BTEC International Level 3 Engineering

Unit 35: Computer Programming — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 35 (Computer Programming) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH16 criteria
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

7 criteria
A.P1Explain the methodologies and typical job roles used in two different software development projects and the purpose and importance of user requirements.
B.P2Explain the user requirements for a new software program.
B.P3Design a new software program with a user interface to meet a client brief, including an outline project plan and test scripts.
C.P4Build a software program, using the designs and multiple programming paradigms to solve a problem.
C.P5Perform tests on the software program against the user requirements, repairing functional faults.
D.P6Explain how health and safety, computer programming and general engineering skills were effectively applied when developing a software program.
D.P7Explain how relevant behaviours were effectively applied during the development of a software program.

Merit

6 criteria
A.M1Compare the methodologies and job roles used in two different software development projects, explaining the purpose and importance of user requirements.
B.M2Analyse the user requirements, identifying areas where potential pitfalls could occur.
B.M3Design a new software program with an effective user interface to meet a client brief, including a project plan and test scripts.
C.M4Build a software program with an effective user interface, using the designs and multiple programming paradigms to solve a problem.
C.M5Perform regression tests on the software program, repairing any functional and usability faults.
D.M6Recommend improvements to the development of a software program and to the relevant behaviours applied.

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Evaluate, using language that is technically correct and of a high standard, the methodologies and job roles used in two different software development projects, explaining the purpose and importance of user requirements.
BC.D2Optimise a functional, useable, fully-annotated and efficient software program that operates as intended with some consideration for unexpected events, using a comprehensive set of design documents including a project plan and test scripts.
D.D3Demonstrate consistently good technical understanding and analysis of the measurement and testing of circuits, including the application of relevant behaviours and general engineering skills to a professional standard.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

ExplainDesignBuildPerformCompareAnalyseRecommendEvaluateOptimiseDemonstrate
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

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