AH Computing Science Project Workbook 1

Computing Science (Advanced Higher)
Understanding Standards Events 2019 —

Workshop Tasks (1–6)
Contents
Workshop 1 — Analysis of the problem 2
Workshop 2 — Design of the solution 20
Workshop 3 — Implementation 31
Workshop 4 — Testing the solution 51
Workshop 5 — Evaluation of the solution 53
Workshop 6 — Ensuring projects meet the Advanced Higher criteria 57
Appendix 1 61
Appendix 2 62
Appendix 3 63
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Workshop 1
Analysis of the problem
Task
Use the marking instructions on page 5 of the Advanced Higher project assessment task
document available at https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/AHCATComputingScience.pdf to
mark the analysis evidence for candidates 1 and 2.
You can record your marks on the grid that follows each candidate’s evidence in this booklet.
The total mark that was awarded for analysis is provided in the grid.
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Candidate 1 evidence
Analysis of the Problem
Description of Problem
I intend to develop a quiz based on well-known historical events. The quiz will have
three levels of difficulty so that the user can select a level on either their historical
knowledge or how much of a challenge they want to set themselves. I intend to
include the following features: login facilities, help screens, each level of difficulty will
have a quiz selected at random, each quiz will have multiple choice questions and a
leader board that can be sorted.
The end-users of my quiz will specifically be S1-S6 students who study history at school
but also anybody who is interested in history and wants to test their knowledge.
My project meets the advanced higher computing requirements because it will have a
user interface suitable for S1-S6 students which will be easy to use and will validate all
inputs. My project will interface with stored data within a database for the questions
(using SQL) and also with a text file to store the login facilities (these will be processed
using an array of records). My project will also use a sort algorithm to arrange the details
leader board details.
Scope
The scope of my project will include:
1. A completed design with pseudocode, data dictionary, query design and

wireframes showing the intended interface for the quiz
2. A working quiz and a database with multiple choice quiz questions
3. Completed test plan with descriptions of a test persona, test cases and
expected outputs
4. The results of final testing
5. An evaluation report
Constraints
There are a number of technical, economic and time constraints that will apply to this
development.
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1. I will use LiveCode version 9 to create the quiz because I have several years’
experience using this language
2. The final solution will run on the Windows systems with ODBC to access my quiz
database.
3. Microsoft Access will be used to store my quiz questions
4. There will be no costs involved in the development of my project because I am
using software that is fully licensed and readily available in school
5. I will ensure that my project is completed by the deadline of 29th March as it will
need to be delivered to SQA for marking. The submission deadline is 4th April
2019.
Boundaries
My working solution will contain:
1. A system to allow users to sign up with a new username and password

combination
 The user cannot have a password of less than 4 characters
2. A system to allow users to log in with their unique username and password
3. All user input must be validated
4. Three quizzes of different levels of Easy, Medium and Hard will be available
5. Each quiz will contain 10 questions that will be presented to the user in a random
order
 Users will not be able to choose how many questions per run through of
the quiz they do
 Users will only be able to choose their difficulty level, they will not be able
to choose which questions they are asked
6. The score achieved by each user will be stored in the leader board file
corresponding to the correct difficulty level
7. A leader board that will display the top 10 scores and usernames for each
difficulty level
 The leader board for each level will be sorted in descending order of
score
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UML Use Case Diagram
Requirements Specification
For my system to be able to fulfil its requirements, it must meet several criteria:
Login System Requirements
Users of my system will be able to create a unique username-password combination to

access the quiz. The login functionality will include:
1. The Login page is the first screen that users will see, and will allow the user to
enter
a) A valid username and
b) A valid password
2. The user will then press the “Login” button, which will check that the username
and password they have entered is valid by:
a) Checking that neither field is blank
b) Checking that the password entered contains more than 4 characters
c) Importing stored usernames and passwords from the login file
d) Checking that the username and password combination exists in the login file
3. If the user passes this validation:
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a) The username will be stored in a variable to be accessed throughout the
program
b) The user will be directed to the Home page to select one of three levels of
difficulty options for the quiz
Login screen inputs o Users will login by entering their:

