[Informatics] informatics Digest, Vol 12, Issue 43

Benn POLLOCK pol at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au
Tue Oct 11 11:07:02 AEDT 2016


Ashley - OK that seems to make more sense. I'm wondering what types of
responses they will accept for this. I did mention return to the beginning
but not in the same instance as you.

Paula - Thanks for that Paula. I was thinking along these lines already as
I was aware that efficiency is not always the "fastest" way to do/complete
something. But thanks for clearing that up :)

Cheers

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>    1. VCAA Practice Exam - Sect. C, Q1, Sect. B, Q4. (Benn POLLOCK)
>    2. Re: VCAA Practice Exam - Sect. C, Q1, Sect. B, Q4. (Ashley Foley)
>    3. Re: VCAA Practice Exam - Sect. C, Q1, Sect. B, Q4.
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> From: Benn POLLOCK <pol at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au>
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> Hello All,
>
> Looking for some feedback on the VCAA Inforamtics Sample exam. As there is
> no sample answers I'm just unsure on some questions as to what the best
> response would be.
>
> *Section C - Q1A* -
> State the condition(s) that would cause the paths labelled B to be
> followed.
>
> Is this as simple as - *The user is able to return to the beginning of the
> purchasing process at the end (display total cost) if they decide they wish
> to edit their order. *
>
> I feel somewhat dumb that this question is troubling me the most as it's
> only 1 mark and I find the rest of the exam somewhat easy.
>
> *Section B - Q4* - key words here to me are *efficient and accurately.* She
> is trying to put information from 300 photos into a spreadsheet/database to
> help her identify how many of each different house type there was in what
> decade. I was thinking along the lines of developing a spreadsheet/access
> with the appropriate fields/rows (decade & house type) and then "codifying"
> each the photo into the appropriate category - followed by using a COUNTIF
> or a Query (if using Access) to generate a count of different types of
> houses as per Q4b. Then i thought, is this *efficient*? It seems like it
> would take a long time to do this - but how else do you convert visual
> data, into text quickly?? What are your thoughts on this?
>
> Maybe i'm having a "brain fart" moment and missing something more obvious
> here?
>
> Looking forward to your feedback.
> Cheers :)
> --
> *Benn Pollock*
> *Year 9 Level Leader*
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> From: Ashley Foley <foleya at stkevins.vic.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: [Informatics] VCAA Practice Exam - Sect. C, Q1, Sect. B,
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> Ben,
> My take was that the user had failed to supply all the required data and so
> could not move on until they had done so.
> Ashley
>
> On 10 October 2016 at 16:07, Benn POLLOCK <pol at wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Looking for some feedback on the VCAA Inforamtics Sample exam. As there
> is
> > no sample answers I'm just unsure on some questions as to what the best
> > response would be.
> >
> > *Section C - Q1A* -
> > State the condition(s) that would cause the paths labelled B to be
> > followed.
> >
> > Is this as simple as - *The user is able to return to the beginning of
> > the purchasing process at the end (display total cost) if they decide
> they
> > wish to edit their order. *
> >
> > I feel somewhat dumb that this question is troubling me the most as it's
> > only 1 mark and I find the rest of the exam somewhat easy.
> >
> > *Section B - Q4* - key words here to me are *efficient and accurately.*
> She
> > is trying to put information from 300 photos into a spreadsheet/database
> to
> > help her identify how many of each different house type there was in what
> > decade. I was thinking along the lines of developing a spreadsheet/access
> > with the appropriate fields/rows (decade & house type) and then
> "codifying"
> > each the photo into the appropriate category - followed by using a
> COUNTIF
> > or a Query (if using Access) to generate a count of different types of
> > houses as per Q4b. Then i thought, is this *efficient*? It seems like it
> > would take a long time to do this - but how else do you convert visual
> > data, into text quickly?? What are your thoughts on this?
> >
> > Maybe i'm having a "brain fart" moment and missing something more obvious
> > here?
> >
> > Looking forward to your feedback.
> > Cheers :)
> > --
> > *Benn Pollock*
> > *Year 9 Level Leader*
> > VCE Computing & Informatics Teacher
> >
> > *Ph.* *9801-9700*
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> From: "Christophersen, Paula P"
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> Subject: Re: [Informatics] VCAA Practice Exam - Sect. C, Q1, Sect. B,
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> Hi Benn
>
> I am not going to directly answer the question in the Sample paper but I
> just want to make a comment about the definition of efficiency. According
> to the study design Glossary ?efficiency? is measured in terms of time,
> effort and cost. The ?time? factor does not always mean the quickest time;
> it could be an indicator of a process that minimises the waste of time to
> complete task or it could be an indicator of the best available process in
> terms of time. This means that a process might take a long time but it may
> be the one that minimises waste of time or it is the best available in
> terms of time, hence it is efficient.
>
> Regards
> Paula
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> From: informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:informatics-bounces@
> edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Benn POLLOCK
> Sent: Monday, 10 October 2016 4:08 PM
> To: informatics at edulists.com.au
> Subject: [Informatics] VCAA Practice Exam - Sect. C, Q1, Sect. B, Q4.
>
> Hello All,
>
> Looking for some feedback on the VCAA Inforamtics Sample exam. As there is
> no sample answers I'm just unsure on some questions as to what the best
> response would be.
>
> Section C - Q1A -
> State the condition(s) that would cause the paths labelled B to be
> followed.
>
> Is this as simple as - The user is able to return to the beginning of the
> purchasing process at the end (display total cost) if they decide they wish
> to edit their order.
>
> I feel somewhat dumb that this question is troubling me the most as it's
> only 1 mark and I find the rest of the exam somewhat easy.
>
> Section B - Q4 - key words here to me are efficient and accurately. She is
> trying to put information from 300 photos into a spreadsheet/database to
> help her identify how many of each different house type there was in what
> decade. I was thinking along the lines of developing a spreadsheet/access
> with the appropriate fields/rows (decade & house type) and then "codifying"
> each the photo into the appropriate category - followed by using a COUNTIF
> or a Query (if using Access) to generate a count of different types of
> houses as per Q4b. Then i thought, is this efficient? It seems like it
> would take a long time to do this - but how else do you convert visual
> data, into text quickly?? What are your thoughts on this?
>
> Maybe i'm having a "brain fart" moment and missing something more obvious
> here?
>
> Looking forward to your feedback.
> Cheers :)
> --
> Benn Pollock
> Year 9 Level Leader
> VCE Computing & Informatics Teacher
>
> Ph. 9801-9700
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