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<DIV></DIV><br><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark KELLY<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 14 November 2012 9:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] 2012 VCAA Exam Chat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Hi all. I think section A was too easy, overall. Except for the dodgy (doggy?) questions...<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Q6 - it has to be A, in spite of the silly "lots of data" wording.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>It can't be B only tests the QSG, not the solution, as the question dictates.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>It can't be C because eval criteria are determined during design. If it's C, it contradicts the study design and the question is invalid.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>It can't be D because that's obviously evaluation.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>But Q19 is nagging at me more than Q6 did.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>If I had to guess, I'd go for D, based on my patented "What Were The Examiners Hoping I Would Say?" strategy. But I don't like any of the options.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Let me explain how I read the question:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>A "complete disaster recovery strategy" is the series of steps taken <b>after</b> a disaster to recover from the disaster. <br>It is <b>not</b> talking about preparing for disaster. <br>It is <b>not</b> talking about preparing the strategy itself.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>It won't be <A>. A backup plan should be prepared before the disaster, not after. <br><B> is the only option that refers to recovering data, but practising the procedures is done before, not after the disaster.<br>Prevention measures are not relevant to disaster recovery, so it's not <C>. <br><D> is also about practising. Risk assessment is useful to PREPARE a recovery strategy, but is not done as part of a strategy for recovering from disaster.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>I don't like any of the options. Growl.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>On 13 November 2012 13:20, Matheson, Heath A <<a href="mailto:Matheson.Heath.A@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">Matheson.Heath.A@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Heya All,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’ll volunteer to make the first mistakes. Quick glance at multi-choice:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>1.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>B (easy starter nice)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>2.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>C</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>3.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>D</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>4.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>C</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>5.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>C</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>6.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>B</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>7.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>C</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>8.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>D</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>9.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>B</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>10.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>D</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>11.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>B</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>12.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>B</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>13.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>B </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>14.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>D</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>15.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>A</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>16.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>B</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>17.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>A</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>18.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>C</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>19.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>D</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>20.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>A</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>A big thanks to Andrew Pate from my two (out of five) students who showed up to class this morning where we concentrated on “the big question”. I thought VCAA might have made it a little more structured after last year’s low response. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>At least in this examiners report we will have a definite VCAA version of the normal forms. Hopefully it won’t have any surprises. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cheers,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Heath Matheson</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mount Beauty Secondary College</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b>Important - </b>This email and any attachments may be confidential. 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