- username
- password
o Users will be able to add a new user by inputting a:
- username
- password
o User button click to:
- login to the quiz system
- sign up as a new user
Logout System Requirements
Users of my system will be able to log out of my system from the Home page. The logout
functionality will include:
1. Clearing the variable that stores the username of the currently logged in user
2. The user is brought back to the Login page
3. A message will be displayed telling the user that they have logged out
Home screen o User button click to:
inputs - indicate which of the three levels the user wants to
play
- logout of the quiz system
Home screen o Message displayed when the user logs out
outputs
Quiz System Requirements
The users will begin the quiz by choosing a difficulty from the Home page from the
choice of “Easy”, “Medium” or “Hard”, which will then take the user to the relevant Quiz
page for that level of difficulty. They will then press the “Play” button to start the quiz.
The quiz will provide the following functionality:
1. The username of the currently logged in user will be displayed at the top corner
of the page
2. When clicked, the “Home” button will allow the user to return to the Home page
3. A “Clear” button will be provided to clear the output box between successive
attempts
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4. Once the “Play” button is pressed:
a) A list of 10 questions will be randomly selected
b) Each question will be displayed one at a time in an output field on the Quiz
page
c) The list of 4 possible answers for each question will be displayed below the
question in the same output field
d) A pop-up box will be used to allow the user to enter the number of their
chosen answer
e) The number entered will then be compared with the correct answer stored in
the database
f) If the answer is correct, a message stating that they’re correct will be
displayed and one will be added to their score
g) If they’re incorrect, then the score will remain the same and a message
stating that they’re incorrect will be displayed
h) Once the quiz is finished, the score that the user achieved out of 10 will be
displayed
i) The username and score of the user will be added to the leader board file for
the chosen level of difficulty
Quiz screen inputs o User button click will be used to:
- start the quiz
- return to the Home screen
- clear the leader board display area
o Users will type their answer to each question into the pop-
up box that opens
Quiz screen o Username of the current user will be displayed
outputs o Each question will be displayed along with the 4 possible
answers
o Correct or incorrect message will be displayed
o The user’s quiz score will be displayed
Leader Boards Requirements
The users will be able to view a leader board for each difficulty of the quiz “Easy”,
“Medium” and “Hard”. The leader board functionality will include:
1. The username of the currently logged in user will be displayed in the top corner
2. A “Return” button will be provided to return to the Home page
3. A “Clear” button will be provided to clear the leader board display area
between displays
4. When the “Display” button is pressed:
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a) The contents of the file storing the scores for the user’s chosen difficulty will be
imported into the program and sorted in descending order
b) The top 10 scores will be displayed with the username of those who got them
Leader board o User button click will be used to:

inputs - display high scores and matching user names
- clear leader board display array
- return to the Home screen
Leader board o Username of the current user will be displayed
outputs o Sorted score and matching username on the leader
board
Project Plan
Here is my detailed project plan with list of tasks and time allocation.
Task Sub Task Duration Start Date Target Date

Read 1 day 23rd Oct 23rd Oct
requirements for
AH project and
create idea
Write outline of 0.5 day 24th Oct 24th Oct

project
Create scope, 0.5 day 24th Oct 24th Oct
boundaries and
constraints
Analysis
6 days
Create UML use 1 day 25th Oct 25th Oct

case diagram
Create user 1 day 26th Oct 26th Oct

requirements
description
Create functional 1 day 30th Oct 30th Oct

requirements
Project plan 1 day 31st Oct 31st Oct
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Interface design - 5 days 1st Nov 8th Nov
Create wireframes
Design Structure 2 days 9th Nov 11th Nov

14 days
Design
Diagrams
Create 5 days 12th Nov 19th Nov

Pseudocode
Design SQL 2 days 20th Nov 21st Nov
Create User 5 days 28th Nov 5th Dec

Interface
Create Program 10 days 6th Dec 20st Dec

Listing
Implementation
Create DB 5 days 5th Jan 12th Jan

structure
30 days
Create File 5 days 13th Jan 19st Jan

Structure
Write description 0.5 day 19th Jan 19th Jan

of new skills
Log of ongoing Ongoing through 28th Nov 20th Jan

testing implementation
Test plan 3 days 21nd Jan 23th Jan

Testing
8 days
Carry out testing 3 days 26th Jan 28th Jan

Describe testing 2 days 1st Feb 2nd Feb
encountered
problems
Write evaluation 2 days 8nd Feb 9th Feb
Evaluation
2 days
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Finalise analysis 1 day 15th Feb 15th Feb
Finalise design 1 day 16th Feb 16th Feb

