[Year 12 IT Apps] 2012 VCAA Exam Chat

Wed Nov 14 09:35:03 EST 2012

Re MC Q19

A disaster recovery strategy is never a finished product but rather an on-going work in progress.

Which makes all of the answers correct but makes option D the most correct one.

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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2012 9:11 AM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] 2012 VCAA Exam Chat

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<mailto:Matheson.Heath.A at edumail.vic.gov.au>> wrote:
Heya All,

I'll volunteer to make the first mistakes. Quick glance at multi-choice:

1.       B (easy starter nice)

2.       C

3.       D

4.       C

5.       C

6.       B

7.       C

8.       D

9.       B

10.   D

11.   B

12.   B

13.   B

14.   D

15.   A

16.   B

17.   A

18.   C

19.   D

20.   A

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.

At least in this examiners report we will have a definite VCAA version of the normal forms. Hopefully it won't have any surprises.

Cheers,
Heath Matheson
Mount Beauty Secondary College

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