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Mr Wyatt and team BE AI (Isabelle, Arabella, Emme and Bella (not present)) celebrating their success in the CyberGirls competition at the ICC in Newport - 3rd year in a row SJHS has had a team in the Top 10! @CyberFirstWales @sjhsnewport

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Finally, what information should be outputted to the user? This includes the result of the data check and suitable prompts to gain the correct data input.

Next, consider what you need to do with the data. Usually it will need checking in some way. What programming technique(s) do you need to use?

Next, consider the best way of storing the information e.g. in a variable, array etc. what data type should the information be stored in (string, integer, etc.)

First, consider the required inputs from the question. What information do you need from the user?

Here’s an example…

Read through the exam question given and get your students to ask themselves the following questions:

I adapted this decomposition technique from the IPO model used to abstract a computer system into its most basic functions.

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