Finalise evidence
Finalise 1 day 17th Feb 17th Feb

5 days
implementation
Finalise testing 1 day 18th Feb 18th Feb

and evaluation
Submit 1 day 19th Feb 19th Feb
Resources Required
The resources I will need at each stage of the development are listed below.
 Microsoft Office Word 2007

Analysis  Google Chrome
 Gantt project 2.7

Design
 Google Chrome
 Microsoft Office Word 2007 with ODBC

 Livecode 9.0.0
Implementation  Microsoft Office Access 2007 (connection will be achieved
used ODBC access)
 Notepad

Final Testing  Livecode 9.0.0
 Microsoft Office Access 2007
Evaluation  Microsoft Office Word 2007
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Marking grid
Max mark My mark
Description of the problem 2
UML use case diagram 2
Requirements specification 4
Project plan 2
Total 10 8
Once you have recorded the marks you think the candidate should be awarded, visit the
Understanding Standards website:
https://www.understandingstandards.org.uk/Subjects/ComputingScience/advanced to see how
these compare to the actual marks awarded. You will also find a commentary explaining why
these marks were awarded.
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Analysis of the Problem
Description of the Problem
Project idea – Cosmetic Details Website
End users of the proposed site will be predominantly females ages 15 – 40 who have a keen
interest in make-up. In the website, users will be able to view makeup products from
selected brands and search for specific products.
The project meets the requirements of AH computing as:
 It will have an appropriate interface with all user inputs being validated
 Details of customers and products will be stored in a SQL database
 It will make use of HTML form processing using PHP
 SQL operations will be used to insert details and perform searches
 Web pages in the site will be styled using external CSS
 When customer login to the site, PHP session variables will be used to store their data
across multiple pages of the site
 The website will adapt to different screen sizes using CSS media queries
Scope, Boundaries and Constraints
Scope
During the development of the website I will produce:
 Requirements specification
 Detailed design
 Fully working implementation
 Comprehensive test plan with a summary of the final testing
Boundaries
Due to the limited time available to develop this website, several restrictions are needed.
 The registration process will be used to create new customer accounts and input
validation will be applied to all details entered to the website.
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 The website will be made responsive to a different screen size by altering the size
of the browser window. It doesn’t need to be tested on different devices.
 Customers will navigate the site using a horizontal navigation bar.
Constraints
 Time: I have 6 months to complete my project.

 Technical: I will be learning PHP during the AH course.
 Costs: All the software I intend to use is open-source which means there is no cost
implication for the school.
 Legal: I must comply with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act and ensure that
the GDPR Regulations are met.
UML Case Diagram
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Requirements Specification
Purpose of the site: The purpose of the website is for users to be able to view cosmetics
from selected brands when they register and log into the site.
Functional Requirements
 The website will be able to store the details of customers and products in an
external database
 The website will be able to validate all user inputs to the website
 It will be easy to navigate with a fully functioning navigation bar
 Check that users are registered when they login to the website
 Pages of the website will be formatted using an external style sheet
 Users will be able to search for products by brand or by product name by
connecting to the database and executing SQL queries
 Display formatted search results (details of each product found, including an image
of these products)
 Session variables will be used to store a customer’s login details across pages of the
website
 Responsive layout that changes depending on the screen size being used
End-User Requirements
Through the analysis of my user surveys, I have come up with a list of requirements that
were the most common answers amongst the people answering my surveys:
 Palatable colour scheme (e.g. light, complimentary colours)

 Easy to navigate
 Clutter free and good use of space
 Easy to use search facility to search for products by name and/or by brand
Because of the user surveys, I will ensure to include these requirements when
implementing the website to create the best user experience I can.
Inputs and Outputs
For users: Email Addresses
First Name
Last name
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Home address
Telephone Number
Username
Password
Search criteria
For Website: Processes: Validation of all customer inputs
Open and close connection with database
Save customer details in database
Authenticate customer login
Execute SQL queries
Search for products and format query results
Use of session variables to preserve user login data
Outputs: Validation error messages
Personalised message using session variables on search

