[Year 12 IT Apps] 2012 VCAA Exam Chat

[Mark KELLY]

Hi all. I think section A was too easy, overall. Except for the dodgy
(doggy?) questions...

Q6 - it has to be A, in spite of the silly "lots of data" wording.
It can't be B only tests the QSG, not the solution, as the question
dictates.
It can't be C because eval criteria are determined during design. If it's
C, it contradicts the study design and the question is invalid.
It can't be D because that's obviously evaluation.


But Q19 is nagging at me more than Q6 did.

If I had to guess, I'd go for D, based on my patented "What Were The
Examiners Hoping I Would Say?" strategy. But I don't like any of the
options.

Let me explain how I read the question:

A "complete disaster recovery strategy" is the series of steps taken
*after*a disaster to recover from the disaster.
It is *not* talking about preparing for disaster.
It is *not* talking about preparing the strategy itself.

It won't be <A>. A backup plan should be prepared before the disaster, not
after.
<B> is the only option that refers to recovering data, but practising the
procedures is done before, not after the disaster.
Prevention measures are not relevant to disaster recovery, so it's not <C>.
<D> is also about practising. Risk assessment is useful to PREPARE a
recovery strategy, but is not done as part of a strategy for recovering
from disaster.

I don't like any of the options.  Growl.


On 13 November 2012 13:20, Matheson, Heath A <
Matheson.Heath.A at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

>  Heya All,****
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> I’ll volunteer to make the first mistakes. Quick glance at multi-choice:**
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> **1.       **B (easy starter nice)****
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> **2.       **C****
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> **3.       **D****
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> **4.       **C****
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> **5.       **C****
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> **6.       **B****
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> **7.       **C****
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> **8.       **D****
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> **9.       **B****
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> **10.   **D****
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> **11.   **B****
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> **12.   **B****
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> **13.   **B ****
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> **14.   **D****
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> **15.   **A****
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> **16.   **B****
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> **17.   **A****
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> **18.   **C****
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> **19.   **D****
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> **20.   **A****
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> ** **
>
> A big thanks to Andrew Pate from my two (out of five) students who showed
> up to class this morning where we concentrated on “the big question”. I
> thought VCAA might have made it a little more structured after last year’s
> low response. ****
>
> ** **
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> At least in this examiners report we will have a definite VCAA version of
> the normal forms. Hopefully it won’t have any surprises. ****
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> ** **
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> Cheers,****
>
> Heath Matheson****
>
> Mount Beauty Secondary College****
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