mark allocation (NOT SS)

[LukeR]

So i've been wondering if all marks in the MC exam are equally weighted.
Lets say i get 36/40, drop 2 marks that are question 2's and 2 marks that are question 9's

am i better off than someone else who gets 36/40 from dropping all 9 mark questions?

(sorry if this doesn't make sense)

[Will T]

Interesting question. I would have thought that they just considered the numerical score, and disregarded the weighting of the question. Although I agree some questions are harder than others, I think in the eyes of VCAA examiners, one mark is worth one mark. So I would think you wouldn't be better off.

[StumbleBum]

So i've been wondering if all marks in the MC exam are equally weighted.
Lets say i get 36/40, drop 2 marks that are question 2's and 2 marks that are question 9's

am i better off than someone else who gets 36/40 from dropping all 9 mark questions?

(sorry if this doesn't make sense)

ALL questions are equally weighted regardless of their difficulty. If you both got 36, then regardless of the questions you each got wrong, you will both receive and EQUAL mark of 36.

[billyjackson768]

Yup, every question is worth 1 mark. So do try to get all the easy ones right and not get to caught up on harder ones if you are struggling for any reason.

For some reason though I seem to only be losing marks on those easy questions... I'm not sure why. Maybe it's just an increased ability to solve abstract problems from doing Methods? Or maybe I just get over confidant and don't read questions correctly or do extremely stupid things like testing a clearly correct point then not giving it as an answer (2011 Exam 1 Graphs Q3 I somehow tested the first one and it added up correctly so I tested the second for some crazy reason and I managed to write down that it added correctly as well... Why is a mystery that shall never be known).