[Year 12 SofDev] Sample questions and examination advice

Sun Apr 29 10:36:09 EST 2007

thanks for that Mark,

well i had a 'misread' - worse than a typo. q20 is clearly D.  i read option A back to front and thought it was obvious!!
i always tell my students to re-read the question (backwards even)before submitting ... and of course don't practice what i preach.

for 19, a data dic.and context diag. are used to represent logical design not physical elements.

q 7 is a pretty contrived question but i think the lack of 'agility' is the issue, so 'b' seemed better than the rest. if d were correct, it would not be a popular model?

cheers              gordon

Mark Kelly <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:19:58 +1000 wrote:
> Hi Gordon
> 
> Oops!  Q1 was a typo - I meant to say 1B, so we agree there.
> 
> Q7 - how can you test *before* analysis and design? No product has been 
> developed yet - it can't be tested if it doesn't exist  :-)
> 
> Q19 - is tricky.  I categorised 'system flow charts' as more of a 
> procedural design tool.  Might be wrong there.
> 
> Q20 - the firewall should be the first device exposed to the internet, 
> so I'm confident it has to be 'D'.  Also, it has to be a switch that 
> feeds the workstations, not a firewall.
> 
> Cheers
> Mark
> 
> gordonp at horsham-college.vic.edu.au wrote:
> > 16/20 by my count Mark - but i'll have a few wrong too!
> > differences: 1B   7B   19D   20A
> > 
> > i found question 8 the most difficult
> > 
> > multi choice sux - except for machine marking        
> >                     cheers gordon
> > 
> > 
> > Mark Kelly <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:40:47 +1000 wrote:
> >> OK.  Like a lamb to the slaughter, I propose these answers for section A
> >>
> >> 1C
> >> 2D
> >> 3C
> >> 4A
> >> 5C
> >> 6B
> >> 7D
> >> 8C - ?
> >> 9D
> >> 10D
> >> 11A
> >> 12D
> >> 13B
> >> 14A
> >> 15B
> >> 16A
> >> 17B
> >> 18C
> >> 19C - ?
> >> 20D
> >>
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