| Summative external assessment (EA): Examination (25%) |
| Exam topics |
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| Exam assesses 5 out of 8 Digital Solutions objectives: |
| 1. recognise and describe programming elements, components of exchange systems, privacy principles and data exchange processes |
| 2. symbolise and explain programming ideas, data specifications, data exchange processes, and data flow within and between systems |
| 3. analyse problems and information related to a digital problem |
| 4. determine solution requirements and criteria |
| 5. synthesise information and ideas to determine possible low-fidelity components of secure data exchange solutions |
| 6. generate components of the digital solution |
| 7. evaluate impacts, components and solutions against criteria to make refinements and justified recommendations |
| 8. make decisions about and use mode-appropriate features, language and conventions
for particular purposes and contexts |
| conditions |
- Time: 2 hours plus perusal (15 minutes)
- Length: 800–1000 words in total, including
- 50–250 words for short-response answers
- 400 words or more for the extended response
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| sections |
- Combination response
- This assessment will include a combination of one extended response, a number of short response and/or multiple-choice questions.
- Extended response
- is constructed using one item; the item is a response to an unseen problem based on stimulus material
- requires sustained analysis, synthesis and evaluation to fully solve a problem.
- Short response
- consists of a number of items that ask students to respond to the following activities:
- sketching, labelling or interpreting tables or diagrams
- multiple-choice, sentence or short-paragraph responses
- writing and calculating using algorithms
- responding to unseen stimulus materials.
- where applicable, students are required to write in full sentences, constructing a response so that ideas are maintained, developed and justified.
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