Big Idea 1 · Topic 1.2 · Exercise 2
Trigger Tracer
25 minutes - 4 traces - LO CRD-2.C, CRD-2.D
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Scenario 1 · Foundational
At a crosswalk, a pedestrian presses the metal button. The controller program lights the WALK symbol and plays a chirping tone for pedestrians who can't see the signal. Between presses, the crosswalk program keeps running the normal traffic-light cycle.
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Scenario 2 · Core
Every night at 2:00 a.m., the district gradebook software transmits the day's grades to the student portal program. The portal recalculates each student's average and emails a summary to families who turned on notifications. No person is awake, and nothing appears on any screen.
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Scenario 3 · Core
A smart doorbell detects motion on the porch. Its program records a 10-second clip, sends a notification to the homeowner's phone, and - only when the household set 'night mode' earlier that evening - also switches on the porch spotlight. The same raccoon at 2 p.m. gets no spotlight.
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Scenario 4 · Challenge
In a rhythm game, a streaming server delivers each week's new song data to the game. During play, the player taps falling notes on the touchscreen; hits make the phone flash the note, buzz briefly, and raise a combo multiplier that makes later notes worth more. Two players tapping identical patterns can end with different scores if one started the song with a 'streak bonus' from yesterday.
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