page
Search results showing product details, including an image
Inputs: Populating the website with details of makeup products
Login query results
Registration query results
Search criteria and search query results
Size of the browser window
Project Plan
Resources Required
During the development, I will need access to a computer with the following software
resources:
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 Text editor
 Browser
 Web server tools
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Detailed Project Plan
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For clarity, I have repeated the tasks to be completed at each stage of the project’s
development.
Tasks Est Duration (hours) Target Date
Analysis
Read requirements for AH project and create idea
Write outline of project
Scope, boundaries and constraints
UML Use Case diagram 6 6th October 2018
Requirements specification – end-users
Requirements specifications – functionality
Description of inputs and output
Project planning
Design
Interface design – wireframes
Structure diagram – website 6 2nd November 2018
Pseudocode (server-side tasks)
Database design
Implementation
Database structure
HTML pages
Navigation bar (CSS)
PHP (registration page)
PHP (login process)
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Session variables
PHP (search process)
Media query
Validation (registration process)
Ongoing testing
Description of research/new skills acquired
Testing
Test plan (requirements)
Persona and test cases 10 8th March 2019
Final testing
Test evidence
Evaluation
Fitness for purpose
2 15th March 2019
Maintainability
Robustness
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Marking grid
Max mark My mark
Description of the problem 2
UML use case diagram 2
Requirements specification 4
Project plan 2
Total 10 8
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Workshop 2
Design of the solution
Task
mark the design evidence for Candidate 2. You will need to refer back to the requirements
specification in the analysis section.
You can record your marks in the grid that follows the candidate evidence in this booklet. The
total mark that was awarded for design is provided in the grid.
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Design of the Solution
Media Query Design
The website should display correctly when viewed in the browser on the school’s desktop
PCs. The display should be altered when the web browser window is reduced to a width of
750 pixels. When this happens, the font sizes will be reduced, and the horizontal
navigation bar will be altered.
Browser Feature / Attribute Description / Setting

width
CSS style rule .fullScreen
H1 font size 22px
Body font size 16px
Full width H3 font size 18px
Horizontal navigation Created using ul elements inside the nav
bar section
Display inline (.fullScreen) none (.smallScreen)
CSS style rule .smallScreen
H1 font size 18px
Maximum Body font size 12px
width of 750 H3 font size 14px
pixels Horizontal navigation Created using a select form inside the nav
bar section
Display inline (.smallScreen) none (.fullScreen)
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User Interface Design
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Session Variable
A session variable will be used to store the username entered during a successful login.
 The user name submitted from the HTML form will be assigned to the PHP variable
$username using $_POST
 The value stored in $username will be assigned to the session variable “sessionuser”
using $_SESSION
Pseudocode for Server-side Processes

Registration Process
1. Assign connection details to PHP variables
2. Connect to database server
3. If there is an error with the connection then
4. Display error message
5. End if
6. Assign values submitted by HTML registration form to PHP variables using $_POST
7. If first name is left empty then
9. Else
10. If surname is left empty then
12. Else if anything other than letters is entered then
14. End if
15. If address is left empty then
17. End if
18. If phone number is left empty then
20. End if
21. If email is left empty then
23. End if
24. If password is left empty then
26. End if
27. Else
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28. Create query to add customer details to database
29. Execute query to add details to the customer table
30. End if
31. Close server connection
Login Process
1. Start session
3. Connect to database server
6. End if
7. Assign values submitted by HTML login form to PHP variables using $_POST
8. Assign value stored in $username to session variable sessionUser
9. Create SQL query to fetch details of customer from database (match by username)
10. Execute SQL query
11. If no records returned from the query then
12. Display account details not found message
13. Else
14. While a record is available for processing
15. If password entered = password in returned record then
16. Display personalised welcome message
17. Redirect to search page
18. Else
19. Display incorrect password message
20. redirect to login page
21. End if
22. End while
23. End if
24. Close database connection
Search Process
1. Start session
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5. End if
6. Assign search criteria submitted by HTML search form to PHP variable using
$_GET
7. Create query to fetch product details matching search criteria from database
8. If no products are found then
9. Display error message stating that no products are available from that brand
10. Else
11. Display table headings
12. While a product record is available for processing
13. Display product details in table cells
14. End while
15. End if
16. Close database connection
Query Design
Registration Query
firstname, surname, username, phonenumber, email, address,
INSERT password
(all fields in the registration page)
TABLE customer
firstname, surname, username, email, address, password
VALUES
(all fields in the registration page)
Login Query
SELECT everything from the customer table (use * wildcard)
FROM The customer table
WHERE username = username entered
Search Query
SELECT everything from the product table
FROM The product table
WHERE brand = brand entered
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Data Dictionary
Customer Table
Field Name Field Length/Type Required Key
firstName Varchar(15) Yes
surname Varchar(25) Yes
username Varchar(20) Yes Primary key
telephoneNumber Int(11) Yes
emailAddress Varchar(50) Yes
Products Table
Field Name Field Length/Type Required Key
productID Int Yes Primary key (auto
increment)
productName Varchar(50) Yes
type Varchar(20) Yes
brand Varchar(50) Yes Restricted choice
price Float(4,2) Yes
imageFilename Varchar(20) No
Entity Relationship Diagram

