Biology 3/4 Exam Discussion

[kimonokiwi]

I actually found the 2015 paper quite easy. I just did the 2013 paper however and only got 69%. Has anyone else done this exam? It wasn't the questions, more so the way they wanted answers for this paper. And a bit of concept loss on my part (shouldn't be doing 2+ hour exams at 9 at night
Are we allowed to attach questions we had trouble with on here? That paper seemed to have weeded out a lot

Yep I've done 2013, got somewhere in the high A's. I think it'd be good to discuss any questions we had on here so definitely post them if you want.

[kimonokiwi]

How much do my SAC marks really matter? I did okay on most of my SACs getting A/A+ on all but one of them, and I know I scored much higher than most of my classmates, but I'm worried that I should have done better. If I do really well on the exam will it all balance out?

[lyoko]

tylenolramyun

Thanks for your advice! I'll definitely try those things

[geminii]

How much do my SAC marks really matter? I did okay on most of my SACs getting A/A+ on all but one of them, and I know I scored much higher than most of my classmates, but I'm worried that I should have done better. If I do really well on the exam will it all balance out?

Yep absolutely, the exam is worth 60% of your study score while your SACs are worth 40% of  your study score, so essentially the exam is what decides what study score you get.

[Angelx001]

Has anyone done TSSM 2016 and give me the answers for MC:
2,13, 25, 29, 30, 34, 40

Thanks

[sweetcheeks]

Has anyone done TSSM 2016 and give me the answers for MC:
2,13, 25, 29, 30, 34, 40

Thanks

2) B
13) B
25) C
29) C
30) B
34) A
40) A

[Angelx001]

2) B
13) B
25) C
29) C
30) B
34) A
40) A

Are those answers from TSSM or your answer? Since I thought TSSM might've written the incorrect answers as I got those questions wrong but pretty sure they're right

[homosapien]

How many practice exams roughly should we have completed if aiming for 40+ study score?

[HasibA]

How many practice exams roughly should we have completed if aiming for 40+ study score?

quality over quantity. but id say anywhere between 5-20 should suffice for most people (pretty sure there's a an article about this, where some AN users have got 50s from the one or two prac exams), but yeah id say 5-20 is a nice figure for most people

[sweetcheeks]

Are those answers from TSSM or your answer? Since I thought TSSM might've written the incorrect answers as I got those questions wrong but pretty sure they're right

TSSM answers. I will look into these questions later, there may be some that are wrong.

[HasibA]

how did everyone go with the sample exam's MCQ?
i think i got a 2-4 wrong- but not aiming that high so suits me
bout to do 2013 exam tonight/tmr

[sweetcheeks]

I got 40/40 for the sample multiple choice. Overall I ended up with 105/110, much higher than any of my other exams (except 2014). I found 2013 to be the perfect level of difficulty, not overly hard but at the same time not just giving marks away.

[HasibA]

I got 40/40 for the sample multiple choice. Overall I ended up with 105/110, much higher than any of my other exams (except 2014). I found 2013 to be the perfect level of difficulty, not overly hard but at the same time not just giving marks away.

that's awesome- i just need to finish off short answer, and then im revising over weakness/point i dont get it. good job (might complete 2013 soon after my thursday psych exam)

[kimonokiwi]

how did everyone go with the sample exam's MCQ?
i think i got a 2-4 wrong- but not aiming that high so suits me
bout to do 2013 exam tonight/tmr

Which exam is this?

[HasibA]

has anyone encountered any questions about 'genetically modified' organisms etc.
a few have come up, but i struggle to find the criteria used to describe an organism/plant as genetically modified or not?

how are people going with questions that ask for an experiment to be designed? i find my psych knowledge makes me go a bit overboard in the experiment, labelling control and experimental groups, but then again, i think this is also expected !