Fwd: Re: [Year 12 IPM] RE: 2005 Exam

[jtabone at aitkencollege.edu.au]

Re MC Question 4

here are my thoughts ..

A not-for-profit charity with three stores wants to improve the
quality and consistency of its reports


Answers C or D which refer to templates would obviously improve the
consistency of its reports

C - Buy a computer for each store and set up a report template - As
it is a not-for-profit charity could they afford this option? 
Having a template would ensure consistency - not sure about the
quality, as quality of information would depend on issues such as
accuracy,completeness (a computer does not necessarily give us
quality), though could assist, depending on the layout of the
template, with clarity and useability of the product
 
D - Design a report template and ask each store to fill in the
blanks
by hand would also ensure consistency - Again not sure how that will
effect the quality .... 

Could justify both choices

Think I am leaning towards C, but the answer could well be D -  who
knows!!!!


Joyce Tabone
Aitken College
1010 Mickleham Road
Greenvale  Vic  3069

On 10.11.2005 at 11:34:25, Mark Scott <msc at staff.luther.vic.edu.au>
wrote:

> Anybody like to suggest what the correct response for MC Q4 was?
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> Mark Scott
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> Luther College
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> On Behalf Of Mark Scott
> Sent: Wednesday, 9 November 2005 6:40
> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
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> Subject: 2005 Exam
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> A few comments:
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> Multi-guess section
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> Q4 I will be interested in what people thought was the correct
response
> (I'm still not sure)
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> Q16 and Q8 both examples of IPM-speak not used in the real world
(a
> waste of time and energy?)
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> Q5 will confuse lots of students. Is this the way to get a spread
of
> marks?
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> Q20 will challenge those students who are mathematically
challenged.
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> Short answer section
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> Q8 will be easy for the boys, harder for the girls. What happened
to
> equal opportunity?
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> 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?
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> Q1 I wonder whether "Not printing passwords on coffee cups" is an
> acceptable response.
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> Q11 I loved the case study
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> Q11c I suppose an acceptable response would be that this would eat
into
> class time and effect student learning. 
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> BUT would our over worked stressed out teachers really be unhappy?
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> Q11e The real world would suggest a number of correct responses.
Another
> example of IPM-speak that don't reflect the real world.
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> 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.
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> Overall
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> Too easy and no (or hardly any) sign of project management, 
networks,
> network topologies, GANNT charts, PERT charts etc
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> Will wait with interest for the results (dec 12?) and the
examiners
> report next year.
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> Mark Scott
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> Luther College
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