They're gonna pick on some hardware questions - address bus, data bus, clock speed, fetch-execute cycle.
Compilation, interpretation and the translation process.
Debugging tools/methods
CASE and COTS
Actually.....Yes......u are most probably right.
They never seem to test the Hardware and haven't seen many lexical or syntactical analysis questions come up.
Debugging, checking and errors probably.
they're heaps generous with algorithm marks. if you really cant do any just get the structuring and all that basic shit right and you'll get an easy 3/6 if your algorithm at least somewhat useful and logical
In a sense that is good.
If you are good at algorithms and your answer is better than 'vaguely' right which would normally get u 3/6, u can then get 5/6, even 6/6 even if its a tiny bit wrong.
I'm so shit at algorithms. anyone have any tips for me to improve in a few days?
Any tips you say.....i mean , you are competition, so i probably shouldn't help....but ahh wtf.
Think like how a computer would think. Think about how each step has to be completed before the next. The indentation is a key factor in determining whats going on, it tells you which process is doing what within what.
"for" loops are to count and do the process then complete and move to the next one.
U don't need to say increment by # as the 'NEXT N' does it for you.
Remember there are always more than 1 way to answer an algorithmic question...most of the time. As long as its logically and syntactically correct. As long as it answers the question u will get marks.
Sometimes you have to assume that algorithm takes care of it self. For example.
Write an algorithm to turn on the light:
BEGIN
IF light = off THEN
Flick switch
END IF
END
OPPOSE TO!
BEGIN
WHILE electricity is running
IF light = off THEN
Walk over AND flick switch
ELSE
IF Light = ON THEN
Do not touch switch
END IF
END IF
END WHILE
END
Remembering if your always coutning start you first lines with
N = 1
(Whatever they are asking) = (where they want you to start counting)
With while and repeat
WHILE Action
do
ENDWHILE
REPEAT
do
UNTIL action
Bout all i can think of
Good luck!
