VCE Software Development U3O1 Word Scramble: Naming conventions and internal documentation and Pseudocode (Modules 48–71)
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Word scramble
Unscramble the letters and write each key term on the line.
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TEUMSINRDETFSNAT
Camel casing: join words with no spaces, start with a lower case letter, then capitalise the first letter of each later word, e.g. ______ or calculateTotal.
2
AECSK_SEAN
A naming convention that writes every letter in lower case and joins words with underscores, e.g. student_first_name. Python uses it for variables and functions.
3
AIRHANGNU ATOOINTN
A naming style where a variable name starts with a short lower-case prefix showing its data type, e.g. strName, intAge, fltPrice, blnPassed.
4
TBIBMTUNS
Hungarian notation for a control: a type prefix (btn button, txt textbox, lbl label, lst list, cbo combobox) plus a purpose, so ______ is clearly a button.
5
GMINAN INTOCNVNOE
A consistent rule for naming code structures: snake_case verbs for functions and methods (get_total), CamelCase nouns for classes (StudentRecord). Pick one style and stick to it.
6
"""RDITGCSNO"""
A triple-quoted string on the first line of a function or class body. It documents what the code does, its parameters and its return value. help() displays it.
7
APSS
A Python statement that does nothing. It fills a stub's empty body, often beside a # TODO comment, so the program still runs while the real code is written later.
8
NOCUT <- UTONC + 1
A counter. It adds 1 to a variable each time a loop repeats. Set it to 0 before the loop. An accumulator works the same way: total <- total + x adds a value each time.
Answer Key
VCE Software Development U3O1 · Modules 48–71
1TEUMSINRDETFSNAT → studentFirstName — Camel casing: join words with no spaces, start with a lower case letter, then capitalise the first letter of each later word, e.g. studentFirstName or calculateTotal.
2AECSK_SEAN → snake_case — A naming convention that writes every letter in lower case and joins words with underscores, e.g. student_first_name. Python uses it for variables and functions.
3AIRHANGNU ATOOINTN → Hungarian notation — A naming style where a variable name starts with a short lower-case prefix showing its data type, e.g. strName, intAge, fltPrice, blnPassed.
4TBIBMTUNS → btnSubmit — Hungarian notation for a control: a type prefix (btn button, txt textbox, lbl label, lst list, cbo combobox) plus a purpose, so btnSubmit is clearly a button.
5GMINAN INTOCNVNOE → naming convention — A consistent rule for naming code structures: snake_case verbs for functions and methods (get_total), CamelCase nouns for classes (StudentRecord). Pick one style and stick to it.
6"""RDITGCSNO""" → """docstring""" — A triple-quoted string on the first line of a function or class body. It documents what the code does, its parameters and its return value. help() displays it.
7APSS → pass — A Python statement that does nothing. It fills a stub's empty body, often beside a # TODO comment, so the program still runs while the real code is written later.
8NOCUT <- UTONC + 1 → count <- count + 1 — A counter. It adds 1 to a variable each time a loop repeats. Set it to 0 before the loop. An accumulator works the same way: total <- total + x adds a value each time.