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Title: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: norunomu on November 12, 2012, 05:54:37 pm: Easy to follow guide for answering the 8-mark questions!!

This is worth 10% of the whole exam so it'd be wise to memorise how this works! RDBMS looks easiest to me but do whatever you're comfortable with.

http://d.pr/f/nZDS

Good luck... hope you've studied more than I have...
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: Lucid on November 13, 2012, 09:54:30 am: Yeah, database does look easier as you don't have to worry about formulas as much, I think?

Still not sure what I'm going to do, I'll decide when I see the question!
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: lala1911 on October 21, 2013, 08:54:57 pm: Good stuff thanks
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: harshilgupta on October 28, 2013, 11:22:17 am: Quote from: norunomu on November 12, 2012, 05:54:37 pm
Easy to follow guide for answering the 8-mark questions!!

This is worth 10% of the whole exam so it'd be wise to memorise how this works! RDBMS looks easiest to me but do whatever you're comfortable with.

http://d.pr/f/nZDS

Good luck... hope you've studied more than I have...

The 8 mark question was poorly answered in 2011 VCAA Exam, so what do the examiners do? Make it into a 9 mark question in 2012!
Who knows The high mark Question could be 8-10 Marks this year 2013.

The stupid thing is that, the 2012 9 Mark question was not worth the 9 Marks at all. Rather Question 9 from the 2012 VCAA Exam would have been a more appropriate 9 Mark question as it asked you to normalize the data into a Entity Relationship Diagram and then explain the diagram. The explanation took about 1 and a half boxes to write.
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: lala1911 on October 28, 2013, 12:09:30 pm: I hope its not on normalisation.

Its a bit unfair to those students who prefer Spreadsheets over Databases. If they are going to have a 9 marker for Databases only, they should have a 9 marker for Spreadsheets only or don't have one at all.
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: nick_9_8 on October 12, 2014, 11:05:41 am: Any chance we could get a reupload?? It's no longer here ;c
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: Acid on October 16, 2015, 05:23:04 pm: The link doesn't work any longer, any chance we can get a reupload? D:
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: Orson on October 26, 2015, 02:51:48 pm: I haven't seen any questions on Data Recovery...what kind of things would we need to know?
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: Acid on October 26, 2015, 04:10:57 pm: Quote from: Orson on October 26, 2015, 02:51:48 pm
I haven't seen any questions on Data Recovery...what kind of things would we need to know?

General things like the the criteria, recovery plan, test plan etc.
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: Orson on October 26, 2015, 06:01:12 pm: Quote from: Acid on October 26, 2015, 04:10:57 pm
General things like the the criteria, recovery plan, test plan etc.

Haha...you're really into IT! Looking at that 50?
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: Acid on October 26, 2015, 10:22:47 pm: Quote from: Orson on October 26, 2015, 06:01:12 pm
Haha...you're really into IT! Looking at that 50?

One can only hope :p Aiming for it, don't know if I can get it though ::)
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: Orson on October 27, 2015, 09:00:57 am: Quote from: Acid on October 26, 2015, 10:22:47 pm
One can only hope :p Aiming for it, don't know if I can get it though ::)

Haha...same I guess. I guess I'll know when I open the exam. I've analysed VCAA 2011 - 2014 to death...we'll see. Good luck mate!
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: Acid on October 27, 2015, 02:24:12 pm: Quote from: Orson on October 27, 2015, 09:00:57 am
Haha...same I guess. I guess I'll know when I open the exam. I've analysed VCAA 2011 - 2014 to death...we'll see. Good luck mate!

Same goes! :)
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: webbo on November 07, 2015, 08:15:48 pm: Please re-upload, 'page not found' for me and I really need the help haha
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: Orson on November 07, 2015, 08:17:48 pm: Quote from: webbo on November 07, 2015, 08:15:48 pm
Please re-upload, 'page not found' for me and I really need the help haha

The link is 3 years old. I have no idea what was on the other side. Sorry about that mate...
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: webbo on November 07, 2015, 08:24:46 pm: Quote from: Orson on November 07, 2015, 08:17:48 pm
The link is 3 years old. I have no idea what was on the other side. Sorry about that mate...

Shit... I didn't even notice, feeling stupid. Guess i'm screwed!
Title: Re: How to handle 8-mark questions
Post by: Orson on November 07, 2015, 08:57:38 pm: Quote from: webbo on November 07, 2015, 08:24:46 pm
Shit... I didn't even notice, feeling stupid. Guess i'm screwed!

VCAA solutions really helped me in learning how to structure those questions. Just get a blank copy of the last few exams and work through them with the solutions (especially the database and spreadsheet questions). That should be enough for you to garner a pretty strong understanding of the requirements.