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<DIV><FONT size=2>Mark</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Given the fact that they want "quality and consistency" the
question eliminates options <STRONG>A</STRONG> and <STRONG>B</STRONG>.
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<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>From the information given we could assume that each store
produces or at least contributes to the production of the reports - a template
would provide for consistency in reporting of data to be put in the
reports. Consistency can be gained by using a common report template,
hence C and D stand out as possible responses.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>While the organisation is a not-for-profit charity does not
mean it cannot afford to buy computers, and it is not suggested that it cannot
afford to buy the computers. Although this could be an unfair distraction
for some students.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Seeing that quality is also a factor - <STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff>C</FONT></STRONG> becomes the preferable response, because a
computer generated report is more likely to produce a better quality report than
a hand-written report.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Collating a hand-written report template can also be fraught
with possible problems of transcribing handwritten data - which could impact on
the quality of the report.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Thus, <STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>C</FONT></STRONG> is
the BEST option to achieve the goal.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Geoff Moss</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=msc@staff.luther.vic.edu.au
href="mailto:msc@staff.luther.vic.edu.au">Mark Scott</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ipm@edulists.com.au
href="mailto:ipm@edulists.com.au">Year 12 Information Technology Processing
and Management Teachers'MailingList</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:36
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Year 12 IPM] RE: 2005
Exam</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=gray size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: gray">Anybody like to
suggest what the correct response for MC Q4
was?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: gray"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=gray size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: gray">Mark
Scott<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=gray size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: gray">Luther
College<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: gray"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <A
href="mailto:ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au">ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au</A>
[mailto:ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On
Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Mark Scott<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, 9 November 2005
6:40<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Year 12 Information
Technology Processing and Management Teachers'MailingList<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> 2005
Exam</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">A few comments:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Multi-guess
section</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Q4 I will be interested in what people thought was the
correct response (I'm still not sure)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Q16 and Q8 both examples of IPM-speak not used in the
real world (a waste of time and energy?)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Q5 will confuse lots of students. Is this the way to
get a spread of marks?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Q20 will challenge those students who are
mathematically challenged.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Short answer
section</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Q8 will be easy for the boys, harder for the girls.
What happened to equal opportunity?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Q2 most will get wrong because they will miss one word
"design". Is this a fair question? Are we testing their IT knowledge or their
comprehension skills?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Q1 I wonder whether "Not printing passwords on coffee
cups" is an acceptable response.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Q11 I loved the case
study<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Q11c I suppose an acceptable response would be that
this would eat into class time and effect student learning.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">BUT would our over worked stressed out teachers really
be unhappy?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Q11e The real world would suggest a number of correct
responses. Another example of IPM-speak that don't reflect the real
world.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Q12b (ii) A tiny little box to describe an appropriate
strategy for the ergonomic requirements for users. Most organisations have
booklets pages and pages long dedicated to
this.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Overall</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Too easy and no (or hardly any) sign of project
management, networks, network topologies, GANNT charts, PERT charts
etc<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Will wait with interest for the results (dec
12?) and the examiners report next
year.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Mark Scott<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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