal 96 Presenting a technical proposal to an audience

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VCE Innovative Solutions Crossword: Impact of Emerging Trends in Digital Systems and more (Part 1 of 2) 10 clues · Impact of Emerging Trends in Digital Systems, Characteristics of Creative and Innovative Solutions, Functions and Capabilities of Digital Systems, Ideation Techniques and more
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VCE Innovative Solutions Crossword: Gantt Charts and Project Management and more (Part 2 of 2) 10 clues · Gantt Charts and Project Management, Design Tool - Mock-ups, Design Tool - Storyboards, Design Tool - Sitemap and more
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VCE Innovative Solutions Word Search: Impact of Emerging Trends in Digital Systems and more (All modules) 20 words to find · Impact of Emerging Trends in Digital Systems, Characteristics of Creative and Innovative Solutions, Functions and Capabilities of Digital Systems, Ideation Techniques and more
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VCE Pseudocode Crossword: What is Pseudocode to if-then block (Modules 1–10) 6 clues · What is Pseudocode, Pseudocode Writing Conventions, Variable Assignment: x <- value, input keyword and more
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VCE Pseudocode Crossword: if-then-else block to Reading and tracing complex pseudocode (Modules 11–28) 10 clues · if-then-else block, else if: chained selection, for loop: for i from 1 to n, Nested for loops and more
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VCE Pseudocode Word Search: What is Pseudocode to Reading and tracing complex pseudocode (Modules 1–28) 20 words to find · What is Pseudocode, Pseudocode Writing Conventions, Variable Assignment: x <- value, input keyword and more
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Years 5–6 Creating Digital Solutions Crossword: Defining problems and requirements and Designing algorithms with branching and iteration (Modules 1–10) 10 clues · What is a problem a digital system can solve?, User need, Writing a problem statement, Functional requirements and more
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Years 5–6 Creating Digital Solutions Word Search: Defining problems and requirements and Designing algorithms with branching and iteration (Modules 1–20) 20 words to find · What is a problem a digital system can solve?, User need, Writing a problem statement, Functional requirements and more
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VCE Data Analysis Crossword: Ethics and APA referencing and Requirements, constraints and scope (Modules 56–67) 10 clues · Acknowledging sources and copyright, Purpose of APA referencing, APA in-text citations, APA reference list entry structure and more
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VCE Data Analysis Crossword: Requirements, constraints and scope and Design tools for databases, spreadsheets and visualisations (Modules 68–80) 10 clues · Scope of a solution, Listing requirements and constraints for a problem, Interpreting teacher-provided requirements for a data solution, Input-process-output (IPO) chart and more
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VCE Data Analysis Word Search: Ethics and APA referencing to Design tools for databases, spreadsheets and visualisations (Modules 56–80) 22 words to find · Acknowledging sources and copyright, Purpose of APA referencing, APA in-text citations, APA reference list entry structure and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Crossword: Manipulating, validating and testing spreadsheet data and Relational database structure (Modules 35–44) 10 clues · Pivot tables, What is a relational database?, What a single-table database is, Database field data types and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Word Search: Manipulating, validating and testing spreadsheet data to Querying data with SQL (Modules 35–54) 20 words to find · Pivot tables, What is a relational database?, What a single-table database is, Database field data types and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Crossword: Requirements and design tools to Naming conventions and internal documentation (Modules 10–47) 10 clues · Data dictionary, Writing a data dictionary entry, Designing classes with a class diagram, Object descriptions and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Crossword: Naming conventions and internal documentation and Pseudocode (Modules 48–71) 10 clues · Camel casing, Snake casing, Hungarian notation for variables, Hungarian notation for interface controls and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Crossword: Pseudocode to Data structures (Modules 72–96) 10 clues · Turning pseudocode into Python, Changing a global variable with the global keyword, Functions calling other functions, Program structure with a main() function and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Crossword: Data structures and Data sources and files (Modules 98–113) 10 clues · Records: fields with different data types, Accessing a record's fields by name and by field index, Choosing a data structure, Plain text (TXT) files: structure and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Crossword: Data sources and files to Graphical user interfaces (Modules 114–124) 10 clues · Reading an XML file with ElementTree, Validation: why data is checked on entry, Types of validation check, Existence checking in code and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Word Search: Requirements and design tools to Pseudocode (Modules 10–71) 21 words to find · Data dictionary, Writing a data dictionary entry, Designing classes with a class diagram, Object descriptions and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Word Search: Pseudocode to Data sources and files (Modules 72–113) 21 words to find · Turning pseudocode into Python, Changing a global variable with the global keyword, Functions calling other functions, Program structure with a main() function and more
