[vet-it] Exam reply

[Riehm, Tracey L]

Regarding Multiple Choice Questions
Question 3
My interpretation of the Essentials of IT book is that online
documentation does not just mean internet - it includes wizards etc as
well, it just means on computer.
I see 'word processing' as a program for documents that will be printed,
so I headed towards A & B. Documentation is not necessarily a tutorial,
so I guessed A - help files, but it's probably B because it would be
similar to a wizard. 
When reading this question, I did think it was a bit nasty/tricky - you
need to agree with the examiner's definition of online documentation &
its purpose.

Question 13
I agree with Graeme that the preferred option is to save locally,
however I hope like mad that the majority of the population have the
sense not to reboot the computer first, so they should choose between B
& C and since we're told it wasn't saved, the answer must be B. We
should be encouraging our students to learn & demonstrate BEST PRACTICE.


Question 18
I chose the PDA because all the others also require a computer or laptop
in order to save/retrieve data. There is no mention of the sales team
having any of this, so I presumed they didn't have it. The PDA is the
only one that can be used on its own. I always worry when I make
presumptions though...

Section B
Question 19
I did not like this at all - as Graeme said, most students just 'know
it' from general life, but we did not discuss it in class as such. Which
module descriptor does it match up to? Provide Advice to Clients? The
terminology used & specific questions relating to it (What does shaped
mean/Why not Rapid Transfer Setup) does not appear anywhere in the
course advice etc that I have seen - how are we supposed to know what
may appear on the exam? Do we need to know ALL new/emerging technology
terminology & uses? We would spend all year just doing that & nothing
else!?

Admittedly, I missed this year's VITTA Exam prep day (didn't know when
it was on - don't know what happened to the flyers), but the examiners
don't go either - we're all just making educated guesses...

Tracey
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Tracey Riehm
Timboon P-12 School
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fax: 5598 3507

-----Original Messages-----
Message:1
On Behalf Of Michael Abulencia
Sent: Tuesday, 1 November 2005 12:10 PM
In the choice of answers, there is really only 2 tools that generate or
produce documentation.

c) web-based authoring
d) word-processing documents

and since the question is asking for "online documentation", the only
answer that I can think of that creates HTML would be

c) web-based authoring

Message: 2
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:54:24 +1100
From: "Munro, Graeme P" <munro.graeme.p at edumail.vic.gov.au>
Section A
Q 3
Q 11
Q 13  - The most obvious thing to do if you are editing a document (in
word I presume) would be to save to your own hard drive until the
network came back up.  Not an option
Q 18   I could easily mount a case for either a PDA or Memory stick
given different parameters

Section B 
Q 19  - Rapid Transfer Setup cost - not something that I
have discussed with my students, 
Most of my students knew what shaping was, but
again we had not discussed it.
Q 14 B  Virtual machine - As soon as I said emulator my
students knew what the question meant, but again we had not specifically
covered it.

I used to take as a good rule of thumb if its not in 'Essentials of IT,
it won't be on the exam, plus any definition are taken as those in
Essential of IT.



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