Software Engineering mock exam
Higher School Certificate Examination - Software Engineering. Sit it in one block, time yourself with the on-screen clock, then self-mark against the model answers.
Paper structure from the official NESA page.
Paper at a glance
| Section | Questions | Marks | Recommended time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Objective response | 14 | 14 | 35 min |
| Short answer | 12 | 60 | 105 min |
The official paper is worth 80 marks. This mock holds 74, because we only use questions we have checked and they don't fill every section of the official paper exactly. Your score is worked out of the marks in the questions you sit, so a perfect paper scores 100%.
Before you start
We do not yet have enough questions in this subject to fill every section of the real paper, so some sections are shorter and the marks are adjusted to match. Sit it anyway to practise pacing.
What this mock covers
- Objective response: 14 multiple-choice questions, auto-marked when you submit.
- Short answer: 12 short-answer questions (60 marks), self-marked against a model answer.
12 syllabus dot points covered
Syllabus dot points examined in this paper:
- Client-server architecture explained: HSC Software Engineering Module 2
- Continuous integration and deployment explained: HSC Software Engineering Module 4
- Documentation practices explained: HSC Software Engineering Module 4
- HTML and CSS for the front-end explained: HSC Software Engineering Module 2
- HTTP and HTTPS explained: HSC Software Engineering Module 2
- Machine learning applications in industry explained: HSC Software Engineering Module 3
- Machine learning fundamentals explained: HSC Software Engineering Module 3
- Neural network basics explained: HSC Software Engineering Module 3
- OWASP Top 10 explained: HSC Software Engineering Module 1
- Project management tools explained: HSC Software Engineering Module 4
- Supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning explained: HSC Software Engineering Module 3
- The secure development lifecycle explained: HSC Software Engineering Module 1
Multiple-choice questions are drawn from the Programming for the Web: HSC Software Engineering Module 2 quiz, Secure Software Architecture: HSC Software Engineering Module 1 quiz quizzes.
Your answers, the clock and your self-marks save on this device as you go, so a reload picks up where you left off.