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VCE Software Development U3O1 Word Search: Data sources and files to Object-oriented programming (Modules 114–141) 20 words to find · Reading an XML file with ElementTree, Validation: why data is checked on entry, Types of validation check, Existence checking in code and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Crossword: Project reasons and the brief (Modules 2–11) 10 clues · Stakeholders, Project reason: increasing productivity and efficiency, Project reason: reducing costs, Project reason: addressing gaps in the market and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Crossword: Needs, requirements, constraints and scope and Analytical tools and the software requirements specification (Modules 26–41) 10 clues · Reports as a source of requirements, Analysing interview and survey responses to find needs, Economic constraints, Legal constraints and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Crossword: Analytical tools and the software requirements specification and Legal requirements for copyright, ownership and privacy (Modules 52–71) 10 clues · Purpose of a software requirements specification (SRS), SRS content: requirements, constraints and scope, SRS content: user characteristics and technical environment, SRS content: analytical tools depicting existing systems and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Crossword: Legal requirements for copyright, ownership and privacy to Ideation and evaluating design ideas (Modules 72–85) 10 clues · IPP 10: sensitive information, File naming, shared folders and version history, Version control for software projects, Full backup and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Crossword: Ideation and evaluating design ideas to User experience and software design (Modules 86–109) 10 clues · Mood boards, Design criteria for an interface, Comparing alternative designs with a decision matrix, Efficiency of a solution and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Word Search: Project reasons and the brief to Needs, requirements, constraints and scope (Modules 2–24) 21 words to find · Stakeholders, Project reason: increasing productivity and efficiency, Project reason: reducing costs, Project reason: addressing gaps in the market and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Word Search: Needs, requirements, constraints and scope and Analytical tools and the software requirements specification (Modules 26–51) 20 words to find · Reports as a source of requirements, Analysing interview and survey responses to find needs, Economic constraints, Legal constraints and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Word Search: Analytical tools and the software requirements specification to Ideation and evaluating design ideas (Modules 52–85) 20 words to find · Purpose of a software requirements specification (SRS), SRS content: requirements, constraints and scope, SRS content: user characteristics and technical environment, SRS content: analytical tools depicting existing systems and more
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VCE Software Development U3O2 Word Search: Ideation and evaluating design ideas to User interface design principles (Modules 86–119) 20 words to find · Mood boards, Design criteria for an interface, Comparing alternative designs with a decision matrix, Efficiency of a solution and more
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VCE Software Development U4O1 Crossword: Efficient and effective solutions and user-centred design to Classes, objects and access modifiers (Modules 3–79) 10 clues · User-centred design, Order of operations with brackets in Python, Choosing data types for input, storage and output, Procedures versus functions and more
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VCE Software Development U4O1 Crossword: Classes, objects and access modifiers to Code repositories, APIs, libraries and AI assistants (Modules 82–114) 10 clues · Choosing access modifiers for a class, Readability improvements in code, Built-in functions sum(), min() and max(), List comprehensions and more
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VCE Software Development U4O1 Word Search: Efficient and effective solutions and user-centred design to Code repositories, APIs, libraries and AI assistants (Modules 3–114) 20 words to find · User-centred design, Order of operations with brackets in Python, Choosing data types for input, storage and output, Procedures versus functions and more
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VCE Data Analytics U3O1 Crossword: Data types and relational databases to Sourcing, validating and referencing data (Modules 17–49) 10 clues · Field sizes, SQL column data types and sizes, One-to-many relationships between tables, Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT in a WHERE clause and more
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VCE Data Analytics U3O1 Crossword: Sourcing, validating and referencing data to Statistical analysis of data (Modules 50–91) 10 clues · Setting spreadsheet data validation rules, Removing duplicate rows, Handling missing values, Converting text to numbers and fixing date formats and more
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VCE Data Analytics U3O1 Word Search: Data types and relational databases to Statistical analysis of data (Modules 17–91) 20 words to find · Field sizes, SQL column data types and sizes, One-to-many relationships between tables, Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT in a WHERE clause and more
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VCE Data Analytics U4O1 Crossword: Data quality and testing visualisations to Recording and assessing project progress (Modules 85–105) 10 clues · Visual inspection of a data visualisation, Confirming a chart represents the data, Evaluation criteria, Time frame of an evaluation strategy and more
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VCE Data Analytics U4O1 Word Search: Audience and developing infographics and dashboards to Recording and assessing project progress (Modules 63–105) 20 words to find · Pagination of an infographic or dashboard, Clarifying data refresh requirements, Visual hierarchy in a visualisation, Clarity of message in a visualisation and more
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Years 7–8 Creating Digital Solutions Crossword: Defining and decomposing problems and Designing and tracing algorithms (Modules 3–47) 10 clues · Interviewing a user, Decomposing a problem into sub-problems, Decomposition diagrams, Non-functional requirements and more
