[Year 12 IPM] 2005 Exam- Q6B

[Charmaine Taylor]

Hi Mark,
If you have quoted the Assessors' Report correctly (haven't got it to 
hand), than I am astounded too as like you I understand. IPO charts 
usually identify the data input (not a task), processes (tasks), output 
(information). But perhaps it wasn't meant to be an IPO chart but a task 
chart that shows tasks to be performend in the input, processing output 
steps of the ips. Even so the suggested answer appears incorrect. 
Acquire logo, find text, and find images are in the Acquisition step of 
the IPS, they are not part of the input step. In the question cited, I 
would expect an input task would be scan logo or upload digital camera 
images ie the task of getting data into the computer. The suggested 
answer of preview ads for the process task seems puzzling as previewing 
could be done as part of processing eg preview the ad on screen to see 
how it looks then edit to improve presentation. But it could mean 
preview the ad to check its the one you want to print - that would fit 
output I think.

Other ideas?

Charmaine Taylor
Sunbury Downs College

Mark Kelly wrote:

>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) 
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>The table had columns headed: Input task,Process task, Output task.  The suggested answer was:
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>Input task - • acquire logo • find text • find images 
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>Process task - • resize logo • format text font and size • arrange text and image • change images to single colour • sequence advertisements 
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>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.
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>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
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