[Year 12 IPM] RE: 2005 Exam

[Mark Kelly]

I chose C.

Option <A> is a recipe for compatibility disaster if each store goes 
their own way choosing computers.  It would only accidentally achieve 
consistency.

<B> is just useless - one computer for 3 stores would be hopelessly 
inefficient. Yet I suppose having only one computer would ensure 
consistency (at the price of lousy efficiency).

<D>, filling in forms by hand, defeats the purpose of getting computers, 
and handwriting would impede the "quality" goal.

The only option left for me was <C>.

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Mark Scott 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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> *From:* ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] 
> *On Behalf Of *Mark Scott
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 9 November 2005 6:40
> *To:* Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management 
> Teachers'MailingList
> *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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Mark Kelly
Manager - Information Systems
McKinnon Secondary College
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