UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
THE MATRICULATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
May 2006
EXAMINERS’ REPORT
MATRICULATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATIONS BOARD
IM EXAMINERS’ REPORT MAY 2006
IM Information Technology
May 2006 Session
Examiners’ Report
Part 1: Statistical Information
Table 1 shows the distribution of grades awarded in the May 2006 examination for
Information Technology.
Table 1: Grades awarded in the May 2006 session.
Grade
A
B
C
D
E
F
Abs
Total
62
99
108
45
18
11
0
343
18.08
28.86
31.49
13.12
5.25
3.21
0
100%
Number
% of Total
Part 2: Comments regarding performance
Table 2 shows the average mark scored in each question in the May 2006 session together
with the maximum mark available for each question. This information is represented
graphically in Figure 1.
Table 2: Average mark scored per question.
Question
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
B1
B2
B3
Avg Mark
13.7
7.0
6.8
6.8
6.8
7.4
8.3
7.1
5.8
Max Mark
20
15
15
15
15
15
15
10
10
AVG Mark Per Question
25
Mark
20
15
AVG Mark
10
Max Mark
5
0
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
B1
B2
B3
Question No
Figure 1: Average mark scored per question.
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IM EXAMINERS’ REPORT MAY 2006
Section A
Question A1
The students were required to describe and explain some basic definitions. Generally this
was adequately answered.
Questions A2, A3, A4, A5, A6
These questions were adequately answered by most students. These questions covered a
wide range of topics like primary keys, macros, operating systems, spreadsheets, goal
solving, networking and WWW. Students did slightly better in Question A6.
Section B
In this section most students answered the questions adequately. These questions
concerned business operations and questions B2 and B3 were equally popular with the
candidates. This implies that this section is being given proper importance by the
intermediate level information technology students. Question B3 has a lower average
mark possibly due to the fact that it was more descriptive and required more application
of learning than question B2.
Chairperson
Board of Examiners
July 2006.
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