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Standards Mapping

for IB CS Core Standards - SL (Outdated)

101

Standards in this Framework

48

Standards Mapped

47%

Mapped to Course

Standard Lessons
1.1.1
Planning and system installation: Identify the context for which a new system is planned.
1.1.2
Planning and system installation: Describe the need for change management.
1.1.3
Planning and system installation: Outline compatibility issues resulting from situations including legacy systems or business mergers.
1.1.4
Planning and system installation: Compare the implementation of systems using a client’s hardware with hosting systems remotely.
1.1.5
Planning and system installation: Evaluate alternative installation processes.
1.1.6
Planning and system installation: Discuss problems that may arise as a part of data migration.
1.1.7
Planning and system installation: Suggest various types of testing.
1.1.8
User focus: Describe the importance of user documentation.
  1. 2.8 String Methods
  2. 2.10 Using the Math Class
1.1.9
User focus: Evaluate different methods of providing user documentation.
1.1.10
User focus: Evaluate different methods of delivering user training.
1.1.11
System backup: Identify a range of causes of data loss.
1.1.12
System backup: Outline the consequences of data loss in a specified situation.
1.1.13
System backup: Describe a range of methods that can be used to prevent data loss.
1.1.14
Software deployment: Describe strategies for managing releases and updates.
1.2.1
Components of a computer system: Define the terms: hardware, software, peripheral, network, human resources.
1.2.2
Components of a computer system: Describe the roles that a computer can take in a networked world.
1.2.3
Components of a computer system: Discuss the social and ethical issues associated with a networked world.
  1. 5.10 Ethical and Social Implications of Computing
  2. 7.7 Ethical Issues Around Data Collection
1.2.4
System design and analysis: Identify the relevant stakeholders when planning a new system.
1.2.5
System design and analysis: Describe methods of obtaining requirements from stakeholders.
1.2.6
System design and analysis: Describe appropriate techniques for gathering the information needed to arrive at a workable solution.
1.2.7
System design and analysis: Construct suitable representations to illustrate system requirements.
1.2.8
System design and analysis: Describe the purpose of prototypes to demonstrate the proposed system to the client.
1.2.9
System design and analysis: Discuss the importance of iteration during the design process.
1.2.10
System design and analysis: Explain the possible consequences of failing to involve the end-user in the design process.
1.2.11
System design and analysis: Discuss the social and ethical issues associated with the introduction of new IT systems.
1.2.12
Human interaction with the system: Define the term usability.
1.2.13
Human interaction with the system: Identify a range of usability problems with commonly used digital devices.
1.2.14
Human interaction with the system: Identify methods that can be used to improve the accessibility of systems.
1.2.15
Human interaction with the system: Identify a range of usability problems that can occur in a system.
1.2.16
Human interaction with the system: Discuss the moral, ethical, social, economic and environmental implications of the interaction between humans and machines.
  1. 5.10 Ethical and Social Implications of Computing
2.1.1
Computer architecture: Outline the architecture of the central processing unit (CPU) and the functions of the arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and the control unit (CU) and the registers within the CPU.
2.1.2
Computer architecture: Describe primary memory.
2.1.3
Computer architecture: Explain the use of cache memory.
2.1.4
Computer architecture: Explain the machine instruction cycle.
2.1.5
Secondary memory: Identify the need for persistent storage.
2.1.6
Operating systems and application systems: Describe the main functions of an operating system.
2.1.7
Operating systems and application systems: Outline the use of a range of application software.
2.1.8
Operating systems and application systems: Identify common features of applications.
2.1.9
Binary representation: Define the terms: bit, byte, binary, denary/decimal, hexadecimal.
