[Year 12 IPM] 2005 Exam- Q6B

[Mark Kelly]

I was having a quiet read through the examiners' report on the 2005 IPM exam and was taken aback....

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Q6B said... Using the Input-Process-Output chart below, identify one input task, one process task and one output task the graphic artist would carry out when creating these advertisements. (3 marks) 

The table had columns headed: Input task,Process task, Output task.  The suggested answer was:
 
Input task - • acquire logo • find text • find images 

Process task - • resize logo • format text font and size • arrange text and image • change images to single colour • sequence advertisements 

Output task - • print individual advertisements • preview advertisements on screen • print the group of ads for the roll • print sample of receipt roll

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Has anyone out there ever seen an IPO chart that wanted TASKS in the Input and Output columns?  According to every source I've checked, the Input column is a list of data (eg. today's date and date of birth) and the Output column is the information produced (e.g. person's age).  Only the PROCESS column contains a task - the algorithm for the calculation.

Did the examiners invent a novel perverted chart or is there really such a thing as an IPO chart with tasks in all THREE columns?

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Mark Kelly
Information Systems Manager
McKinnon Secondary College
http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au