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1. a Collecting Information 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 8 b Protecting Information Question 4 A primary school wants to make a poster that will train its grade 4 students to choose good passwords Using language suitable for grade 4 students give FOUR tips that will help them learn to choose good passwords Question 5 Recommend a storage medium for each of the following circumstances For each one justify your recommendation Case 1 An IT engineer needs to travel constantly carrying 40 gigabytes of software and data Storage medium chosen 2 marks 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 9 Case 2 An accountant visits homes and businesses to help them with money matters He often needs to copy up to 1 gigabyte of data from the client s computer take it to his office to work on it and return the data on his next visit Storage medium chosen 2 marks Question 6 Give an example of the type of contents you would expect to find in files of the following formats Do not repeat an example The first one has been done as an example 4 marks Question 7 Fill in the missing stages of the information processing cycle and for each s2. encrypted and stored offsite B encrypted stored offsite virus scanned C regular tested and stored offsite D incremental partial and full Question 16 To protect data all staff should be trained how to perform daily backups on the file server install antivirus software change the administrator s password regularly deal with emails that have unexpected attachments Jow Question 17 A factor to consider when evaluating the effectiveness of an information system could be how attractive its output is how fast it produces results how many staff are required to use it how much it costs to operate for one year Jow 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination Question 18 uses the following chart Photocopier is jammed j Call FIXIT FRED CALL TINA S TECHS Ho Isitafter TS 12 nom No No Call SrthFix Call Jones amp Ca Question 18 The photocopier jams on a Monday afternoon Who fixes it A Fixit Fred B Jones amp Co C Tina s Techs D SmithFix Question 19 A school network had a problem because students were guessing and using each other s passwords This would best fixed by A training students to choose better passwords B using biometric identification C installing improved security software D better
3. towards achieving a larger goal b Effectiveness quality accuracy eg Clearer communication with clients Don t discuss saving time money or effort c Advantages faster phone is not tied up always on internet can deal with bigger uploads no dialup costs no line drop outs Disadvantages more expensive not available everywhere having a static IP address increases the risk of being re visited by hackers d For compatibility They must use the same type of cable if they are to be networked together e No FOC converters are expensive and he does not need cable lengths beyond what UTP can provide and he does not need the massive bandwidth that FOC can give f Gbps should be Mbps megabits per second g Approximately 1000 Mbps i Option B A While 4 port will do for now it s wise to allow for expansion later and the price difference h 6 port is not great WPA PSK No WPA PSK A WPA PSK gives secure encrypted communication between the router and the laptop Mounted high on Hidden in cup A Wireless connections are hampered by obstacles wall in plain sight board Clear line of sight is most effective M 802 11b 802 119 802 11b is older and slower at 11Mbps 802 11g is rated at 54Mbps This is a question for the A student or IT aficionado to shine in i Reliability ease of use cost over time quality of communications etc Whatever factors were identified in the case study as being important to
4. a laser or inkjet do you think Explain why eT neoe wo ewe we we we er te Pe et et teu te et et BD te een 2 marks Question 9 A club uses a database to calculate members fees based on their age and sex Thisisa summary of the fee rules 56 and ode To test whether the database s fee formula is working properly the club entered this test data Males aged 10 40 and 60 Females aged 10 40 and 60 Is this test data adequate to thoroughly test the formula Explain why 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 12 Question 10 CunningCODE a custom software design business has just leased a new office in Melbourne Income is currently low but the owner Ilan is energetic and determined to be competitive His aim for CunningCODE is to exceed 100 000 in profit in the next year llan hires three employees choosing them for their skill and inventiveness because he wants to get a name for clever quality software products He needs to lease three desktop computers for them Since his company s good reputation is based on always being willing to visit clients and work onsite he decides a notebook computer will be the best option for him His company will use email extensively to communicate with clients send them the programs he creates and create a web site to promote his company lla
5. by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 17 Question 3 a Collecting Information Information must only be collected if it s required by the organisation to do its job Where practical and legal a person has the right not to give information b Protecting Information Organisations must take reasonable steps to protect people s information from accidental or deliberate damage disclosure or improper access c When a person wants to see what information is held about them Where legal a person has the right to see and challenge information held about them The organisation is not bound to change data but if the person is unhappy an ombudsman can rule on the matter Question 4 Tips could include Don t tell your friends your password Don t write your password down A long password is better than short password Make your password easy to remember but hard to guess etc Question 5 Case 1 Storage medium USB hard disk Justification The required size rules out Flash memory or Ipods even DVDs The USB hard disk is portable and can be very large Case 2 Storage medium USB Flash memory key Justification Small capacious can read write easily reliable Question 6 Example of image Plain text colour photo music or voice recording Macromedia Flash movie ple Format 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34