2.1.10
Binary representation: Outline the way in which data is represented in the computer.
  1. 1.6 Casting and Ranges of Variables
2.1.11
Simple logic gates: Define the Boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR and XOR.
  1. 3.1 Boolean Expressions and if Statements
  2. 3.5 Compound Boolean Expressions
  3. 3.6 Equivalent Boolean Expressions
2.1.12
Simple logic gates: Construct truth tables using the above operators.
  1. 3.5 Compound Boolean Expressions
  2. 3.6 Equivalent Boolean Expressions
2.1.13
Simple logic gates: Construct a logic diagram using AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR and XOR gates.
  1. 3.5 Compound Boolean Expressions
  2. 3.6 Equivalent Boolean Expressions
3.1.1
Network fundamentals: Identify different types of networks.
3.1.2
Network fundamentals: Outline the importance of standards in the construction of networks.
3.1.3
Network fundamentals: Describe how communication over networks is broken down into different layers.
3.1.4
Network fundamentals: Identify the technologies required to provide a VPN.
3.1.5
Network fundamentals: Evaluate the use of a VPN.
3.1.6
Data transmission: Define the terms: protocol, data packet.
  1. 7.7 Ethical Issues Around Data Collection
3.1.7
Data transmission: Explain why protocols are necessary.
  1. 7.7 Ethical Issues Around Data Collection
3.1.8
Data transmission: Explain why the speed of data transmission across a network can vary.
3.1.9
Data transmission: Explain why compression of data is often necessary when transmitting across a network.
3.1.10
Data transmission: Outline the characteristics of different transmission media.
3.1.11
Data transmission: Explain how data is transmitted by packet switching.
  1. 7.7 Ethical Issues Around Data Collection
3.1.12
Wireless networking: Outline the advantages and disadvantages of wireless networks.
3.1.13
Describe the hardware and software components of a wireless network.
3.1.14
Describe the characteristics of wireless networks.
3.1.15
Describe the different methods of network security.
3.1.16
Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of each method of network security.
4.1.1
Thinking procedurally: Identify the procedure appropriate to solving a problem.
  1. 5.4 Accessor Methods
  2. 5.5 Mutator Methods
  3. 5.6 Writing Methods
4.1.2
Thinking procedurally: Evaluate whether the order in which activities are undertaken will result in the required outcome.
  1. 3.7 Comparing Objects
  2. 4.5 Informal Code Analysis
4.1.3
Thinking procedurally: Explain the role of sub-procedures in solving a problem.
  1. 5.4 Accessor Methods
  2. 5.5 Mutator Methods
  3. 5.6 Writing Methods
4.1.4
Thinking logically: Identify when decision-making is required in a specified situation.
  1. 3.2 if Statements and Control Flow
  2. 3.3 if-else Statements
  3. 3.4 else if Statements
4.1.5
Thinking logically: Identify the decisions required for the solution to a specified problem.
  1. 3.2 if Statements and Control Flow
  2. 3.3 if-else Statements
  3. 3.4 else if Statements
4.1.6
Thinking logically: Identify the condition associated with a given decision in a specified problem.
  1. 3.2 if Statements and Control Flow
  2. 3.3 if-else Statements
  3. 3.4 else if Statements
4.1.7
Thinking logically: Explain the relationship between the decisions and conditions of a system.
  1. 3.2 if Statements and Control Flow
  2. 3.3 if-else Statements
  3. 3.4 else if Statements
4.1.8
Thinking logically: Deduce logical rules for real-world situations.
  1. 3.2 if Statements and Control Flow
  2. 3.3 if-else Statements
  3. 3.4 else if Statements
4.1.9
Thinking ahead: Identify the inputs and outputs required in a solution.
  1. 3.7 Comparing Objects
  2. 4.5 Informal Code Analysis
  3. 5.4 Accessor Methods
  4. 5.5 Mutator Methods
  5. 5.6 Writing Methods
  6. 5.8 Scope and Access
4.1.10
Thinking ahead: Identify pre-planning in a suggested problem and solution.
  1. 5.3 Documentation with Comments
4.1.11
Thinking ahead: Explain the need for pre-conditions when executing an algorithm.
  1. 5.3 Documentation with Comments
4.1.12
Thinking ahead: Outline the pre- and post-conditions to a specified problem.
  1. 5.3 Documentation with Comments
4.1.13
Thinking ahead: Identify exceptions that need to be considered in a specified problem solution.
