GCSE Computer Science - example programming task documentation

Overview

• Computer science coursework practice documentation, programmed in Visual Basic
• Student achieved grade 9 in GCSE computer science in 2018

Task

• Create a program which models a hare and tortoise race
• The race is 1000 metres by default; the user can input custom distances between 100 metres and 10 kilometres.
• It is divided into rounds; each round the tortoise moves 5-10 metres and the hare moves 8-15 metres (by default). The user can input customised ranges.
• There is a 25% chance that the hare will stop for a rest; each round the hare does not stop, this chance increases by 15%. When the hare does have a rest, this value will reset to 25%.

Structure

• This document contains the following:
  • A brief introduction to the task
  • Planning for data structures and procedures
  • A flowchart
  • Pseudocode
  • Testing tables
  • Final code with comments
  • Evaluation