[Year 12 IPM] Formats and Conventions (VITTA Exam 1 2005)

[Mark Kelly]

tbolte at mercycollege.melb.catholic.edu.au wrote:
> Hello All,
> Has anyone used the VITTA 2005 exam 1?
> I have a query about the question (or any exam question) where formats and conventions are mentioned.  They show a gas bill and ask the students to name 2 formats and 2 conventions.  I would have given the fact that inclusion of the ABN and GST info is a convention and the use of dollar signs for cash and bold for subtitles as a format.
> Is this right?
> Is the fact that we put cash amounts left aligned a format or a convention?
> Cheers
> Trent Bolte
> Mercy College
> 

A format is a way of presenting data e.g. tabular, in paragraphs, 
graphical.  In this question the answer would be "A table and a graph"

A convention is a thing that is usually done e.g. dollar signs for 
currency, right-justification of numbers in columns, bigger & bold 
headings, page numbers in multi-page documents.
In this question, you could refer to justification of numbers, the 
formatting of the address, bold heading, the provision of a contact 
phone number etc etc.

...

Of course the suggested solution does not help much... I think it 
escaped editing unscathed  :-)

"Question 12

Mandatory conventions include: ABN, GST information, the account number 
(obscured in the picture), and the name and address of the person or 
business issuing the tax invoice.

Optional or preferred (*optional/preferred what? – conventions? Formats? 
Has the ‘format’ angle been covered in this solution?)include the use of 
currency, daily use graph, invoice date, due date and any other 
numerical format(??)relevant to the information displayed on the bill."



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