Difference between revisions of "HS-PS4-2"
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| Level3 = Evaluate a question about an advantage and/or disadvantage of using a digital transmission and/or storage of information. | | Level3 = Evaluate a question about an advantage and/or disadvantage of using a digital transmission and/or storage of information. | ||
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| Level1 = Identify given transmission data or storage data as being either analog or digital. | | Level1 = Identify given transmission data or storage data as being either analog or digital. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:47, 18 October 2026
Evaluate questions about the advantages of using a digital transmission and storage of information.
Clarification statement: Examples of advantages could include that digital information is stable because it can be stored reliably in computer memory, transferred easily, and copied and shared rapidly. Disadvantages could include issues of easy deletion, security, and theft.
Regents Exam Questions
Released New York State Regents exam questions that assess HS-PS4-2 are listed here by exam and question cluster. Each link opens the question with its answer key.
| Exam | Cluster | Question |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 Physics Regents | Voice Recognition Software | Question 41 |
| Voice Recognition Software | Question 42 | |
| Voice Recognition Software | Question 45 |
Vocabulary
Terms from the Physics Glossary that come from this standard or from the released exam questions that assess it.
From this standard
- advantages
- analog
- argument
- computer memory
- deletion
- digital
- digital information
- digital transmission
- digitized
- disadvantages
- pixel
- security
- stability
- storage of information
- system
- technical information
- theft
- wave
- wave pulse
From released exam questions
- accuracy – June 2026
- analog-processed sound – June 2026
- bits – June 2026
- data points – June 2026
- device – June 2026
- digital data – June 2026
- digital reproduction – June 2026
- evidence – June 2026
- memory storage – June 2026
- physical medium – June 2026
- processing speed – June 2026
- sampling – June 2026
- sampling rate – June 2026
- sound – June 2026
- sound wave – June 2026
Performance Level Descriptions
Every Regents exam question on HS-PS4-2 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.
Level 1: Identify given transmission data or storage data as being either analog or digital. June 2026 · Q41
Level 2: List the advantages or disadvantages of using a digital transmission and/or storage of information. June 2026 · Q42
Level 3: Evaluate a question about an advantage and/or disadvantage of using a digital transmission and/or storage of information. June 2026 · Q45
Level 4: Evaluate questions about the advantages of using a digital transmission and storage of information.
Level 5: Evaluate questions about the advantages and disadvantages of using a digital transmission and storage of information using multiple sources of scientific and technical information.
Resources
Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of HS-PS4-2.
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NGSS Dimensions
Performance expectation HS-PS4-2 was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:
Science and Engineering Practices
- Asking Questions and Defining Problems
- Evaluate questions that challenge the premise(s) of an argument, the interpretation of a data set, or the suitability of a design.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
- PS4.A: Wave Properties
- Information can be digitized (e.g., a picture stored as the values of an array of pixels); in this form, it can be stored reliably in computer memory and sent over long distances as a series of wave pulses.
Crosscutting Concepts
- Stability and Change
- Systems can be designed for greater or lesser stability.
Page contributors: Caroline Leonard, Conrad Richman