Biology Practice Exam Discussion

[Sine]

We are getting extremely close to exam time and thought we should have a thread dedicated to discussion of practice exams.
This discussion may contain but is not restricted to:

• Exam questions discussion from both VCAA and company papers
• Exam technique/tips
• Exam study tips
• Difficulty of various company papers
• General discussion on how everyone is going with regards to exam scores
• Study score prediction from scores on specific VCAA papers

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[Sine]

Okay to gets us started:
What order are you doing the VCAA biology past papers, backwards, forwards, by unit or alternating Unit 3 & Unit 4?

When are you guys going to start doing the full 110 marks 2.5 hour exams?

[BakedDwarf]

Okay to gets us started:
What order are you doing the VCAA biology past papers, backwards, forwards, by unit or alternating Unit 3 & Unit 4?

When are you guys going to start doing the full 110 marks 2.5 hour exams?

So far, i've done U3/U4 2006, 2007 and 2008 exams in timed conditions (going forwards). In all honestly, I found 2006 to be the most difficult VCAA paper so far, considering the A+ cut-off was 54/75.

As for commercial papers, i've done none because i've got none (other than exampro). School isn't providing me with anything.

[paper-back]

As for commercial papers, i've done none because i've got none (other than exampro). School isn't providing me with anything.

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EDIT: Woops

[chemzy]

How do you know the A+ cut off score for 2006 exam was 54/75?

[Sine]

How do you know the A+ cut off score for 2006 exam was 54/75?

You can find grade distributions on the VCAA website, the easiest way to do this is to type in to google
Grade distributions 20__ (2006)
Click on the most obvious link i.e Grade distributions 20__(2006)
Click on the subject you want and go to the relevant grade distribution.(Biology)

Be wary that exams are double marked thus 54/75 would show 108/150
Also Sac mark distributions are available too.
Here is 2006 Biology
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/statistics/vce_biology_ga06.pdf

[Biology24123]

Okay to gets us started:
What order are you doing the VCAA biology past papers, backwards, forwards, by unit or alternating Unit 3 & Unit 4?

When are you guys going to start doing the full 110 marks 2.5 hour exams?

Far too early to be doing VCAA exams. Should be saves for last 3 weeks

[Biology24123]

So far, i've done U3/U4 2006, 2007 and 2008 exams in timed conditions (going forwards). In all honestly, I found 2006 to be the most difficult VCAA paper so far, considering the A+ cut-off was 54/75.

As for commercial papers, i've done none because i've got none (other than exampro). School isn't providing me with anything.

2006 was extremely difficult but that's the only one I have done. Did you mark yourself on it

[Biology24123]

I hear 1998/1999 unit 4 is the same as the current study design. Is that true?

[cosine]

I got 60/75 for the 2006 exam 1 was pretty hard

[Biology24123]

I got 60/75 for the 2006 exam 1 was pretty hard

Nice. That's good if you marked yourself harshly

[BakedDwarf]

I got 60/75 for the 2006 exam 1 was pretty hard

I got a similar result (63/75). I got 25/25 for MC but lost 12 marks for SA.

[Biology24123]

I got a similar result (63/75). I got 25/25 for MC but lost 12 marks for SA.

2006 is the hardest out of all of them I heard

[Sine]

This is from a really early VCAA exam, Unit 3 2000.

Just to clarify questions on water balance specifically are not part of the current syllabus.

[Biology24123]

This is from a really early VCAA exam, Unit 3 2000.

Just to clarify questions on water balance specifically are not part of the current syllabus.

Hey,

What do you think 85% would be as a study score seeing this is meant to be a hard exam