EXAM 2010 Opinions

[nacho]

Must say though, good on swinburne for their disadvantage on VPN.

[ttn]

What was it? I treated it like a VT question lol.

[slothpomba]

A+ cut off was 67.5/90 last year guys, so you could drop 22.5 marks and still get the lowest A+.

Bare in mind though this subject scales terribly.

I got High A A A
for u3 sacs, u4sacs and exams for software last year, 37 raw but only 34 scaled

[nacho]

VPN’s allow users to communicate and share resources as if in a Local Area Nework,
however due to the fact they use the Internet is a medium of communication they are
more open to security threats.

My scores are.
Low B+, B+, hopeful for a Mid-High A+

[tazza]

I said it was slower then a normal connection because it was using public communications channels, and it was into remote areas. Is this right?

[ttn]

Lol I thought they provided closed and limited access, so it's secure? Was on one of the past exams.

[slothpomba]

Thats not a disadvantage though, you had to list disadvantages

[ttn]

Lol I know, i fked up the question and answered it like it was a Virtual Team qn.
But I was asking Nacho about the 'more open to security threats'

[nacho]

Who really cares, IT must be the dodgiest VCE subject i'll ever do. The questions are written by FOBs, my teacher is an arabian demon and I hate my cohort.

[ttn]

I guess, but it's definitely one of the easiest subjects to get 40+.

[slothpomba]

Yeah but that scales straight back down again

[wrendogga]

It was a weird exam overall I felt. Not too hard, but certainly a decrease in the number of 'pure theory' questions (i.e. state this, list that). Also, I was surprised there was NO questions on any of the legal stuff, like the Acts. It was mostly ethics which i felt was strange....... smart boss though, for charging people based on income... not so good ethically though hahahaha  

[Jeremys]

Who really cares, IT must be the dodgiest VCE subject i'll ever do. The questions are written by FOBs, my teacher is an arabian demon and I hate my cohort.

Yash. How could you hate me? And our teacher is an Egyptian. derr.

[schnappy]

VPN’s allow users to communicate and share resources as if in a Local Area Nework,
however due to the fact they use the Internet is a medium of communication they are
more open to security threats.

My scores are.
Low B+, B+, hopeful for a Mid-High A+

I've seen this statement before, but I'd be pissed if this is a correct response. A VPN is not a necessity to 'virtual team' shit. So by your statement any WAN traffic is insecure. My disadvantage was that a VPN required either specialist software or hardware, which will infer cost.

It's specific to VPN's, and also true. Even though there are plenty of free solutions... they ignore OpenOffice etc so they probably don't like FOSS anyway.

[Scoota.]

On a lighter note, anyone plan on burning all there IT shit in the near future?
i know i've got mass pile of practice exams that are getting torched soon. Fuck it will feel good.