VCE Applied Computing: Data Analytics (Year 12)

VCE Applied Computing: Data Analytics (Year 12) on VCE Vault: 12 lessons written for Year 12 (VCE, Victorian Certificate of Education), each with worked examples, practice questions and Aari, an AI tutor. The first 4 lessons are free; the whole subject is a one-off A$14.99.

VCE Applied Computing: Data Analytics past exams 2023–2025: 154 questions matched to these lessons.

Lessons

Unit 3 — Data Analytics: Analysis and Design

• The Problem-Solving Methodology (free) — Apply the four stages of the VCAA problem-solving methodology (PSM) to both Data Analytics and Software Development.
• Data Analytics and Visualisation (free) — Apply advanced data analytics techniques and create effective visualisations to communicate insights.
• Databases and SQL Fundamentals — Design relational databases and write SQL queries to extract, filter, and manipulate data.
• Project Management Methodologies — Compare project management methodologies and apply them to software development projects.
• Acquiring Data — Collection Methods, Data Types and Data Integrity — Select appropriate methods for acquiring primary and secondary data, identify suitable data types and formats, and evaluate data using the characteristics of data integrity.

Software Development crossover (not Data Analytics key knowledge)

• Software Development — Algorithms, Data Structures and Pseudocode (free) — Design algorithms in pseudocode using appropriate data structures, including searching and sorting.
• Software Development — Validation, Testing and the SRS (free) — Write a software requirements specification, apply validation techniques and design test data.

Unit 4 — Development, Evaluation and Cybersecurity

• Networks and Cybersecurity — Explain network architecture and protocols, and evaluate cybersecurity threats and countermeasures.
• Ethics and Legal Issues in IT — Analyse ethical and legal issues in information technology, including privacy, intellectual property, and digital rights.
• Data and Information Security — Threats, Security Controls and Disaster Recovery — Identify accidental, deliberate and event-based threats to data and information, recommend physical, software and procedural security controls, and explain backup and disaster recovery strategies and legal obligations.

Shared skills

• User Experience Design — Apply user experience design principles to create effective, accessible, and usable digital solutions.

Exam Preparation

• Applied Computing Exam Strategy — Develop effective exam strategies for the VCE Applied Computing examination.