[Year 12 IPM] Question 5 - the verdict!

[tony at star.melb.catholic.edu.au]

Great work Mark.

I'm interested in the statement
"no student who attempted it will lose a mark"

This means that we should encourage
ALL students to ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS
no matter what because you just never ever
know what you may miss out on.

Cheers,
TJ



At 02:25 PM 11/30/2005, you wrote:
>Party time, fellow IPMers: the response from the VCAA about the IPM Q5 
>disaster...
>
>Dear Mr Kelly,
>
>I am responding to your message dated 15 November about Question 5 in the 
>VCE examination in Information Processing and Management, which was 
>forwarded to me by Paula Christophersen.
>
>Thank you for your detailed comments on this question, relating to the 
>"application for copyright" and the ambiguity. Following discussions 
>between VCAA staff and the Chief Assessor, Question 5 has been re-scored.
>
>I am pleased to report that no student who attempted it will lose a mark. 
>This will be reflected in students' results, the VCE Examination Results 
>Service and in the Assessment Report.
>
>I trust you find this outcome satisfactory. Thank you for your 
>constructive feedback on the examination.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
>Dr Bob Peck
>Manager, VCE Examinations
>
>-------------------------
>
>My original complaint follows...
>
>This is an official request to the VCAA to disregard IPM's multiple
>choice question 5 in exam marking.
>
>The question is fatally flawed and no-one can be fairly assessed by
>whatever answer they give.
>
>1.  The premise of the question is simply incorrect in law.  Copyright
>in Australia is never sought nor given.  It is automatically assigned to
>the creator of any intellectual property.  It is not registered like
>trade marks and patents are.
>
>2.  The question is imcomprehensible.  Does Crazy Cartoons create
>cartoons and sell them to clients? If so, what's the stuff about
>copyright details on the invoice for? What does 'copyright details'
>refer to? And what are the 'GST charges related to the copyright'?
>
>OR does Crazy Cartoons earn its money by getting copyright for its
>clients' cartoons? (Which is impossible by Australian copyright law.)
>
>Even if the question is not bad enough, none of the answers is
>satisfactory.
>
>Putting GST on an invoice is mandatory, but listing copyright details
>(whatever that means) is optional...
>
>So when the question asks "THIS is an example..." which "this" are the
>examiners referring to - the GST, the copyright details? The answer must
>be <B> and <D>.
>
>--
>
>No student deserves to lose marks on this question because of its
>serious deficiencies.  An A+ student and an E student cannot be
>distinguished by their answers.
>
>Sincerely
>
>Mark Kelly
>
>
>--
>Mark Kelly
>Manager - Information Systems
>McKinnon Secondary College
>McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria Australia
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