Exam 2010: My answers (could be wrong!)

[swoop]

Hey guys hope the exam went well. In doing the exam, it seemed pretty simple with a few tricks. Overall, I'm pretty happy with it though. Anyway here are my answers


Listening (in english)
1a) strawberry shortcake and cream
1b) 9 vitamins and 6 minerals
1c) Buy 2 packets and get one free
1d) End of November
1e) delicious and nutritious (healthy, strong etc. can also be accepted i guess)

2a) Thursday
2b) 0 times
2c) Because the weather is hot and humid AND they can buy things there because its really cheap
2d) No it is not required because they will be staying in a tourist destination where there is little risk
2e) No, the transportation is free

Listening (in Indonesian)
3a) Karena dia ingin memulai program bahasa dengan sekolah Australia ini dan sekolah SMA 9 di Lombok
3b) Untuk meningkatkan ketrampilan bahasa siswa-siswi Australia dan Lombok dalam bahasa Inggris dan bahasa Indonesia masing-masing
3c) SMS, Facebook, email dan surat dibicarakan
3d) SMS dan Facebook tidak boleh digunakan karena dilarang di sekolah
3e) Tidak ada cukup komputer di sekolah di Lombok. Akan tetapi, bisa menggunakan 'warnet' di dekat sekolah atau menulis surat saja.

Reading (in English)
4a) The directorate of the Traffic of Jakarta Police (found it really hard to write a proper answer)
4b) Mudik occurs during Lebaran, Christmas and New Years celebrations
4c) The website was developed to:

Give information of traffic conditions in Java

• To ensure a smooth journey during Mudik
• For people to become more alert in planning their journey
[/pre] (couldn't think of the fourth point)
4d) People who want to see their families in their villages during holidays because it has been a long-standing tradition
4e) The article says at the time of mudik, the current traffic situation increase and becomes more chaotic
4f) There is violation of laws as well as accidents that occur during mudik
4g) There will be 24 hour updates where there are traffic problems uploaded with maps AND SMS can be given to registered users
4h) It is everyone's responsiblity for a smooth journey
4i) It assumes that the motorists will be able to anticipate the traffic and make the best possible journey
4j) The 'pe-' makes it the person following mudik
4k) The author hopes for motorists to be careful of their life as well as others' lives. Also he hopes for them to reach their destination safely

Reading (in Indonesian)
5a) Presiden Suharto memperkenalkan batik kepada Mandela. Mandela merasa sangat bangga dan lebih sering memakai batik daripada jas
5b) Ann Bunham adalah Ibu Barak Obama. Dia terkenal sebagai kolektor batik. Juga, batik dipamerkan di berbagai museum
5c) Hari Batik Nasional dirayakan pada tanggal 2 Oktober 2009 untuk mengenakan batik sebagai tanda kebanggaan nasional kita
5d) Batik dikumpulkan Ann Dunham dipamerkan di berbagai museum A.S DAN diakui UNESCO sebagai salah satu Warisan Budaya Dunia DAN Mandela mengenakan batik sebagai pakaian resmi.

And the writing section, I chose Question 6. I personally felt all the topics weren't that good but Q6 was the least worst for me . It was the one about writing the disadvantages and advantages of living in the village. What did you guys write about?

Anyway don't take these as the OFFICIAL answers. These are just my answers so some could be wrong. But enjoy anyway [/list]

[melissa.]

Heyy good job. I can't really remember my answers but wasn't the guy advertising the strawberry jam thing? I couldn't find the word for shortcake but I heard the word for jam (selai I think).  

[Shawn_]

1e was pintar and kuat wasnt it...

[Shawn_]

and 5d, instead of mandela, wouldnt indonesia recognising the batik for w/e w/e reasons and having a national batik day be a better answer

[melissa.]

I had enak dan bergizi. However I did hear the guy say that the food would make the children strong and champions. Didn't put that down though.

5d was asking about international recognition. Hari batik was national I think

[darcy42]

1e could've been any of the adjectives couldn't it? sehat, enak, kuat etc.

@Shawn_: But the question said recognised on an international level, and Indo having batik day isn't international is it?

and yeah i also said strawberry jam, thought I heard the word for it.

apart from that they look very similar to mine

[swoop]

really for some reason i heard the guy say oreos so in my mind, shortcake made sense.
and the batik one was probably the better answer.
yeh my bad i was meant to write delicious not healthy. ill change that. but shawn_ you can put down any adjective i guess. those were the answers i put down though.

[Menang]

Heyy good job. I can't really remember my answers but wasn't the guy advertising the strawberry jam thing? I couldn't find the word for shortcake but I heard the word for jam (selai I think). 

Yeah, I definitely heard selai too.

[darcy42]

Hey guys, thought I'd use the same thread.
Does anyone know approximately what scores are needed on both exams for a 40, assuming Rank 1 in SACs?

[swoop]

im not entirely sure dude. in the grade distributions, A+ always starts in 76-80% region for the exams (speaking and written combined). so i would say maybe around 85-90 altogether. but thats a guess.

[darcy42]

Yeah I was thinking about that. I'd venture that 65/75 (written) and 95/100 (oral) might get 40.
Because that would add up to 355/400, the way that I presume they do it in the grade distributions. And the A+ cutoff was 305 last year, so you would expect at least 40 with that...?

[swoop]

yeh but last year's exam they said was more difficult and so they made this year's easier. so the A+ cut off would be higher. but yeh 355/400 should get you a 40.