- there is no need for an ERD as there is no link between my database tables
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Hierarchical Design of Website Structure
Links between pages has been indicated by the arrows in the hierarchical diagram below.
Marking grid
Max mark My mark
Design of Advanced Higher concepts 6
Design of integration 4
Overall design matches requirements specification 5
User interface design 5
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Workshop 3
Implementation
Task — Part 1
The code for Candidate 1’s project follows. With reference to pages 7 and 8 of the Advanced
Higher project assessment task document available at
https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/AHCATComputingScience.pdf, annotate Candidate 1’s
code to highlight the important sections of code for marking:
 Advanced Higher concepts

 Integration
 User interface
It is good practice to encourage candidates to highlight these sections of code when submitting
final project evidence for marking.
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Implementation code
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Task — Part 2
As this solution is being developed, ongoing testing will take place. Most of the ongoing testing
will involve component testing, but integrative testing will also be carried out.
Use the grid below to give examples of component and integrative testing that will be needed for
Candidate 1’s project. A completed example can be found in Appendix 1.
Component testing
Test Component to be tested Description of test(s)
(1) Check that username and password cannot be null
 login leave username empty
 login with password empty
 login with both username and
password provided
1 Login validation
(2) Check that password entered has at least 5 characters
 login with password which has only
3 characters
 login with password that has 5
characters
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Integrative testing
Test Components being integrated Description of test
Quiz screen user interface (SDD) Use program code to connect to database and
5 + display temporary message to indicate either
Connection with database (DBDD) “Connection successful” or “Not connected”
NOTE: In their log of ongoing testing, candidates should not only describe tests that were
needed. They are also expected to:
 describe issues encountered during testing

 describe how they resolve those issues
 list any references used
Having described each test that is needed, candidates must log details of issues encountered.
This evidence could be presented as a simple table with a list of any references. For example:
Issues encountered How issues were resolved

I encountered several problems trying to I researched online and found a useful
1 connect to the Access database with the tutorial about the use of ODBC on the
quiz questions and answers. LIveCode Lessons website.
References used
http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/49652-how-to-connect-to-a-database-using-odbc
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Task – Part 3
As candidates implement their solution, they are expected to implement some code that goes
beyond the requirements of the Advanced Higher course.
The research and development of new skills for Candidate 2’s project follows. Use page 8 of the
Advanced Higher Project Assessment task document available at
https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/AHCATComputingScience.pdf mark the evidence for
Candidate 2.
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Implementation
New skills researched and developed
To create my final solution, I had to research skills that weren’t taught as part of the AH
course.
1) Storing and Processing Image Details

When customers use the search facility on the Search Page, I wanted the search results
to include an image of each product found. At first, I thought that I would have to store
the images as blobs but when I found the DogsToys sample website on the Coredogs
website, I realised it was possible to store the filename of the image in the Product table
rather than storing the images as blobs. This made it much easier to process the image
data and with this new knowledge, I was able to use the filename of each image with the
src attribute. As a result, I was then able to meet this requirement.
2) Server-side Validation
Although I had used client-side validation at Higher level to validate all inputs to online
forms using HTML, I wanted to use server-side validation in my project to validate all
details input to the registration process. I did some research online and found a lot of
useful information. Although I could have included a lot more complex validation, I decided
to only make use of the PHP empty() function. The reference that I found most useful was
the one on the W3School website.
References Used
1) http://coredogs.com/lesson/sample-dogtoys.html
2) https://www.w3schools.com/php/php_form_required.asp
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Workshop 4
Testing the solution
Task 4
The test plan for final testing should be comprehensive to ensure that the solution meets all the
requirements identified at the analysis stage. It should include:
 all requirements
 a description of the tests to be carried out
 a persona and test cases to test the solution with an end user
Use the grid on the next page to describe a suitable persona and test cases that could be used
during final testing of Candidate 1’s project. A completed example can be found in Appendix 2.
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Testing the solution
Persona and test cases to be used for final testing

