[Year 12 IT Apps] ITA 2013 post mortem - Part A

[Vear, Gary D]

Greetings everyone,

A big thanks to Mark for his post mortem. Just getting to Part B now. In terms of Part A, I agree with all responses except Q1, which can only be C (project-based) if we accept the textbook classification of online communities.

Unlike Mark, I thought Q4 was a very poor one. Although "swipe card" is the likely correct response (since it's the only option that may arguably be classified as a "physical device"), it actually does the precise opposite of what the question is asking.

Rather than helping to "prevent unauthorised access to data and information on a network", a swipe card grants access to data and information on a network that's protected by a swipe card reader. You steal my swipe card (or copy it) and suddenly you have access to my protected files. Like a conventional key, all the swipe card can do is unlock/remove the provided security; it does not provide the security in the first place.

-Gary
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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] on behalf of Mark [mark at vceit.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2013 3:21 PM
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As long as we can still resort to a cup of tea and a good lie down, we might be able to skip the Bex  :-)

But I still find dancing girls and beer work quite well too.


On 6 November 2013 15:12, Savage, John L <savage.john.l at edumail.vic.gov.au<mailto:savage.john.l at edumail.vic.gov.au>> wrote:
If my memory serves me well APC powders like Bex and Vincent’s contained Aspirin, Phenacetin and Codeine. Disastrous for the kidneys.

Laurie Savage
Pascoe Vale Girls College
“Don’t share your day with a headache kidney, take Vincent’s powders ”

From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au<mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au<mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au>] On Behalf Of David Eddie
Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2013 2:45 PM
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Hi Mark

Off topic a touch but also as a fellow long trouser I remember the days when I was a short trouser and was sent (in Yr 5) from our class several hundred metres to the corner shop (alone) to get our teacher a packet of Benson & Hedges and a packet of Bex. It was considered one of the plum extra-curricular jobs. Oh for simpler times :)

Regards

David Eddie
St Joseph's College

From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au<mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Robert Hind
Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2013 3:43 PM
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Hi Mark!

As a fellow long-trouser, I wish you luck on section B of the paper and I hope you enjoy a panadol, a cup of tea and a good lie down. As I remember them Bex were APC (aspirin, phenacetin and caffeine) and went out of production when phenacetin was banned.

Robert Hind
Retired
Ex Traralgon and Ashwood
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Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] ITA 2013 post mortem - Part A

Section A is done...  I am keen to argue the toss over my suggested answers.

http://www.vceit.com/p/postmortem-2013i.htm

I need to have a Bex and a good lie down* before embarking on section B.

That ERD issue has been bugging me for 3 years now...

Many thanks to the anonymous daemons, sprites and fairies who magically made the ITA paper appear before me.  Salut!

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Mark Kelly
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*For you short-trousered folk, this is a reference to an ancient aspirin advertisement. Does Bex still exist?

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