WACE Computer Science case studies
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The WACE Computer Science ATAR course is a Western Australian senior-secondary course for Year 11 and Year 12 students, administered within the Western Australian Certificate of Education framework by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA). This page is an independent study resource; it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to SCSA. The syllabus page that normally hosts the course details returned a "Page Not Found" error when retrieved, so this page deliberately states no question count, duration, mark allocation, weighting, fee, or pass mark. Treat any figure you see elsewhere as unverified until you check the current syllabus. The WACE Computer Science case studies are 5 cases and about 2,479 words.
1Scheduling a School Canteen Ordering System
A Year 12 team is building a canteen pre-order app for a school of 900 students. The canteen can prepare 420 hot meals per lunch break.
543 words, about 3 min2Choosing a Data Structure for a Library Search Feature
A school library has 24,000 catalogue records. Each record has a title, author, ISBN and up to 6 subject tags.
514 words, about 3 min3Network Design for a Portable Classroom
A school adds a portable classroom 60 m from the main building. It needs 30 student devices, one teacher laptop and a networked printer.
507 words, about 3 min4Version Control and Release for a Student Software Project
A Year 12 team of four is building a booking system for the school gym. They currently share one folder on a network drive and edit files directly; twice this term one student's work was overwritten.
482 words, about 2 min5Debugging Slow Page Loads on the School Website
The school website's news page takes 6.2 seconds to load on the school network. It contains 40 images (average 900 KB each), three JavaScript files totalling 2.1 MB, and a single database query.
433 words, about 2 min