[Year 12 SofDev] CSE Exam

[PIKE Philip]

A sample of the types of questions-
A photographer uploads a 6 Megabyte photo to a friend using a 100 kilobit per second wireless connection. How long would it take the photo to load?
A camera recorded 2 minutes and 38 seconds of video and the saved file was 3,750 KB. How many seconds of video can he fit into one megabyte of storage?

Regards


Philip Pike
Director of ICT
Bacchus Marsh Grammar
Sth Maddingley Rd
Bacchus Marsh 3340
Ph 5366 4893
Fax 5366 4850
Email: pikep at bmg.vic.edu.au

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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Vella, James
Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2012 9:45 AM
To: sofdev at edulists.com.au
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] CSE Exam

My understanding is that bits, bytes, conversions & bandwidth could fall under a few points:

U3O1: Brief overview of the OSI
U402: technical underpinnings of Intranets, the Internet and VPN's
U4O2: characteristics of wired & wireless networks

I was under the impression that the examiners could only ask students to demonstrate knowledge from the Software Development study design and shouldn't presume knowledge from IT U1/2? I could be mistaken though as this is my first year teaching Software...

Just an idea...ps. I haven't seen the question so it's a guess really that these are the points that it was covering...

Mr James Vella
Head of Technology - ICT
Information Technology/Mathematics Teacher MacKillop College Russell Street Werribee, VIC 3030


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 14:17:15 +1100
From: PIKE Philip <PIKEP at bmg.vic.edu.au>
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] CSE exam

Hi all, I gave my students the CSE exam for my October practice exam. While I was happy with the overall content of the exam, there were 8 marks worth of questions relating to bits, bytes, conversions and bandwidth.
I know this used to be part of IS, but cannot find this in the new study design.
Can anyone please advise me if I have overlooked part of the new study design.
Thanks

Phil Pike
Director of ICT
Bacchus Marsh Grammar


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