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The document outlines the exam structure for IS1060, emphasizing the need to select three questions from eight and manage time effectively during the three-hour exam. It provides strategies for answering questions, including the importance of planning and addressing both parts of multi-part questions equally. Additionally, it includes examples of mock questions to illustrate the expected format and content of responses.

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Revision Presentation3 IS1060 Mock EXAM

The document outlines the exam structure for IS1060, emphasizing the need to select three questions from eight and manage time effectively during the three-hour exam. It provides strategies for answering questions, including the importance of planning and addressing both parts of multi-part questions equally. Additionally, it includes examples of mock questions to illustrate the expected format and content of responses.

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IS1060 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS

REVISION SESSION FOUR: EXAMS


Thoughts on the Mock Exam Questions

Dr Tony Cornford
Dr Silvia Masiero
Thinking About the Exam - Basics
You will choose ¨ In the final exam for IS1060 you must
3 questions
from the 8 on answer three questions
the paper.

Do make a
¨ Each is marked for 33.3% of the final
considered
choice. Do not
mark for the exam
go
immediately
for what looks
‘easy’.
Thinking About the Exam - Basics
You do not have ¨ Your overall mark for the exam is
60 minutes per
question. combined with the mark for the project
First you need work in the proportions of 25%:75%
some time to
review and resulting in the FINAL MARK
choose questions.

Second you need


¨ The exam is 3 hours long so, after
time to review choice and final review you have about
your final
answers 45 to 50 minutes for each question
Thinking During the Exam
Get good ¨ Make sure that within this 45-50 minutes
marks by you devote at least 10 minutes – perhaps
showing 15 – to planning you answer
evidence of
wider reading ¨ In the end you ‘write’ for about half the 3
and active hours.. and think! in the other half
thinking. You
won’t by ¨ Memorizing topics does not help you with
repeating the thinking, and is no substitute for it
standard ideas either
or knowledge
Taking apart a question
Two part ¨ Some questions are in two parts. We do this
questions are to HELP you.
structured to
help you
¨ We believe that two parts helps students to
organize your structure their answers – giving them the
answers opportunity to tackle aspects of the topic in a
specific order
¨ Parts a and Parts b are equally important, but
we do not allocate marks strictly to each part.
Putting an Answer Together
In the end you ¨ Some good answers may ‘mix up’ part a
must plan your and b as they make their strong arguments
answer.. and
make sure ¨ Other good answers may be very sharply
that the plan
reflects the organized into separate parts a and b
full range of
issues raised.
¨ But all good answers will address the
issues raised in a and b in roughly equal
measure
Mock Question 1
Here it is
a. Describe the most basic assumptions about
perhaps best information and communication technology (ICT)
to do a first… and how we use it that underpin the life cycle
then b. approach to information systems development.
Note also that
b has itself b. For what type of systems development
two parts to projects would you choose NOT to use a life
be addressed. cycle approach? Does this suggest a different or
alternative set of assumptions about ICT?
Mock Question 2
You need to ‘The internet has the capacity to reshape the
express an way that education is delivered and managed in
opinion here, almost all countries around the world. In general,
backed with we should expect better and better education
arguments
and the more that this technology is adopted and
examples. used.’
Think of this
as writing an Do you agree? Explain your point of view using
essay….... examples.
Mock Question 3
Report format Write a short report for a senior manager
lets you write
an answer in explaining the benefits expected from a
short and
positive decision to invest in a new enterprise
paragraphs. resource planning (ERP) system. The proposed
The main focus ERP will replace a variety of older and
is benefits but
do balance mostly in-house developed systems tailored
these with
other issues. to the needs of the company.

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