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« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2007, 01:25:35 pm »
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I dont think i did as well as i could.

I said diffraction WOULD occur, because the gap size and wavelength were similar. I didnt specify whether diffraction would be significant or not though.

I forgot to specify that the globe would flicker slightly at first. damn...

the emission spectrum questions stuffed me up too. all the chem + physics guys said that was really easy for them.

And the last question in synchrotron confused me too. I ended up putting crap down.

I think i lost about 10 marks, which i hope is an A. I got an A+ for Exam 1, so hopefully i can still get 40+

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« Reply #16 on: November 14, 2007, 01:26:32 pm »
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I didn't mention that, I don't think it's necessary. Although it is correct. I hope I don't lose another mark there lol. =P


lol i think u had to, cos it specifically said in reference to figure 8, the globe.
edit: yeah you defiantly had to mention what happens to the globe

also i said that there would be no diffraction, but then people were saying they are in the same power 10^-11 (or something) hence there will be difraction

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« Reply #17 on: November 14, 2007, 01:31:36 pm »
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did anyone doing photonics find the last qs tricky? there will be no light reaching the detector at first but there will be as the beam bends.. lol the phrasing of the qs was also quite bad ><

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« Reply #18 on: November 14, 2007, 01:31:40 pm »
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We'll see :)
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« Reply #19 on: November 14, 2007, 01:35:33 pm »
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I did fairly well I think... hopefully a B+ sorta mark would be nice!  :)

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« Reply #20 on: November 14, 2007, 01:42:30 pm »
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too many spectrum questions :P

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« Reply #21 on: November 14, 2007, 01:43:13 pm »
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Chemistry students would've loved them..
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« Reply #22 on: November 14, 2007, 01:47:18 pm »
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which sucks cos i havnt done 3/4 chem yet

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« Reply #23 on: November 14, 2007, 01:48:52 pm »
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my mistakes...
i said globe doesnt turn on instead of it flickering....and for teh one where u had to work out teh EMF i had 3 Volts...i think thats wrong someone confirm?
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« Reply #24 on: November 14, 2007, 01:49:24 pm »
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I thought that the Chief Examiner's exam writing skills have shown a vast improvement since the mid year exam, and he deserves a pat on the back for:
No typos I could see
When a unit was asked for, including a little box for the unit in the answer box
Generally providing enough room for written questions (although a few calculation questions were a bit short on space)

Other then that, I thought it was a bit too easy, hope I didn't make any silly mistakes (I picked up one when double checking, for not drawing the arrow on the energy level thing long enough xD) and my explain questions were good enough.
I'm not going to look at answers until I've finished the spec exam, but overall there was nothing I wasn't sure of =)

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« Reply #25 on: November 14, 2007, 01:50:13 pm »
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Yes there will be some refraction. I don't think I've lost a mark yet =D

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« Reply #26 on: November 14, 2007, 01:51:24 pm »
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my mistakes...
i said globe doesnt turn on instead of it flickering....and for teh one where u had to work out teh EMF i had 3 Volts...i think thats wrong someone confirm?


should be 30V.

i also said it doesnt turn on without referencing the initial flicker :(

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« Reply #27 on: November 14, 2007, 01:51:47 pm »
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my mistakes...
i said globe doesnt turn on instead of it flickering....and for teh one where u had to work out teh EMF i had 3 Volts...i think thats wrong someone confirm?


30v

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« Reply #28 on: November 14, 2007, 01:54:46 pm »
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After some more answer checking, i've done terrible compared to the practice exams and SACs i've done. I'm going to have to kill Spec so that it makes it into my top 4, and Physics drops to 5th/6th

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« Reply #29 on: November 14, 2007, 01:58:36 pm »
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since cutoff for last year was 81/90, im thinking this year cutoff for A+ will be around 83 or 84 out of 90?