<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi, Monday-lovers,</div><div><br></div>I've resumed work on <a href="http://vceit.com/wp/software-development/sd-sample-exam/">suggested solutions</a> to the <a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/exams/technology/it-softdev-specs-samp.pdf">VCAA sample SD paper</a> (since <i>two</i> whole people seem to want me to finish it). I'm looking at section C.<div><br></div><div>You will notice immediately that the case study is identical to the <a href="http://vceit.com/p/postmortem-2011s.htm">2011 SD exam</a>, but you can't blame VCAA for issuing a greatest hits album from time to time.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Then the introduction to C4 announces that security is a concern after all.</div><div><br></div><div>I wondered: should students use information provided in later questions (C4) to answer <i>earlier</i> questions (C2). </div><div><br></div><div>My gut feeling is 'no', but students <i>are</i> expected to read the entire paper before answering any questions... so maybe markers <i>do</i> expect them rely on information provided anywhere in the paper.</div><div><br></div><div>It has not been a big issue in real VCAA exams in the past, but it's a question that got me thinking.</div><div><br></div><div>What do you think?</div><div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><br></i></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Mark Kelly</span><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:mark@vceit.com" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">mark@vceit.com</a><br></div><div><a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div></div>