Persona to be used for final testing
Test cases to be used with the persona
Test case Description of task to be performed by test participants
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Workshop 5
Evaluation of the solution
Task 5
mark the evaluation evidence for Candidate 2. You will need to refer back to the requirements
specification in the analysis section.
You can record your marks in the grid that follows the evidence. The total mark that was
awarded for evaluation is provided in the grid.
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Candidate 2 — Evaluation of the solution
Fitness for Purpose
The results of testing show that the completed project now meets all of the original
requirements, functional as well as end-user requirements. Users can register with the
site, login using their registration details and search for cosmetic products. All inputs to
the site have been validated as per the requirements of an AH project. Testing with the
persona and test cases showed that participants were able to successfully complete all
tasks given to them. I carried out all of the tests listed in my test plan and produced
evidence for each of the test cases in the plan. I am confident that my solution meets all
of the requirements listed in the requirements specification.
Original Requirements (Functional and End-user) Completed

Store details of customers and products in an external database 
Validate all user inputs to the website 
Easy to navigate with a fully functioning navigation bar 
Clutter free layout with palatable colour scheme 
Pages formatted using an external style sheet 
Search for product by brand or by product name 
Display formatted search results 
Session variables used to store a customer’s login details across pages of the
website 
Responsive layout that changes depending on the screen size being used 
Maintainability
I believe that my solution is maintainable. I have used meaningful variable names for each
HTML input element and also for the PHP variables and the database fields. I have added
comment lines on each of my HTML pages to explain the purpose of each input element.
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Here is a screen-shot showing some of the commentary used in the product.html script.
On my PHP pages, I have used lots of white space to split the code into several sections
that each perform one server-side side. An internal comment at the start of each section
makes it easy for other developers to read the code and understand what each section of
code is doing. I have also used internal comments to explain the purpose of each PHP
variable. This is a screen-shot from the products.php script used to process the search
feature of the website.
It would have been possible to make use of functions to perform some of the processing
on each page. For example, I could have used a function to validate the form input on the
registration form but instead, I simply added the validation code to the body of the page.
Because of this, my solution is not modular.
I used external CSS to style each page of the website. This means that if any corrective,
adaptive or perfective maintenance is required in the future, it will be easier and much
less repetitive for developers to edit or change the formatting details because they are
held in a single file.
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Robustness
The registration page of my website is robust as every single input is validated using
server-side code. When creating a new account, the user must provide each one of the
required details otherwise an error message will appear telling the user that the detail is
required. The code used to do this validation is part of the registration.php script. Here is
a small section of that code.
When I was work on the implementation, I realised that it was taking me longer that I
expected to create working code. In the end, I decided to focus on building a working
website. Although I managed to get the login and search features of my website to work
correctly, I didn’t have time to add similar validation code to the login.php and product.php
scripts.
Marking grid
Max mark My mark
Fitness for purpose 3
Maintainability and robustness 2
Total 5 4
Understanding Standards website
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Workshop 6
Ensuring projects meet the Advanced Higher criteria
Task
Referring to pages 14–19 of the Advanced Higher project assessment task document available
at https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/AHCATComputingScience.pdf, consider the project
outlines which follow. These outlines do not fulfil the Advanced Higher project requirements.
Use the grids provided on each page to:

 add details needed to satisfy Advanced Higher project criteria
 identify areas of main content and Advanced Higher Constructs
 identify area of integration
Examples of the details that could be added to the three project outlines below can be found in
Appendix 3.
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Project 1 outline
This project will develop a database for a driving school. Each of the driving school instructors
has sole use one of the driving school cars and each hourly lesson booked is with one instructor
at a given time. Clients will be able to book individual lessons or blocks of lesson.
Once completed, the solution will:

