Information and Digital Technology 2015 HSC exam pack (archive)

Question 21

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• understanding the meaning of ‘recommended requirements’ (Q21a)
• identifying a feature of power management (Q21b)
• understanding the main feature of real-time systems (Q21c).

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• understanding the difference between ‘hibernate’ and ‘suspend’ (Q21b)
• understanding the main feature of batch systems (Q21c).

Question 22

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• understanding the nature of viruses (Q22a)
• identifying two tasks associated with a routine maintenance schedule (Q22b).

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• understanding the meaning of the word ‘diagnostics’ (Q22a)
• outlining two tasks associated with a routine maintenance schedule (Q22b).

Question 23

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• identifying the benefits of effective teamwork.

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• explaining the benefits of effective teamwork.

Question 24

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• identifying appropriate software for creating pop-up advertisements (Q24a)
• identifying a basic reason for including text to help communicate the message (Q24b)
• identifying a feature or a use of key frames (Q24c).

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• justifying the choice of software (Q24a)
• showing a deeper understanding of how text can help communicate the message (Q24b)
• describing how key frames can be used in an animation and using an example (Q23c).

Question 25

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• recognising that the first image had undergone a number of processes.

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• identifying the specific techniques used to transform the image.

Question 26

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• outlining a role of the graphic artist and/or the project manager.

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• contrasting the roles of the graphic artist and the project manager.

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• drawing a diagram with pivots and hinges (27a)
• describing movements (27a)
• converting the scenario into a storyboard (27b).

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• differentiating between hinges and pivots (27a)
• including clear and complete directions on each frame (27b).

Question 24

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• identifying a purpose of expansion slots using an example (Q24a)
• understanding the advantages of using a graphics adapter card over an inbuilt graphics chip (Q24c).

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• understanding why there is a difference between the physical size of a hard drive and its usable storage space (Q24b).

Question 25

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• providing a range of acceptable reasons for documenting user support requests.

Question 26

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• outlining the advantages of using surveys rather than interviews to obtain feedback.

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• relating the advantages of using surveys  to the given scenario.

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• drawing a labelled network diagram (Q27a)
• identifying a variety of security measures (Q27b).

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• providing justification for the chosen components (Q27a)
• recognising the role of a switch in a SOHO network (Q27a)
• describing rather than just identifying how a network can be protected (Q27b)
• relating responses to the scenario (Q27b).

Question 24

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• identifying the steps for including an image from the web in a word-processed document (24a)
• identifying an aspect of a code of ethics (Q24b)
• identifying a method for testing websites (Q24c).

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• addressing that only a portion of the image is to be included (Q24a)
• relating one aspect to the use of commercial software packages (Q24b)
• outlining procedures for testing the website (Q24c).

Question 25

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• identifying the function of the ‘title’ tags.

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• understanding the function of CSS.

Question 26

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• understanding how conditional formatting may be applied in spreadsheets.

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• recognising that CSS facilitates consistency of style among webpages (Q27a)
• sketching some features of an online form (Q27b).

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• understanding what a site map is and how to construct it (Q27a)
• understanding the benefits of CSS in relation to the scenario (Q27a)
• not confusing form elements; for example, textboxes, with form labels such as name and address (Q27b)
• justifying rather than just describing their choices (Q27b).

Candidates showed strength in these areas:

• identifying a range of specific hazards
• providing examples of control methods for specific risks
• providing general WHS advice.

Candidates need to improve in these areas:

• distinguishing between hazards and risks
• providing and explaining strategies to assess risks
• understanding the monitoring and reviewing of risks
• developing a holistic understanding of risk management within the workplace.