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Years 7–8 Creating Digital Solutions Word Search: Defining and decomposing problems to Evaluating digital solutions (Modules 3–125) 21 words to find · Interviewing a user, Decomposing a problem into sub-problems, Decomposition diagrams, Non-functional requirements and more
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Years 9–10 Creating Digital Solutions Crossword: Defining and decomposing problems to Evaluating solutions, impact and innovation (Modules 6–132) 10 clues · Decomposing a problem into a hierarchy chart, Prioritising requirements, Truth tables for AND, OR and NOT, Logical operators in a flowchart decision and more
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Years 9–10 Creating Digital Solutions Word Search: Defining and decomposing problems to Evaluating solutions, impact and innovation (Modules 6–132) 20 words to find · Decomposing a problem into a hierarchy chart, Prioritising requirements, Truth tables for AND, OR and NOT, Logical operators in a flowchart decision and more
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VCE Applied Computing U1O2 Crossword: Requirements and design tools to Naming conventions and internal documentation (Modules 8–88) 10 clues · Writing an IPO chart for a program, Accessing record fields by index, Abstraction in OOP, Encapsulation in OOP and more
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VCE Applied Computing U1O2 Word Search: Requirements and design tools to Legal requirements and emerging trends (Modules 8–124) 21 words to find · Writing an IPO chart for a program, Accessing record fields by index, Abstraction in OOP, Encapsulation in OOP and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6 Crossword: Algorithms with Branching and Repetition (Modules 106–119) 10 clues · Spotting a repeating pattern, A loop that never stops, A variable that counts in a loop, Counting only some things with IF inside a loop and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6 Word Search: Algorithms with Branching and Repetition (Modules 106–132) 20 words to find · Spotting a repeating pattern, A loop that never stops, A variable that counts in a loop, Counting only some things with IF inside a loop and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Crossword: Analysing and Visualising Data and Structured Data and Queries (Modules 331–360) 10 clues · Describing a trend in a sentence with evidence, Investigating a dataset from question to conclusion, Attributes of an object, Attributes of an event and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 Word Search: Analysing and Visualising Data to Algorithms, Flowcharts and Pseudocode (Modules 331–411) 21 words to find · Describing a trend in a sentence with evidence, Investigating a dataset from question to conclusion, Attributes of an object, Attributes of an event and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Acquiring and Validating Data (Modules 255–329) 10 clues · Validation rules on an online survey form, Choosing a logging interval for sensor readings, Recording sensor readings in a spreadsheet with timestamps, Sensor errors: faults, calibration and noise and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Crossword: Entities, Relationships and Queries (Modules 433–451) 10 clues · The repeated-data problem in one big table, Entity, Attributes become fields, One-to-one and many-to-many relationships and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Word Search: Data Compression and Acquiring and Validating Data (Modules 226–329) 20 words to find · Exporting audio at different quality levels in Audacity, How video compression reuses unchanged parts of frames, Streaming media and adjusting bitrate, Common compressed file formats and what they are used for and more
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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 9–10 Word Search: Analysing and Visualising Data and Entities, Relationships and Queries (Modules 413–451) 21 words to find · Connecting one slicer to several pivot charts, Referencing a cell on another worksheet, Named ranges, A drop-down list as a chart selector and more
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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 1 Crossword: Algorithms and Programming Techniques and Programmed Solutions (Modules 158–380) 10 clues · input keyword, if-then-else block, Repeat-Until loop, define: defining a function and more
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QCE Digital Solutions Unit 1 Word Search: User Experiences and Interfaces to Programmed Solutions (Modules 82–380) 20 words to find · Recording pitfalls and useful solutions in an existing interface, Known user, User characteristics, Age appropriateness of information and more
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Crossword: Interactions Between Users, Data and Digital Systems and Real-World Problems and Solution Requirements (Modules 128–176) 10 clues · Choosing a development method for a user profile, The six useability principles, Useability principle: error tolerance, Useability principle: ease of learning and more
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Crossword: Real-World Problems and Solution Requirements (Modules 194–250) 10 clues · JSON files: structure, Why programs are divided into modules, Pseudocode for user interaction: prompts and menus, Pseudocode for validating input and more
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Crossword: Real-World Problems and Solution Requirements and Innovative Digital Solutions (Modules 251–337) 10 clues · Presenting a technical proposal to an audience, Systems thinking and a conceptual model of a solution, Properties of a system, The user interface as part of a system model and more
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Word Search: Interactions Between Users, Data and Digital Systems and Real-World Problems and Solution Requirements (Modules 15–176) 20 words to find · Control mechanisms: open-loop and closed-loop, Components of a web application, Database server, Server-side code and more
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Word Search: Real-World Problems and Solution Requirements and Innovative Digital Solutions (Modules 194–337) 20 words to find · JSON files: structure, Why programs are divided into modules, Pseudocode for user interaction: prompts and menus, Pseudocode for validating input and more

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