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Archived Discussion => Mathematics/Science/Technology => 2014 => Exam Discussion => Victoria => IT: Applications => Topic started by: NathanGauci on November 07, 2014, 02:21:31 pm

Title: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: NathanGauci on November 07, 2014, 02:21:31 pm
How does everyone feel like they went? I feel like it was easier than the previous exams with no 8 or 9 mark questions

Was a bit focused on Efficiency and effectiveness

3 sets of multiple choice answers have been posted:
Spoiler
ADDCCBAADABDDDBDDDBA  <-- FuzzyPanda95
AADCCCAADCBADDBCCCBC   <-- Me
AADCCBAACCBDCDBBCCBB   <-- mrme360

What do IT students do after the exam? Analyse the answers of course:
I looked at the answers posted so far to see if I could get a consensus on the answers. There are only 2 questions (16,20) that none of us agreed on while we had 10!! the same.
1234567891011121314151617181920
A2ADDCC2BCAA2DC2CDB2DA2DCDBDCB2CD2CDBACB

Mark Kelly put his answers up, if anyone wants to quickly check their answers here you go
A   A   D   C   C   B   A   A   D   C   B   D   D   D   B   C   C   C   B   B


EDIT: The post-mortem seems to be down, must be a good one
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: nick_9_8 on November 07, 2014, 02:34:52 pm
How did everyone feel you go on the exam? My mate and I thought it was a pushover, and we're pretty confident in our answers. Let us know if you need anything :)
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: Aaron on November 07, 2014, 03:07:47 pm
No 8-9 mark question? That's a surprise.

When I did the IT Apps exam in 2012, I found that it was just tiny errors or accidental misinterpretation of questions that got me. Especially in the MC section.

What type of questions were on there this year (if anyone can recall)?

Good luck to all with your results.
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: felicedelmadro on November 07, 2014, 03:13:39 pm
They had you draw lots of nice diagrams and tables of the database tables instead of describing them (better that way IMO).

Pretty good exam considering all the study I did was past VCAA, pretty confident with my answers if anyone wishes to clarify @nick (I got the prize at my school :D )
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: Vice on November 07, 2014, 03:33:08 pm
Felt like a pretty easy exam, not sure why it was so easy.
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: MJRomeo81 on November 07, 2014, 03:41:40 pm
Does anyone have a copy of the exam?
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: FuzzyPanda95 on November 07, 2014, 03:55:06 pm
Don't have a copy..... Yet.....
However I do have my multiple choice for comparison

ADDCCBAADABDDDBCCCBA

Lots of D's this time for some reason.  :P

It felt stupidly easy. I smell something fishy over at VCAA >_>
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: Addzkebabs on November 07, 2014, 04:39:39 pm
Hey guys,

The exam was a piece of cake!!! In all honesty though, about time. This is what an IT Apps exam should be like.. More emphasis on web and less on the database - back end things which should be left to SD. I'm over the moon, besides the entire state scoring 100%, I don't see an issue lmao :)

Pretty sure the dude at VCE IT is going to be handing out a few schmakos awards haha :)

Cheers :)
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: felicedelmadro on November 07, 2014, 04:42:29 pm
I agree, apart from the fact we might say it's easy, compared to past exams (where they threw everyone under the bus on some questions) these questions were reasonable and I didn't find anything I didn't know what they were asking

AM I BREAKING PROTOCOL?

Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: FuzzyPanda95 on November 07, 2014, 04:43:41 pm
Quote from: Addzkebabs on November 07, 2014, 04:39:39 pm
Pretty sure the dude at VCE IT is going to be handing out a few schmakos awards haha :)

Hahahahaha. oh my god yes. I had the exact same thought. There were a few stupid questions. I didn't really like the last question. Understood it. But I feel that one deserves a schmako.
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: NathanGauci on November 07, 2014, 04:45:54 pm
My multiple choice was: A,A,D,C,C,C,A,A,D,C,B,A,D,D,B,C,C,C,B,C
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: Gorners on November 07, 2014, 06:29:36 pm
That exam was a joke. They used broad terms and some bad syntax to ask broad questions. For the past years of the study design they have had positively skewed exam marks and they try to fix this by making it easier? It's going to get marked down even more this year. (Sigh)

They tested about 5% of the study design with total emphasis on design... Nothing on networks. Nothing on RDBMS development. Nothing on excel development. Nothing on malware. We may as well not have done unit 4... There was just too much emphasis on websites and design.

While I appreciate they broke up the questions the state has previously done badly on, for ease of marking. They just didn't get enough spread in the quality of questions they asked and they overly rewarded simple marks.
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: NathanGauci on November 07, 2014, 06:41:34 pm
Quote from: Gorners on November 07, 2014, 06:29:36 pm
They tested about 5% of the study design with total emphasis on design... Nothing on networks. Nothing on RDBMS development. Nothing on excel development. Nothing on malware.
They just didn't get enough spread in the quality of questions they asked and they overly rewarded simple marks.

Agreed 100% on this, I got to the end of the exam and was thinking "where are the rest of the questions"

Don't know how bad the scaling is going to be but if last year is any indication I'm not very excited
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: mrme360 on November 07, 2014, 06:46:03 pm
Hey guys,

I only have the results for the multiple choice

AADCCBAACCBDCDBBCCBB

Wondering what other got.
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: Addzkebabs on November 07, 2014, 06:56:28 pm
Quote from: Gorners on November 07, 2014, 06:29:36 pm
That exam was a joke. They used broad terms and some bad syntax to ask broad questions. For the past years of the study design they have had positively skewed exam marks and they try to fix this by making it easier? It's going to get marked down even more this year. (Sigh)

They tested about 5% of the study design with total emphasis on design... Nothing on networks. Nothing on RDBMS development. Nothing on excel development. Nothing on malware. We may as well not have done unit 4... There was just too much emphasis on websites and design.