  1. 6.2 Traversing Arrays
4.1.14
Thinking concurrently: Identify the parts of a solution that could be implemented concurrently
  1. 10.3 Recursive Sorting
  2. 11.3 Recursive Sorting
4.1.15
Thinking concurrently: Describe how concurrent processing can be used to solve a problem.
  1. 10.3 Recursive Sorting
  2. 11.3 Recursive Sorting
4.1.16
Thinking concurrently: Evaluate the decision to use concurrent processing in solving a problem.
  1. 10.3 Recursive Sorting
  2. 11.3 Recursive Sorting
4.1.17
Thinking abstractly: Identify examples of abstraction.
  1. 2.8 String Methods
  2. 2.10 Using the Math Class
4.1.18
Thinking abstractly: Explain why abstraction is required in the derivation of computational solutions for a specified situation.
  1. 2.10 Using the Math Class
4.1.19
Thinking abstractly: Construct an abstraction from a specified situation.
  1. 2.10 Using the Math Class
4.1.20
Thinking abstractly: Distinguish between a real-world entity and its abstraction.
  1. 2.10 Using the Math Class
4.2.1
Describe the characteristics of standard algorithms on linear arrays.
  1. 6.4 Developing Algorithms Using Arrays
  2. 7.4 Developing Algorithms using ArrayLists
4.2.2
Outline the standard operations of collections.
  1. 6.4 Developing Algorithms Using Arrays
  2. 7.4 Developing Algorithms using ArrayLists
  3. 8.2 Traversing 2D Arrays
4.2.3
Discuss an algorithm to solve a specific problem.
  1. 7.5 Searching
  2. 7.6 Sorting
4.2.4
Analyse an algorithm presented as a flow chart.
  1. 3.2 if Statements and Control Flow
  2. 3.3 if-else Statements
  3. 3.4 else if Statements
  4. 10.1 Recursion
4.2.5
Analyse an algorithm presented as pseudocode.
  1. 5.3 Documentation with Comments
4.2.6
Construct pseudocode to represent an algorithm.
  1. 5.3 Documentation with Comments
4.2.7
Suggest suitable algorithms to solve a specific problem.
  1. 7.5 Searching
  2. 7.6 Sorting
  3. 8.2 Traversing 2D Arrays
4.2.8
Deduce the efficiency of an algorithm in the context of its use.
  1. 4.5 Informal Code Analysis
4.2.9
Determine the number of times a step in an algorithm will be performed for given input data.
  1. 4.5 Informal Code Analysis
4.3.1
Nature of programming languages: State the fundamental operations of a computer.
4.3.2
Nature of programming languages: Distinguish between fundamental and compound operations of a computer.
  1. 4.5 Informal Code Analysis
4.3.3
Nature of programming languages: Explain the essential features of a computer language.
4.3.4
Nature of programming languages: Explain the need for higher level languages.
4.3.5
Nature of programming languages: Outline the need for a translation process from a higher level language to machine executable code.
4.3.6
Use of programming languages: Define the terms: variable, constant, operator, object.
  1. 1.2 Variables and Data Types
  2. 2.1 Objects: Instances of Classes
4.3.7
Use of programming languages: Define the operators =, ≠, <, <=, >, >=, mod, div.
  1. 1.3 Expressions and Assignment Statements
  2. 3.1 Boolean Expressions and if Statements
4.3.8
Use of programming languages: Analyse the use of variables, constants and operators in algorithms.
  1. 1.2 Variables and Data Types
  2. 1.3 Expressions and Assignment Statements
  3. 3.5 Compound Boolean Expressions
  4. 4.5 Informal Code Analysis
4.3.9
Use of programming languages: Construct algorithms using loops, branching.
  1. 4.1 Iteration
  2. 4.2 For Loops
4.3.10
Use of programming languages: Describe the characteristics and applications of a collection.
  1. 6.1 Array
  2. 7.1 ArrayList
  3. 7.2 ArrayList Methods
  4. 8.1 2D Arrays
  5. 8.2 Traversing 2D Arrays
4.3.11
Use of programming languages: Construct algorithms using the access methods of a collection.
  1. 6.2 Traversing Arrays
  2. 7.2 ArrayList Methods
  3. 7.3 Traversing ArrayLists
  4. 8.2 Traversing 2D Arrays
4.3.12
Use of programming languages: Discuss the need for sub-programmes and collections within programmed solutions.
  1. 5.4 Accessor Methods
  2. 5.5 Mutator Methods
  3. 5.6 Writing Methods
  4. 5.8 Scope and Access
4.3.13
Use of programming languages: Construct algorithms using predefined sub-programmes, onedimensional arrays and/or collections.
  1. 6.1 Array
  2. 6.2 Traversing Arrays
  3. 6.3 Enhanced for Loop for Arrays
  4. 6.4 Developing Algorithms Using Arrays