[Year 12 IPM] Exam Post Mortem now online

[Mark Kelly]

Humans and computers each have methods for recording data.  I would have 
thought "procedure" might have been a better verb for when people do it.

The more I think about it, the more I think the "method" part of the 
question is pretty silly.

Mark Scott wrote:
> *Excellent point about Q3.*
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> *I assumed the same as you and I’m not sure that Mark’s interpretation 
> is the correct one. *
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> *Sorry Mark but not sure that what you describe is a “**method** of 
> recording data”*
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> *Mark Scott*
> 
> *Luther** College***
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> *From:* ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] 
> *On Behalf Of *Bane, Janet A
> *Sent:* Thursday, 10 November 2005 2:45
> *To:* Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management 
> Teachers'Mailing List
> *Subject:* RE: [Year 12 IPM] Exam Post Mortem now online
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> 
> Great job, as usual Mark.  I only have a couple of queries -  Question 3 
> SA asked for kids to " Select **two** of the three storage mediums 
> listed below and identify one limitation and one capability, and explain 
> the method by which data is recorded for each. (6 marks)"  - lots of my 
> kids thought they had to say the method by which data is recorded by the 
> **user.  (**ie, put your USB flash drive into the USB port, open your 
> folder/file, drag your files across to removable storage drive, or copy 
> and paste), rather than how the device actually records it.  Another 
> case of ambiguous wording!
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>  
> 
> Secondly Q16 MC - the one about strategic or tactical - 12 months seems 
> to be a viable time frame for tactical decisions, butI guess it depends 
> on high how up the food chain the "marketing manager" is - senior 
> manager?  middle manager?  It doesn't actually say.
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>  
> 
> Question 18 MC - the one about putting someone else's song on the 
> website - clearly its illegal, but I think the answer could be D given 
> that you aren't supposed to use other's works without permission.  Isn't 
> that what the Copyright Amendement Digital Agenda Act says? 
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> Question 8 Short answer - obviously option 1 as it actually has a DVD 
> burner, the other one doesn't.
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> Question 9 SA - I think the paper, although generally fair, did display 
> a certain bias towards students who had studied databases rather than 
> spreadsheets.  Question 9 is an example of this - whilst my students 
> knew about range checks, most of them also gave IF statements as another 
> way of checking. I hope this answer would be considered acceptable.  
>  Data type checks (although mentioned by me several times) obviously did 
> not penetrate the permeable layer as they didn't actually do any in 
> class.  It was also handy to have done databases for Questions 2 SA and 
> Q4 SA, although obviously common sense should prevail and the answer is 
> logical if they **think** about it!
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> Enjoyed your post mortem, thanks!
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> 
> Janet Bane
> 
> Patterson River SC
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> *From:* ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Mark Kelly
> *Sent:* Thu 10-Nov-05 12:52 PM
> *To:* Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management 
> Teachers'Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Year 12 IPM] Exam Post Mortem now online
> 
> My annual whinge is now online at
> 
> http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/it/ipmnotes/exam/2005exam/index.htm
> 
> Feel free to carp, bicker and protest.
> 
> --
> Mark Kelly
> Manager - Information Systems
> McKinnon Secondary College
> McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria Australia
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Mark Kelly
Manager - Information Systems
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria Australia
Phone +613 95780844  Fax +613 95789253
http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
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