[Year 12 IT Apps] time for some exam discussion

Thu Nov 12 14:08:14 EST 2009

Wide spread is good .. makes it easier for the bean counters to moderate and
massage back into shape.

Some traps for my ESL students such as the "quick reference card on the
colour printer" could mean either a handy instruction card on the top of the
printer or an info card about the distant printer.

I have enjoyed this paper most from all those that I have done. Does this
happen near the end of each study design?

Regards Roland

2009/11/11 Kent Beveridge <kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au>

> I reckon by my first look at the qns...its going to make for a wide spread
> on the Bell curve this year...!
> Some interesting wording and phrasology of a few questions.
>
> Oh, heck..if it was easy everyone would do it!  (oh, oops, I thought that's
> why students chose it ....the 'easy' option!!).
>
> Good challenging paper!
>
> Kent.
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>
> Ok,
>
> I'll start the ball rolling.  I thought the multiple choice section was
> pretty easy - Q1 just plain silly!  (gee I'm glad I sat through a whole year
> of ITA  so I could answer that one.)
>
> Then we get to Q 7 & 8, 9 12  - again, way too easy.
>
> Q19 - evacuation procedures for back up files?   Does this mean that
> someone marches off with the backup files if the building is evacuated?
>  This kind of assumes they were dumb enough to store it in the same location
> originally.   Or have I missed something here and its just one of those
> cunning distractors?
>
> short answer: Q3b - list two things...... pretty vague - are they talking
> ethical considerations?  legal issues?  technical constraints?  or is it
> just open ended and pretty much anything is OK.
>
> Q4 - nice to see the wiki get a mention
>
> Q5,6,7,8 pretty straight forward.
>
> Q9 - I had trouble with the term layout being used in this context.  If you
> look up "design elements" in the textbook, it refers to Proportion,
> orientation, clarity & consistency, colour & contrast. This is what the kids
> learnt.  I think the term layout would have made them uncertain as to which
> one to discuss.   Similarly with relevance - not really a design element,
> but rather a property of a good interface.   I would be interested to know
> what others think about this question.
>
> Q10 - the Pert chart strikes back!
>
> Q11 - a(i) and (ii) and (b) - more suitable for a junior maths class.
> (c)  - more at the level I would expect of a VCE student
> (d) - obviously kids need more practice (after last year's storyboard) in
> designing products
> (e) - ethics - interesting question and much better worded than last
> year's!  It should make them think (a bit).
>
> Q12 - very easy.  Although I suspect my lesser students still don't know
> how to do a vlookup or an if statement (even after all my best efforts -
> sigh!) .  I can't remember if we did a specific task on sheet referencing
> (suspect not), but some of the better students might get 12 (c).    12(d)
> seems to demand a bar or column chart for easy comparison of monthly petrol
> expense, 12(e)  could be achieved by making a macro or using mail merge.
>
> So all in all, not too many gripes (except for Q9).  Most of my kids seemed
> pretty happy with their efforts. As an exam I would rate it about 8/10
> what do others think???
>
> regards
>
>
> Janet Bane
> Patterson River SC
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