While I appreciate they broke up the questions the state has previously done badly on, for ease of marking. They just didn't get enough spread in the quality of questions they asked and they overly rewarded simple marks.

Heyy,

We just got caught up in the middle of a VCAA transition process i think, lmao we copped the shit. The easiness of the exam and emphasis on the web dev and such is all in lieu of the incoming 2016 study design revision for ITA. Im feeling like we were used as test rats lol, not assessed on 98.99% of what we learnt this year just to gain a broad assessment of how to "modernise" the ITA course. I couldn't believe it, they had SD card as a method of portable storage lmao!!!! Woo :D Go VCAAAA

Cheers, sorry about the rant :)
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: NathanGauci on November 07, 2014, 07:40:00 pm
Quote from: Addzkebabs on November 07, 2014, 06:56:28 pm
they had SD card as a method of portable storage

Damn was that the answer? That was one of the only MC that I struggled with, was thinking that the card wasn't safe enough for long term storage so I picked Magnetic tape...
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: FuzzyPanda95 on November 07, 2014, 09:02:10 pm
I said there was something fishy going on at VCAA with this exam.

>_>
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: mrme360 on November 08, 2014, 01:27:26 pm
Hey guys,

Just got the data Nathan collected and put in on a pdf.
Just open the attachment.

For those that are not logged in they can get the pdf from :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwivpO-vAhr0M3RhcXdlSUFIN1U/view?usp=sharing
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: felicedelmadro on November 08, 2014, 02:06:29 pm
does anyone have a copy of the MC questions?
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: mrme360 on November 08, 2014, 05:52:26 pm
Mark kelly just posted the multiple choice answers
http://vceit.com/p/postmortem-2014i.htm

I got 17/20 :-(
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: MJRomeo81 on November 08, 2014, 06:19:15 pm
I agree with all of MK's answers.
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: Aaron on November 08, 2014, 06:33:56 pm
Interesting, this exam looks easier than the one I did in 2012.
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: NathanGauci on November 08, 2014, 07:54:41 pm
I got 17 as well, I'm really disappointed at the ones i got wrong because 2 are from not reading the questions properly...

But its over now so I have to focus on other exams
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: Addzkebabs on November 08, 2014, 08:00:47 pm
Quote from: NathanGauci on November 07, 2014, 07:40:00 pm
Damn was that the answer? That was one of the only MC that I struggled with, was thinking that the card wasn't safe enough for long term storage so I picked Magnetic tape...

Hey :)

Yeah, looks like the SD was the answer :) I thought the exact same thing but looked at magnetic tape and realised its not too portable haha :) I got 19/20, kind of happy with it, not happy because I got one of the four efficiency/effectiveness questions wrong -.-

All the best though! Cheers :)
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: Qwazz on November 09, 2014, 04:16:29 pm
I think I did pretty well on the exam. 18/20 for MC. One silly mistake was the sorting question with the "B" names. But for the calculated field of the StaffDiscount (20) I used prior FileMaker knowledge and came with the answer D.
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: NathanGauci on November 09, 2014, 05:03:27 pm
Quote from: Qwazz on November 09, 2014, 04:16:29 pm
But for the calculated field of the StaffDiscount (20) I used prior FileMaker knowledge and came with the answer D.
You might get that one correct if Mark Kelly gets his way

EDIT: Looks like some of the short answer are up now as well.

EDIT 2: More answers posted now
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: FuzzyPanda95 on November 10, 2014, 11:00:50 am
I put my multiple choice answers down incorrectly. I misread what I wrote on the exam.

My answers were:

ADDCCBAADABDDDBCCCBA

So I got 17/20

However he has said that he is disputing some of the questions. Which I agree with everything that was written.

I still think there is something fishy.
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: Qwazz on November 10, 2014, 09:28:26 pm
Quote from: NathanGauci on November 09, 2014, 05:03:27 pm
EDIT: Looks like some of the short answer are up now as well.

It might be one of those questions where there is an error (due to laziness of those who we checking the exams before it was released) and either answers receives 1 mark. That's what I think it might result in.
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: drog_9 on December 15, 2014, 12:43:25 pm
I'm in yr 11 and got a poor study score in It apps i thought i was going to get 40+ my sac average showed that i got 2 b when i got 80 in term 1 and 82 in term 2 im reallyndissapointed and my morale is really down how cam i pick myself back up i have English,Methods,physics,Accounting and text and traditions left and i want a good atar ?
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: Vice on December 15, 2014, 01:12:29 pm
Quote from: drog_9 on December 15, 2014, 12:43:25 pm
I'm in yr 11 and got a poor study score in It apps i thought i was going to get 40+ my sac average showed that i got 2 b when i got 80 in term 1 and 82 in term 2 im reallyndissapointed and my morale is really down how cam i pick myself back up i have English,Methods,physics,Accounting and text and traditions left and i want a good atar ?
Don't worry about it, I only got a 37 (non-scaled) and didn't put any effort at all.
As long as you have the will and motivation to do better next year, you will do fine.
There's nothing to lose if you do a 6th subject (i'm serious), it only adds onto your atar.
One thing I really didn't do this year was take notes and revise constantly, this is something I will do a lot next year.
Always look to improve yourself, this is only one subject and you have more chance to do better next year because you can learn from your mistakes.
Title: Re: IT Applications Discussion
Post by: mrme360 on December 15, 2014, 01:50:52 pm
I also got 37