6. supervision procedures Question 20 To protect a sensitive document being transmitted through email a virtual team could use A motorcycle courier A firewall Encryption A virus scanner Jow END OF SECTION A 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 6 MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWER SHEET Circle your selected response 1 A B C D 2 A B C D 3 A B C D 4 A B C D 5 A B C D 6 A B C D 7 A B C D 8 A B C D 9 A B C D 10 A B C D 11 A B C D 12 A B C D 13 A B C D 14 A B C D 15 A B C D 16 A B C D 17 A B C D 18 A B C D 19 A B D 20 A B C D 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 7 SECTION B Question 1 Give an example of how each of the following factors affects the value or suitability of data or information a Timeliness 2 marks b Completeness Se ee ee ory re ye oe ye ee a Se Se ae oe eee 2 marks c Relevance Te ere oie 2 2 Ore eee ge Sg fee tee Bw Sg Hse ew oe eg 4 2 marks Question 2 A teacher creates a Flash animation to demonstrate how cell division occurs The purpose of this information is to Question 3 Explain the responsibilities organisations have under the National Privacy Principles when carrying out the following activities
7. 07 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 14 Question 11 Softhouse a small Ballarat based software company creates VisiThinker a unique type of program that makes complex decisions making much easier It is sold internationally to large and small organisations governments and individual users VisiThinker is intuitive and very easy to use at a basic level but it becomes very complex when its advanced functions and powerful scripting language are used The current user manual is nearly a thousand pages long and weighs one kilogram There has been feedback from customers saying the documentation is not the best You have been consulted about their documentation for the next major version of their software a The CEO of Softhouse asks you whether you think there is a need for printed documentation for the new version of VisiThinker Give one argument for and one argument against the idea 2 marks b What are the six most important criteria SoftHouse should keep in mind when producing on screen documentation for their software Explain why each criterion is important 3 marks Question 12 Explain why is it important that all programs written for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS follow interface guidelines such as On the menu bar the File menu is always leftmost and the Help menu is always ri
8. EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 18 Question 7 STAGE a Input ee a 6 Question 8 m keyboard mouse scanner barcode reader not modem About 20G minimum to hold the OS apps and documents She would not need more than about 40 or 80G whatever size is good value b No They are unreliable slow expensive and low capacity c She will only work for home so there is no need to spend extra on unnecessary portability d Bad idea It would breach copyright and make you susceptible to virus and Trojan infestation e There is the risk of infection by worms and viruses there are phishing exploits spam is annoying and can fill up your mailbox f If short of money a colour laser is a big initial expense but cheaper in the long term For only a few pages a week inkjet will probably end up cheaper Question 9 No the test data should test boundary conditions the points at which the behaviour of the formula needs to change So it should include men and women who are 17 18 19 55 56 and 57 to be complete 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 19 Question 10 a To exceed 100 000 in profit in the next year Objectives are specific measurable steps
9. Quality Assessment Task Practice Examination 1 VCE Information Technology T Applications This Examination relates to Units 3 and 4 in VCE IT Applications Reading time 15 minutes Writing Time Allocated 2 hours This paper contains 2 sections Section A Multiple choice Section B Short Answer Total marks 90 Marks for each question indicated Section A answer on the separate provided answer sheet Section B answer in the spaces provided in this booklet 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 2 SECTION A Multiple Choice Answer on provided sheet Question 1 Slack is best defined as time wasted through poor project management the amount of time a task can be extended without affecting later tasks the amount of time a delayed task holds up other tasks the amount of time two concurrent tasks overlap by Jow Question 2 Strategic planning involves Short term planning Medium term planning Long term planning Emergency planning Ipwp Question 3 Which of the following audience characteristics is the least important for the author of an amusing website to consider Age Language spoken Religion Occupation gow Question 4 A design tool used to design web sites is a Storyboard Flowchart Org chart IPO chart Jow Question 5 A relational dat
10. abase has more than one related A Report B Query C Table D Filter Question 6 Databases follow which hierarchical order Table record field Table track field A B C Table data query D Key field field data 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 3 Question 7 A type of control used in interfaces to allow the user to pick only one option from a group of options isa gt Check box B Radio button C Menu bar D Frame Question 8 Electronic validation is most appropriate for validating A the spelling of surnames B whether a business letter is easy to understand C whether a person s address is accurate D that a person s age is within reasonable limits Question 9 An example of a preferred convention is using the Australian Post Office s method of addressing envelopes driving on the left hand side of the road in Australia putting page numbers centred in a footer of each page putting the words Tax Invoice at the top of an official receipt Jow Question 10 If a newly installed network reduced the number of staff required to maintain a corporate helpdesk the benefit would be classed as Effectiveness Efficiency and effectiveness Neither efficiency nor effectiveness Efficiency Jow Question 11 A Decision Support System would
11. ce How much can you afford Would you rather spend more on a reliable big name brand or be more self sufficient and get a cheaper machine Lack of money may limit the choice of brands and accessories Do you need any special types of accessories that may limit your choices eg video editing may require a Firewire port artwork may require a data tablet Choosing a particular accessory may require compatible choices in other areas eg To use extended monitors you would need a graphics card with two output ports Question 14 How to do backups good filenaming and foldernaming saving regularly saving with version numbers rejecting unexpected email attachments not believing phishing attempts how to care for computers and storage media to avoid damaging them how to undelete files how to protect a file server how to scan for viruses etc 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd
