VCE IT:A 2008 Suggested Solutions

[excal]

Done. I'll be revising the answers now.

yay, got exactly the same as you in Q12.

edit: hm, doesn't the VLOOKUP go to H11, not H10?

My bad. Bad copy+paste job into Excel.

[Athomas]

Oh and for 9b), I mentioned that it may not be able to handle large amounts of incoming data from the students at the one time?

Good enough?

[jsimmo]

Oh and for 9b), I mentioned that it may not be able to handle large amounts of incoming data from the students at the one time?

Good enough?

That's what I said - but I also extended it and said that the uploading of files would slow the network for other users, decreasing download speed/times.

[excal]

Oh and for 9b), I mentioned that it may not be able to handle large amounts of incoming data from the students at the one time?

Good enough?

That's what I said - but I also extended it and said that the uploading of files would slow the network for other users, decreasing download speed/times.

Yep, that would be acceptable if you highlighted the fact that high resolution cameras are in use.

[Athomas]

Oh and for 9b), I mentioned that it may not be able to handle large amounts of incoming data from the students at the one time?

Good enough?

That's what I said - but I also extended it and said that the uploading of files would slow the network for other users, decreasing download speed/times.

Cool, yeh I added extra stuff too, was just checking if that was a reasonable thing to say.

Glad it's over.... but i'm spending way too much time discussing it then studying for Legal Exam tomorrow! haha.

[jsimmo]

Oh and for 9b), I mentioned that it may not be able to handle large amounts of incoming data from the students at the one time?

Good enough?

That's what I said - but I also extended it and said that the uploading of files would slow the network for other users, decreasing download speed/times.

Cool, yeh I added extra stuff too, was just checking if that was a reasonable thing to say.

Glad it's over.... but i'm spending way too much time discussing it then studying for Legal Exam tomorrow! haha.

lol that's like me... (studio arts tomorrow at 9am).. it's in my bottom 2, so it doesnt matter if I get 30 or 37, it's a 0.30 difference to my enter. Stupid subject anyway.

thanks for the answers excal! helped me clarify quite a few things!

[monty711]

On the multi-choice Q15, the wording isn't exact enough to imply exactly what they wanted. Did they want to center the data in every single cell, or put it in the center of ALL of the cells. The thing that made me think it was C was the fact that it said whenever the assigned keys are pressed, ie. it will happen more than once. Also, check excel, if you select columns and press merge and center, it will put the data at the bottom, you need to change the actual formatting before it centers the text.

Lastly, it should be CENTER not CENTRE.

Anyway I got 18 or 19/20 on the multi choice. Said accidental for the flash drive question, it sounded right and I didn't read option D

[Randomperson]

Change Q16 in MC to C. Most people would say it's C, heck even my teacher said it was C.

[excal]

Change Q16 in MC to C. Most people would say it's C, heck even my teacher said it was C.

It's a bit of a tricky one because no technology fits the bill perfectly. I'll add it in, however.

[TonyHem]

I wasnt sure how the milestone was meant to look.

I drew a star instead of a diamond... how picky do you think they'll be?

[Athomas]

Change Q16 in MC to C. Most people would say it's C, heck even my teacher said it was C.

It's of his opinion that it's not.

But I think it may be C in the end I put D.

[excal]

I wasnt sure how the milestone was meant to look.

I drew a star instead of a diamond... how picky do you think they'll be?

As long as it's clear that it's a zero-length activity, you should be fine.

There are a lot of questions that are very ambiguous in this paper, I might add. It's a shame that nothing really changes.

[ell]

I wasnt sure how the milestone was meant to look.

I drew a star instead of a diamond... how picky do you think they'll be?

I did the standard arrows + diamond for dependencies and milestones, but I put a little legend at the bottom just in case.

[excal]

Change Q16 in MC to C. Most people would say it's C, heck even my teacher said it was C.

It's of his opinion that it's not.

But I think it may be C in the end I put D.

The other problem is that what is taught in an IT class is sometimes not the case in the real world. Sometimes the difference can be hard to reconcile.

This is not limited to VCE, either.

Wireless, due to its very nature, is very difficult to be completely secure - particularly using pre-shared keys. All it takes is for someone to retrieve the key (either by social engineering, brute forcing or otherwise).

Wired networks need to be tapped. This requires physical access to a network port (degree of difficult may vary). That being said, if you're letting someone walk in and plug in anything into a network socket with full exposure to the LAN without controls/audit, you deserve anything that comes to you.

[TonyHem]

Just to confirm something: ($) sign is a convention right? not a format?