How specific will the HSC exam be? (1 Viewer)

[fakermaker]

We just sat our trials and although all of the questions were familiar to me, I didn't not know enough specific information to answer them well.

For example, One of the questions was: "Explain how a scanner works".

The question was looking for specific, technical information, ie: Scanner reflects light and collects RGB information (or however it works...I'm not really sure)...

However, I didnt study much past its role as a collector of data. I found myself bullshitting for the majority of the question as well as a few other questions, but I'm pretty scared that a similar scenario might come up in the HSC.

The course is very theoretical and the textbook is like 500+ pages. Over the next month I plan on going through the text and making detailed notes of things my teacher skimmed over...How deep should I go?

 

[Gigacube]

For scanners you should probably be able to explain the process of it & use the 7 information processes to describe them too. The book is quite in-depth with the topics. You should be able to summarise what the book says about scanners and write it as a response and get full marks.

 

[fakermaker]

For scanners you should probably be able to explain the process of it & use the 7 information processes to describe them too. The book is quite in-depth with the topics. You should be able to summarise what the book says about scanners and write it as a response and get full marks.

When you say that I should be able to answer the question with the seven processes, how would I do any beside collecting?

Also, this question wasnt looking for processes, but rather the technical workings to capture an image...whats the likely hood of this question appearing in the exam?

 

[Gigacube]

You don't have to be able to use all of the 7 information processes to describe them, just be able to identify which are used in that information system.

I think it's quite unlikely that you'll get a question which asks for the technical workings as IPT doesn't go that deep into it. Check the syllabus too as you can only be examined by what is in there.

 

[Lwaxana]

Students are expected to know "How does it work" for a number of devices - How in depth your response is will depend on the HSC keyword used eg Outline wouldnt require as detailed a response as Describe.
I suggest you action your plan and create those detailed notes.

 

[seremify007]

Maybe the course has changed a lot since my time but I'd be surprised if you had to write anything serious on "how does a scanner work" in the real HSC- from memory it was a lot more case study focussed when it came to extended responses.