[Year 12 SofDev] A question - using later exam information in earlier questions

[Mark]

Hi, Monday-lovers,

I've resumed work on suggested solutions
<http://vceit.com/wp/software-development/sd-sample-exam/> to the VCAA
sample SD paper
<http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/exams/technology/it-softdev-specs-samp.pdf>
(since *two* whole people seem to want me to finish it). I'm looking at
section C.

You will notice immediately that the case study is identical to the 2011 SD
exam <http://vceit.com/p/postmortem-2011s.htm>, but you can't blame VCAA
for issuing a greatest hits album from time to time.

Anyway.

C2 asks for constraints. I decided not to suggest 'security' - even if was
obvious - since it was not mentioned as an issue of concern in the case
study, and kids are enjoined to only provide answers that are relevant to
the case study.

Then the introduction to C4 announces that security is a concern after all.

I wondered: should students use information provided in later questions
(C4) to answer *earlier* questions (C2).

My gut feeling is 'no', but students *are* expected to read the entire
paper before answering any questions... so maybe markers *do* expect them
rely on information provided anywhere in the paper.

It has not been a big issue  in real VCAA exams in the past, but it's a
question that got me thinking.

What do you think?

Mark

-- 

Mark Kelly

mark at vceit.com
http://vceit.com
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