 store details of clients, lessons, instructors and cars in four linked tables of a related
database
 allow clients to book one lesson at a time, or book a block of five or ten lessons; the more
lessons a client books in advance, the less they will be charged per hour for a lesson.
As it stands, this outline does not satisfy the AH project requirements. Use the grid below to:
1. add details to this outline to ensure that it does meet the AH project requirements.
2. circle the main area of the course and two AH constructs that would be covered by the
complete project outline
3. circle the area of integration covered by the complete project outline
4. identify the AH constructs and integration content required
The solution will also:
Additional details
Main area of content SDD DDD WDD
AH construct 1
AH construct 2
Area of integration SDD DDD WDD
Integrated content
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Project 2 outline
This project will develop a game of ‘Concentration’. The aim of the game is to match pairs of
initially hidden images. To complete the game successfully, the player must match each pair of
images. Players click on a cell to see what it is and then click on one of the other cells to try and
match it. If the images match, they will remain visible; if not, they will flip back over.
 control the game play

 count the number of clicks needed to complete the game
Additional details
AH construct 1
AH construct 2
Integrated content
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Project 3 outline
This project will develop a website that can be used by teachers to post details of homework
and assignments. Parents and students will be able to search the site to display details of
relevant homework tasks.
 allow teachers to create new user accounts

 allow registered teachers to post details of new homework assignments
 allow all users to search the site to display details of relevant homework assignments
Additional details
AH construct 1
AH construct 2
Integrated content
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Appendix 1
Component testing — completed example
Many different examples of component and integrative testing are possible. A few examples of
these have been provided below.
Additional examples of component testing
Test Component to be tested Description of test(s)

Complete all questions in the easy
testing:
(1) Answer all questions correctly
1 Quiz scoring system (2) Enter the wrong answer for every
question
(3) Answer four questions correctly
Use the sign-up feature to create a new
username and password combination.
Communication between
2 Use Notepad to open the login file and
quiz program and login file check that the new username and
password have been added.
Import details of the easy leader board
file into an array of records, sort the array
Sort leader board in in descending order then display the
3
descending order of score entire contents of the array on the leader
board page.
Execute SQL query to display the details
Database query used to
of all easy questions (the question
retrieve quiz questions
4 wording, the four possible answers and
and answers executes
the correct answer) in the SQL window of
correctly
MS Access.
Additional examples of integrative testing

Test Component being Description of test
integrated
Quiz screen user interface Use program code to execute SQL
(SDD) query to retrieve all details of the first
5 + easy question, then display these details
Execution of database on the quiz page.
query (DBDD)
Quiz screen user interface Use program code to execute SQL query
(SDD) to retrieve all details of all easy
6 + questions, then display these details one
Format query results at a time on the quiz page.
(DBDD)
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Appendix 2
Testing the solution — completed example
Persona and test cases to be used for final testing
Sample persona to be used for final testing
Karmal is an S4 pupil who is studying five N5 subjects: English, Maths, History,

Spanish and Biology.
He has been doing some personal revision for his prelims. For most of this
revision, Karmal has been revising questions to practise his written answers. He
would like to use the quiz to test his knowledge and recall of historical facts.
Although Karmal is a confident user of computers, he doesn’t have any detailed

technical knowledge to help him understand what to do when things go wrong.
Sample test cases to be used with the persona

Test case Description of task to be performed by test participants
Use the sign-up feature of the quiz to create a new account.
1 You can choose any username but the password you use must
have at least 5 characters. Make a note of the username and
password because you will need them later.
Use the login facility to login using your own username and
password.
2
Answer the first three questions of the hard quiz then return to the
home page.
Play the easy quiz by answering all of the questions then view the
3
easy level leader board.
Clear the leader board display area then return to the home page
4
and log out of the quiz.
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Appendix 3
Project 1 outline
Examples of details that could be added to the project outline have been provided below. These
additional details fulfil the criteria of a DDD focused project and provide the integrated content
that is a requirement of all Advanced Higher projects.
Although it would be possible to integrate the DDD content with WDD, the suggestions here
refer to integration with SDD content.
 display details of all clients who have booked more

than eight lessons
 display details of any instructors who do not have
any lessons booked
Additional details
 display details of all lessons booked for a
particular date
 provide an interface to:
o display formatted query results
o generate form that gather booking details
from clients
Creation of a relational database with four linked

