WACE Computer Science Year 12 Notes

These are the 20 revision notes inside the WACE Computer Science Mastery Pack. Open any note to see what it covers before you buy.

1. Control structures, data types, operators and Boolean logicProgramming · Unit 3 - Programming

   Programming skills and concepts

2. Modular code: functions, parameters, scope and parameter passingProgramming · Unit 3 - Programming

   Programming skills and concepts

3. Data structures: one- and two-dimensional arrays and dictionariesProgramming · Unit 3 - Programming

   Programming skills and concepts

4. Search and sort algorithms and Big O notationProgramming · Unit 3 - Programming

   Structured algorithms

5. Classes, objects, inheritance, encapsulation, abstraction and polymorphismProgramming · Unit 3 - Programming

   Object-oriented programming

6. Development framework, linear vs iterative processes and good programming practiceProgramming · Unit 3 - Programming

   Good programming practice

7. Testing, error types, debugging and desk checking with trace tablesProgramming · Unit 3 - Programming

   Testing and error detection

8. Impacts of software and the rights and responsibilities of software developersEthics and law · Units 3 and 4 - Ethical and legal issues

   Ethical and legal implications for developers of software

9. Privacy Act 1988, Australian Privacy Principles (APP5, 8, 10, 11, 12), Notifiable Data Breaches and data ethicsEthics and law · Units 3 and 4 - Ethical and legal issues

   Ethics and law / Development issues

10. OSI and DoD TCP/IP models, layer roles and packet architectureNetworks · Unit 3 - Network communications

    Models of networking

11. TCP vs UDP, ports, DNS, default gateways, IPv4 vs IPv6 and public vs private addressingNetworks · Unit 3 - Network communications

    Models of networking

12. IP addressing schemes, subnet masks, subnetting and CIDR notationNetworks · Unit 3 - Network communications

    Models of networking

13. Network components, Cisco network diagrams, topology, bandwidth, ping and tracerouteNetworks · Unit 3 - Network communications

    Network components and performance

14. External and internal network threats, malware and zero day vulnerabilitiesCyber security · Unit 4 - Cyber security

    Network threats

15. Security solutions, mitigation strategies, the CIA triad, the AAA framework and red vs blue teamsCyber security · Unit 4 - Cyber security

    Network threats / Security frameworks / Ethical hacking

16. Symmetric and asymmetric encryption, certificates, secure communication and early ciphersCyber security · Unit 4 - Cyber security

    Cryptography

17. Relational database concepts: entities, keys, relationships, data types, anomalies, ACID and ODBCData management · Unit 4 - Data management

    Core concepts

18. ER diagrams in crow's foot notation, relational notation, data dictionaries and resolving M:NData management · Unit 4 - Data management

    Data modelling

19. Data integrity, data quality and normalisation to 3NFData management · Unit 4 - Data management

    Data integrity / Normalisation

20. SQL: CREATE, ALTER, DROP, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, SELECT, joins, aggregates and GROUP BYData management · Unit 4 - Data management

    Database creation and manipulation