Biology Practice Exam Discussion

[Bruzzix]

have any of you done 2015 TSSM? Is TSSM, in general  hard or easy?

I haven't done the 2015 TSSM, but from the other TSSM papers I've done, I can say that they're generally pretty easy.

[grindr]

Does anyone happen to have solutions for 2008 INSIGHT unit 4 exam??

[warya]

Has anyone done VCAA 97 U4?  I got 72/75 but gave myself a mark for q 4b because i disagree with the answer they gave 

[Biology24123]

Has anyone done VCAA 97 U4?  I got 72/75 but gave myself a mark for q 4b because i disagree with the answer they gave 

Yeah 97 was easy

[warya]

Yeah 97 was easy

is 98 easy as well?

[Biology24123]

is 98 easy as well?

98 was harder than 97. Most people say that 97-99 are a lot harder than recent ones

[Sine]

How did you guys go on VCAA 2008 I got:

Unit 3[70/75]    A+[62.5/75]
Unit 4[64/75]    A+[56.5/75]

7.5 marks over the A+ cut-off on both XD, IMO Unit 4 was very tough, probably had to compensate for how easy Unit 3 was.

[Biology24123]

How did you guys go on VCAA 2008 I got:

Unit 3[70/75]    A+[62.5/75]
Unit 4[64/75]    A+[56.5/75]

7.5 marks over the A+ cut-off on both XD, IMO Unit 4 was very tough, probably had to compensate for how easy Unit 3 was.

Yeah apparently 2008 is the easiest out of all of them

[warya]

Yeah apparently 2008 is the easiest out of all of them

Dude if they're all so easy hope you get a 50 

[BakedDwarf]

So i see a trend in the A+ cutoffs. They are gradually increasing every year.

Do you guys think this is because the biology cohort is becoming more 'smarter' or that the exams are just becoming easier?

[Sine]

So i see a trend in the A+ cutoffs. They are gradually increasing every year.

Do you guys think this is because the biology cohort is becoming more 'smarter' or that the exams are just becoming easier?

If they were getting smarter it would starting scaling up more; like +2 or +3.

It's just getting easier, there are less probing questions or definitions, there are more answers you can synthesise on the spot.

Honestly, I think harder exams are better because stupid errors don't count as much then but seeing as last years exam was one of the easiest I think this years will be closer to the 2013 difficulty.

[heids]

Honestly, I think harder exams are better because stupid errors don't count as much then but seeing as last years exam was one of the easiest I think this years will be closer to the 2013 difficulty.

Did you find 2013 hard ?  I found it the easiest of all the VCAAs I did, and I thought (maybe it's bias from having actually sat it) that 2014 was a bit harder.  I'd hope 2015 is harder, however, to compare with ones like 2006.  Though I feel the 'difficulty' of company exams (which go way out of what VCAA ever said they'd test you on) can sometimes make VCAA exams feel easy.

[cosine]

Has anyone done VCAA 97 U4?  I got 72/75 but gave myself a mark for q 4b because i disagree with the answer they gave 

Your score is beast! I got 69/75 for that one I think, or maybe it was 98 I honestly can't remember but it was definitely one of them.
Good job!

[warya]

Your score is beast! I got 69/75 for that one I think, or maybe it was 98 I honestly can't remember but it was definitely one of them.
Good job!

Do you rememeber how to do 4b? I can't tell if I would've got the mark or not
And thanks yours is pretty good too!

[Sine]

Did you find 2013 hard ?  I found it the easiest of all the VCAAs I did, and I thought (maybe it's bias from having actually sat it) that 2014 was a bit harder.  I'd hope 2015 is harder, however, to compare with ones like 2006.  Though I feel the 'difficulty' of company exams (which go way out of what VCAA ever said they'd test you on) can sometimes make VCAA exams feel easy.

I haven't done 2013 yet just speculation.(A+ cut-offs) do you remember what you got on it, it really doesn't matter how easy or hard it is if everyone performs equally well on both but harder exams give you a little more room for stupid errors.

I don't think VCAA is going to want another exam with a A+ cutoff of 72% but also last years you could lose roughly 2 marks for a 50.