[Year 12 IT Apps] ITA sample questions revisited

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Mark is quite right, we do need to be vigilant about any practice
examination questions that we might use with our students.  Product-specific
terminology is only of value to users that hit on the right meaning for a
particular term. Similarly, product-specific IT problems don't really help
us exploit the full potential of higher order thinking or solution
development that might come with more generic versions.

It is going to be hard but important for us to completely audit all
questions to neutralize all our product-specific terminology, screen grabs
or solutions. I will admit to having to having to pinch and punch myself
into being open minded enough to look beyond what I know and what I am
comfortable and familiar with.

When we only know how to use a hammer, every problem looks rather like a
nail.

Regards Roland

On 31/05/07, Mark Kelly <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Whatever the answer is, my Filemaker kids would have been royally
> rogered by that question if it had appeared in a real exam.
>
> I'm saving my energy for a super tizzy fit at the end of the year if I
> see any Access-only database questions on the exam, or Windows-only
> questions of any flavour.
>
> :-)
>
> I think we've made our feelings on such matters clear enough to VCAA by
> now. It's up to them.
>
>
> Kent Beveridge wrote:
> > Heres a thought..
> > A search can be general, I guess... whereas a query tends to be more
> filtered(specific)...how bout that?
> > KB.
> >
> > Kent Beveridge,
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> > From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Mark Kelly
> > Sent: Thu 5/31/2007 12:07 PM
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> > Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] ITA sample questions revisited
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> >
> >
> > In the sample questions for the new course...
> >
> http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/it-applications/exams.html
> >
> > Section B, question 3.  I'm stumped trying to work out the difference
> > between doing a search and doing a query.
> >
> > Are they not the same thing in Access?  You find certain values in one
> > or more fields and show the results...
> >
> > Except a query can also calculate new values from existing data.
> >
> > Any other difference?
> >
> > Mark
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

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