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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">I too am confused by their answer, the way I look at it is an instruction is a single line command and a function can consist of multiple
 lines of code to perform a specific task</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">I think the examiner might have had their head in IT Apps world when writing this answer and went with the MS Excel version of the term function, but even then
 they&#8217;re pre-written lines of code being called.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">From the repository of all that is good and occasionally correct (webopedia)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333">Instruction:&nbsp; A basic
</span><a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/command.html"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">command</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333">. The term
<em><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">instruction</span></em> is often used to describe the most rudimentary
</span><a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/program.html"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">programming</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333"> commands.
 For example, a </span><a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/computer.html"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">computer's</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333">
</span><a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/instruction_set.html"><em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#CC3300; text-decoration:none">instruction set</span></em></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333">
 is the list of all the basic commands in the computer's</span><a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/machine_language.html"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> machine language</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">Function:
</span><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333">(1)</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333"> In
</span><a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/program.html"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">programming</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333">, a named
 section of a program that performs a specific task. In this sense, a function is a type of
</span><a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/procedure.html"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">procedure</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333"> or
</span><a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/R/routine.html"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">routine</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333">. Some
</span><a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/programming_language.html"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">programming languages</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333">
 make a distinction between a <em><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">function</span></em>, which returns a value, and a
<em><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">procedure</span></em>, which performs some operation but does not return a value. Most programming languages come with a prewritten set of
</span><a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/F/function.html"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">functions</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333"> that are kept
 in a </span><a href="http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/L/library.html"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">library</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#333333">. You can
 also write your own functions to perform specialized tasks. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Adrian Janson [mailto:janson.adrian.a@edumail.vic.gov.au]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 16 May 2012 8:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Programming Instructions</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">Just catching up on this thread!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">I must confess that I am a bit flawed by this answer &#8211; if the &#8216;answer&#8217; is A &#8211; then certainly I would have I answered it incorrectly &#8211; and probably missed
 out on my &#8216;50&#8217;&#8230;.&nbsp; I am not sure how a &#8216;function&#8217; is the answer &#8211; perhaps it is a typo?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">Cheers,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">Adrian Janson</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>
<a href="mailto:[mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au]">[mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au]</a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark KELLY<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 16 May 2012 8:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Programming Instructions</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I wonder if the examiners were thinking of inherent functions such as MID, SQRT, COS etc, because I haven't seen single-line functions since the days of Quickbasic.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 15 May 2012 22:34, Kevork Krozian &lt;<a href="mailto:kevork@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">kevork@edulists.com.au</a>&gt; wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">Hi Mark,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">I do have to agree with you.&nbsp;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">While a function can modify a variable&#8217;s content it does not have to do so ( BTW , what is &#8220;content&#8221; ? is it the value it holds ? the data type it
 holds ? the name of the variable ? ).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">You can write a function that does not modify a variable&#8217;s &#8220;content&#8221;.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">By contrast I also accept that you can write an instruction that does not modify a variable by which I am thinking of print a string.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">I can&#8217;t see how instruction can be wrong here and how it isn&#8217;t the most appropriate answer.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">Kevork Krozian</span></p>
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<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Wooldridge<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 15 May 2012 3:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Programming Instructions</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">Re question 9. I see your point and, technically, I think you are quite correct.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">Perhaps however the answer lies in the word &#8216;modifies&#8217;. Is A=0, setting the initial value of the variable, while the function modifies it? I don&#8217;t
 know! It&#8217;s a debate that could rage on for a while. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">If it does, I&#8217;m siding with you, that an instruction is the most appropriate answer.</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark KELLY<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 15 May 2012 2:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 SofDev] Programming Instructions</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I've put the SD examiners' comments on the 2011 exam into my post mortem<br>
(<a href="http://www.vceit.com/postmortems/2011sd/SD2011exam.htm" target="_blank">http://www.vceit.com/postmortems/2011sd/SD2011exam.htm</a>)<br>
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In the process I noticed section A, Q9...<br>
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In a program, a line of code that modifies a variable's content is best described as a<br>
<br>
A.&nbsp;function.<br>
B.&nbsp;procedure.<br>
C.&nbsp;instruction.<br>
D.&nbsp;control structure.<br>
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The official answer was A. <br>
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I don't know about this one... I acknowledge the word &quot;best&quot; but still wonder why couldn't the answer equally be an instruction?
<br>
A common instruction like A=0 modifies a variable's content just as often as a function would... more often, probably.
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The study design (U3O2 KK09) says kids need to know &quot;processing features of programming languages, including instructions, procedures, methods, functions and control structures&quot; but instructions are not defined by the glossary, the old Fitzpatrick/Keane text,
 or Adrian's text (it's not in the index at least).<br>
<br>
What do you regard as an instruction?&nbsp; Trying to get a definition from the internet is frustratingly elusive...<span style="color:#888888"><br>
<br>
<span class="hoenzb">-- </span><br>
<span class="hoenzb">Mark Kelly</span><br>
<span class="hoenzb">Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area</span><br>
<span class="hoenzb">McKinnon Secondary College</span><br>
<span class="hoenzb">McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia</span><br>
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&#43;613 8520 9085</a>, Fax <a href="tel:%2B613%209578%209253" target="_blank">&#43;613 9578 9253</a></span><br>
<span class="hoenzb"><a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a> (don't use my Edumail account!)</span><br>
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Mark Kelly<br>
Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area<br>
McKinnon Secondary College<br>
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>
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