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2025 3 marks Short answer The Software Engineering Project (Year 12) Testing (test data)
NESA 2025 HSC Software Engineering Familiarisation Questions - Marking Guidelines (official, 12 June 2025)
[Question stem not available as text (it is on the interactive NESA familiarisation site). Task per the NESA mapping grid: test data for an algorithm that converts a Mark to a Grade (H, P, N) using the boundaries 80 and 50, per the sample answer]
Marking criteria
3: Test data that thoroughly tests the algorithm, with expected outputs and reasons for inclusion. 2: Tests most boundaries and/or paths, with most expected outputs and reasons. 1: Some relevant information.
Sample answer
85 -> H (testing greater than 80). 80 -> H (boundary value 80). 60 -> P (between 50 and 80). 50 -> P (boundary value 50). 45 -> N (testing 'otherwise', below 50).