AH construct 1
tables
Queries and subqueries that make use of logical

AH construct 2 operators NOT and EXISTS to query across at least
three tables
 Use programming code to interface with relational

database
Integrated content  Open/close connection with SQL database
 Use programming code to execute SQL queries
 User programming code to format query results
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Project 2 outline
Examples of details that could be added to the project outline have been provided below.
These additional details fulfil the criteria of a SDD focused project and provide the integrated
content that is a requirement of all AH projects. The suggestions refer to integration with DDD
content.
Note that it would be possible to implement a solution where the main focus was WDD as an
alternative to the SDD solution suggested here.
 ask the player to enter a player name at the end of

each game
 display the total number of clicks needed to
Additional details complete each game
 store the total clicks with the player’s name
 provide an option to view a leader board of total
clicks with matching user names
 display the leader board details in ascending order
of total clicks
Use of a programming language to store and process

AH construct 1
image details in a 2D array
Insertion sort algorithm will be used to arrange leader

AH construct 2
board from least to most total clicks
 A database table will be used to store the leader

board details
 Program code will open/close connection with the
database server
Integrated content
 Program code will execute a SQL query to retrieve
leader board details from the database
 Program code will be used to format results of the
SQL query
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Project 3 Outline
Examples of details that could be added to the project outline have been provided below.
These additional details fulfil the criteria of a WDD focused project and provide the integrated
content that is a requirement of all AH projects. These suggestions refer to integration with DDD
content.
 respond to different screen sizes by displaying

alternative layouts
Additional details  retain teacher login details so they can be added
to the post details and avoid having to enter them
again
 allow users to search by selecting the relevant
year group, subject and teacher
AH construct 1 Form processing using PHP with session variables
AH construct 2 External style sheet that includes media queries
 Store user account and post details in database

tables
Integrated content  Open/close connection with database server
 Execute SQL queries
 Format query results
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Computing Science (Advanced Higher)

Understanding Standards Events 2019 —

The scope of my project will include:

1. A completed design with pseudocode, data dictionary, query design and

My working solution will contain:

1. A system to allow users to sign up with a new username and password

Login System Requirements

Users of my system will be able to create a unique username-password combination to

Login screen inputs o Users will login by entering their:

Logout System Requirements

Quiz System Requirements

Leader Boards Requirements

Leader board o User button click will be used to:

Task Sub Task Duration Start Date Target Date

Write outline of 0.5 day 24th Oct 24th Oct

Create UML use 1 day 25th Oct 25th Oct

Create user 1 day 26th Oct 26th Oct

Create functional 1 day 30th Oct 30th Oct

Project plan 1 day 31st Oct 31st Oct

Design Structure 2 days 9th Nov 11th Nov

Create 5 days 12th Nov 19th Nov

Design SQL 2 days 20th Nov 21st Nov

Create User 5 days 28th Nov 5th Dec

Create Program 10 days 6th Dec 20st Dec

Create DB 5 days 5th Jan 12th Jan

Create File 5 days 13th Jan 19st Jan

Write description 0.5 day 19th Jan 19th Jan

Log of ongoing Ongoing through 28th Nov 20th Jan

Test plan 3 days 21nd Jan 23th Jan

Carry out testing 3 days 26th Jan 28th Jan

Finalise design 1 day 16th Feb 16th Feb

Finalise 1 day 17th Feb 17th Feb

Finalise testing 1 day 18th Feb 18th Feb

Submit 1 day 19th Feb 19th Feb

 Microsoft Office Word 2007

 Microsoft Office Word 2007

 Microsoft Office Word 2007 with ODBC

 Microsoft Office Word 2007

Evaluation  Microsoft Office Word 2007

Max mark My mark

Description of the problem 2

UML use case diagram 2

Description of the Problem

Project idea – Cosmetic Details Website

The project meets the requirements of AH computing as:

Scope, Boundaries and Constraints

During the development of the website I will produce:

 Time: I have 6 months to complete my project.

UML Case Diagram

 Palatable colour scheme (e.g. light, complimentary colours)

Inputs and Outputs

For users: Email Addresses

For Website: Processes: Validation of all customer inputs

Open and close connection with database

Save customer details in database

Authenticate customer login

Execute SQL queries

Search for products and format query results

Use of session variables to preserve user login data

Outputs: Validation error messages

Personalised message using session variables on search

Search results showing product details, including an image

Inputs: Populating the website with details of makeup products