Originally posted by HSC 
hai
i was jus wonderin bout yr answer for question 4?
Which paper? 2002 CSSA or 2001 Independent Trial. If you are talking about:
CSSA: That's what I had, A.
Independent: I answered D, because B and C include feasiblity studies, which are not required in the project plan, but later on in 'Making Decisions'. So that leaves A and D as possible answers.
4 A new business seeks to computerise all of its business activities. It employs a team of people to understake the task. The team developes a project plan. The project plan would include:
(A) Gantt charts, funding plans and communication plans.
(B) Training manuals, funding plans, and a feasibility study
(C) Project goals, communication plans and a feasibility study
(D) Project goals, Gantt charts and training manuals.
I think you are right with this one, (it has been a while since I had completed this Multiple Choice/paper). Project management includes the project plan, and the project plan includes project goals, deliverables and schedules (Gantt charts).
I had disregarded A because it included "communication plans" -- which I haven't heard of. They would be more correctly called Communication Skills and Strategies. But now that I look at (D), this included Training Manuals which are not included in the Project Plan, so yes, A is correct, as it includes Gantt charts (schedule), Funding plans (Project goals), as well as Communication plans (skills and strategies such as Active Listening, Conflict Resolution, Interview Techniques and Team Building).
Originally posted by HSC
look at question 5, wouldnt this be a gender equity problem? rather then changing nature of workplace?
Yes, this is about equity (as stipulated in the Marking Guidelines for the 2002 CSSA Trial).
Equity, from my understanding, strictly adheres to this definition:
"Equity concerns equal rights for all. It means that all people should have equal access to the benefits of information technology."
However, the range of possible answers did not specify
gender equity explicitly, just 'equity', which is why I disregarded it at first and decided to go with the changing nature of work (obviously incorrect, now that I look at the question). I wanted to do the entire multiple choice (both 2001 Independent and 2002 CSSA for cookies'n'creme so that he would have something to work with, instead of finding definite answers
)
"Gender equity is a concern to many people. They argue that women are not taking advantage of information technology in the same numbers as men.
Significantly fewer women than men have informtion technology careers", so yes, you are correct.
Originally posted by HSC
and explain question 20 too?
Which paper? 2002 CSSA or 2001 Independent.
I don't have the 2001 Independent on me, but I do have the 2002 CSSA. If it's Q20 from 2002 CSSA, then I can answer that.
20 A service engineer wants to install an internal LAN network using a star topology. What would the central computer be connected to?
(A) Hub
(B) Router
(C) Gateway
(D) Bridge
Taking a look at our definitions:
Bridge - a combination of hardware/software used to link
two similar networks.
Gateway - a combination of hardware/software used to link
two different types of networks.
Router - a device which determines where to send data packets between at
least two networks
Hub - a central connecting device in a network. Data arrives at the hub from one/more devices and is forwarded out from one cable.
There are 3 key points that you should have underlined in the question.
1.
Internal LAN, therefore that gets rid of Gateway and Bridge, leaving Hub and Router.
2.
Star topology, which would then get rid of Router, as a router will need two networks, (router is also removed as a possible answer from the hint given by the use of Internal LANs).
Finally,
3.
Central computer ... connected to. A hub, by definition is a central connecting device in a network. (it can be used in an Internal LAN, which fits the question).
Therefore, a
hub (A) is connected to the
central computer, using a
star topology, in an
internal LAN. The other answers (router, bridge and gateway) require two or more networks, and it says nothing about two similar or different networks, with which the engineer will be installing the
hub on/to.
Originally posted by HSC
and explain question 20 too?
CSSA: My answer/reasoning is above, but if you were talking about the 2001 Independent paper, then:
20. Unwanted duplicate data is often referred to as:
(A) Integral data
(B) Duplicate data
(C) Invalid data
(D) Redundant data
My answer had been
D. Integral data isn't in the syllabus, and does not 'exist'. Duplicate data has already been given to you in the question, so that isn't even possible.
That is,
"Unwanted
duplicata data is often referred to as:
(B)
Duplicate data
I doubt it, "duplicate data is duplicate data"
Invalid data isn't true, data is still valid if it is duplicated, as you are still duplicating "valid" data, but it decreases the system's efficiency in searching/sorting files in the database/data store.
It is known as
redundant data, because:
Data redundancy is the
undesirable duplication of data within a database, by definition. This sounds
very similar to the "unwanted duplication of data" -> "undesirable duplication of data". So the answer is
D
I hope that answers your question.