12. ghtmost 2 marks 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 15 Question 13 Your friend Marie is planning to buy a new computer Outline the three most important questions you would ask Marie to help you choose wisely For each question explain its relevance 6 marks Question 14 Recommend a backup strategy for Ilan from Question 10 Justify your recommendation Dr Fee e ee ys ge FN ngs ge OP ys ogee 2 marks 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 16 SECTIONA etl Bo o ey C 5 6 so C 20 C SECTION B Following is one suggested solution for each question Teachers should consider the merits of other responses provided by students Question 1 Timeliness Any example of when information loses value when it is not available when it needed eg Late arriving news of a stock price slump when you ve already bought shares Completeness eg You buy a book to learn a particular thing but that thing is missing in the book Relevance eg You re searching the web for the 1950s actress Sabrina and all you can find is mention of the films or cats called Sabrina Question 2 To educate 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published
13. him 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 20 Question 11 a For printed documentation can be read conveniently without a computer and handwrit ten notes can be made on it Against printed docs are expensive heavy to ship bulky to store slow to update hard to search b Any SIX of Clear so it is easily understood Searchable so needed information can be quickly found Good contrast so text is easily readable Concise so words are not wasted Accuracy so readers are not misled Comprehensive so important info is not left out Current so it s not out of date Question 12 So users can become familiar with a standard way of doing things and don t have to relearn a lot of new tricks and procedures for every program they get as happened in the bad old days of DOS It makes learning new software much faster and less frustrating Question 13 Any three of the following What sort of programs will you be running really big ones that need a lot of processing power or storage This determines the amount of RAM and size of hard disk required Does it need to be portable This determines if a notebook or desktop PC is better Do you know a lot about IT could you handle Linux for example An unskilled user would not be wise to tackle an OS that required significant skill or experien
14. n needs advice on how to set up his information system He wants to make sure it s reliable cheap and easy to maintain a List one organisational objective of CunningCODE b Give one effectiveness reason why Ilan should set up a local area network c Give one advantage and one disadvantage of Ilan choosing an ADSL internet connection 2 marks d Why would Ilan need to lease computers that can use the same network cabling Ee 2 marks 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 13 e Does Ilan need to use fibre optic cable in his network yes no or maybe Justify your choice f The advertisement for one PC says Onboard 10 100 Gbps NIC Correct the mis print in the advertisement g A salesman tells Ilan to spend more and install gigabit network cards and disable the onboard 10 100 NICs How fast is a gigabit NIC h Ilan needs to choose a router and several decisions need to be made From the following list write your choice of option A or Bin the third column In the fourth column write a brief justification for your choice A choice A or B a ha hee _ S A LO high on Hidden in cup ae in plain sight board 4 marks i After setting up his network Ilan evaluates how successful his LAN has been Identify one important criterion he should evaluate E 1 mark 20
15. often be used to help make Tactical decisions Strategic decisions Operational decisions Non management decisions Jow Question 12 A drawback of fibre optic cable is A its limited maximum length B its sensitivity to electromagnetic interference C its low bandwidth D its cost 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 4 Question 13 As Elena prepares a large and complex document every time she saves interim versions she updates the filename e g DOC v01 DOC v02 DOC v03 DOC v04 This strategy is useful because A it saves on disk space B it reduces time taken to produce large documents C it allows Elena to roll back to an earlier version if necessary D if the hard disk crashes it s easier to recover the lost file Question 14 A Victorian private company which turns over 2 million per year negligently allows a staff member to copy customers credit card numbers and sell them to criminals What likely effect might their carelessness have They could be charged under The Privacy Act 1988 They could be charged under the Copyright Amendment Digital Agenda Act 2000 They would lose the confidence of their customers and suffer loss of business They could be charged under The Privacy Amendment Private Sector Act 2000 Jow Question 15 Good backups are A regular
16. tage you add list one item of hardware that would typically be used during that stage 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 10 STAGE HARDWARE a S alidation 8 marks Question 8 Elena does not have a lot of money but she needs to buy a computer to help her with her university course She will be mainly using a word processor and spreadsheet but also wants to get onto the internet to do research and use email She will only need to use the computer at home She doesn t know a lot about computers so she comes to you for some advice about what equipment to choose Answer her questions clearly and sensibly a What size hard disk do need 1 mark b Should use floppy disks for backups Why or why not OI 1 mark c Should get a laptop or a desktop computer Justify your choice Te ere eb th viv vies bst eed VIP NV iy Tel se ed VIP te Niet hte Ie E 2 marks 2007 Mark Kelly Ser4ITU34EA Published by Warringal Publications and Barrile Consulting and Publishing Pty Ltd QAT VCE IT Applications Units 3 and 4 Practice Examination 11 d I ve heard people can download Microsoft Office and other expensive software for free What do you think 2 marks e What are two risks in using email EIN NEN 2 marks f lII need to print about 10 pages a week never in colour Should get
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