[Year 12 IT Apps] IT applications 2007 exam: assessor's report

[Bill Turner]

I see your point, Mark. 

If you are validating a test score from 0 - 100, you may not know that the
score entered is the actual true result the student obtained (accuracy),
only that 0 - 100 was a reasonable result for that field/cell.

Perhaps 'accurate' was intended in the sense of 'accurate to the data type
allowed"?

A clearer wording might be 
" D. prevent unreasonable data from entering the system."

Bill

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On Behalf Of Mark Kelly
Sent: Friday, 18 April 2008 1:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] IT applications 2007 exam: assessor's report

I see Section A Q9 had no comment by the examiners...

"Validation is used to
A. check the accuracy of calculations.
B. detect software errors and alert the manager.
C. test functions and alert programmers to errors.
D. prevent inaccurate data from entering the system.

The official 'right' answer was still steadfastly 'D', which is rubbish.

It cannot be D because validation does NOT check the ACCURACY of data, 
only its reasonableness.

Even the sacred IT glossary says validation checks data input to a 
system is of an "appropriate type for processing, and within acceptable 
boundaries")

So are we to accept that validation is used to check the accuracy of 
calculations? No - that's called testing.

Hmphh.
Not happy, Jan.



Christophersen, Paula P wrote:
> Dear colleagues
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> The assessor's report on the 2007 IT apps examination is now available at:
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http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/infotech/it-applications/exams.html#H
2N10037
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> It is also attached. I will let you know when the Software development 
> report is available.
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> Regards
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> Paula
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> Paula Christophersen
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> ICT Curriculum Manager
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> VCAA
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> 41 St Andrews Place
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> EAST MELBOURNE 3002
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> (03) 9651 4378
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