[Year 12 IT Apps] IARTV ITA practice exam

[Litsa Tzelepis]

Hello Geoff and Mark,
I totally agree with you both. Those terms are going to be etched in my
memory for an eternity.
And ordinarily, I would not even think twice, but for some reason I went to
the study design for a quick look and thought, oohhh, maybe the question is
looking for something a bit more specific.
Thank-you for the clarification though.
Litsa :)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Moss" <geoffmoss37 at optusnet.com.au>
To: "Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List"
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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] IARTV ITA practice exam


> Hi Litsa
>
> I define effectiveness in terms of how well something works or performs;
the quality of performance.  It does not have a finite definition like
efficiency and often refers to qualities that are not efficiency related
(effort, time and cost).
>
> Suitable terms include:  accuracy, clarity, completeness, relevance,
reliability, timeliness, readability (in terms of audience), accessibility
and readability.
>
> I also include presentation there, for example a well presented document
or web page can be more effective than one that is not well presented.
>
> Regards
>
> Geoff Moss
> RMIT
>

>
> > Litsa Tzelepis <htzelepis at msj.melb.catholic.edu.au> wrote:
> >
> > hi mark,
> > according to the study design's glossary, measuring the effectiveness of
> > an
> > information system involves reliability and maintainability.
> >
> > so going by that, i would say that (d) would have to be the answer.
> >
> > what do you think? litsa
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Mark Kelly" <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>
> > To: "Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List"
> > <itapps at edulists.com.au>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:46 AM
> > Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] IARTV ITA practice exam
> >
> >
> > > Is anyone else using the IARTV ITA exam?
> > >
> > > (Slightly condensed...)
> > >
> > > Multichoice Q19 - Evaluating the effectiveness of an info system
> > involves:
> > >
> > > A) Testing the speed taken
> > > B) Checking the accuracy of the info produced
> > > C) Both A and B
> > > D) None of the above
> > >
> > > The suggested answer is C, but I reckon it should be B since
> > > effectiveness criteria do not include speed (which is efficiency).
> > >
> > > And BTW - one wouldn't test the "speed taken" - one would test either
> > > the speed, or the time taken :-)
> > >
> > > One day to go, la de dah de dah...
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > Mark Kelly
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