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Archived Discussion => Business Studies => 2012 => End-of-year exams => Exam Discussion => Victoria => Economics => Topic started by: sam.utute on November 13, 2012, 09:53:02 am
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Discuss everything that happened in the exam here ie. Answers, funny moments etc
Good luck guys!
If someone uploads a copy of the exam, I'll write up a set of solutions :)
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I found it pretty easy i reckon i got close to full marks maybe stuffed up an mc but overall good exam ;)
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Questions were good
I thought it was very long though. Hopefully I'm not the only one
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Questions were good
I thought it was very long though. Hopefully I'm not the only one
Yeah I found myself rushing to finish, I wonder if everyone else finished at all...
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Long but easy.
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yeah very long, but wasn't too difficult. Was the answer to the last multi income tax increases as proportion of GDP?
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yeah very long, but wasn't too difficult. Was the answer to the last multi income tax increases as proportion of GDP?
yeah very long, but wasn't too difficult. Was the answer to the last multi income tax increases as proportion of GDP?
yeah very long, but wasn't too difficult. Was the answer to the last multi income tax increases as proportion of GDP?
thats what i got. and i finished the whole exam with 5 mins left to look over it was pretty long
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too many 6 mark questions
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what do you guys reckon the a+ cutoff will be? I reckon maybe around 75 because of length
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So many 6-mark questions! It was pretty long, but I finished with a few minutes to check over. The hardest question was the last 6-marker on slow productivity growth, for sure.
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what do you guys reckon the a+ cutoff will be? I reckon maybe around 75 because of length
I reckon the same. Quite a few people in my class didn't finish.
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Very long, hand is still killing!
Think I screwed up a bit in multi choice because some questions were a lot harder than the past, but hopefully went ok on the rest..
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Way too many pages and too many 6 markers.
Honestly, how did you finish!
I didn't finish
twas fucked
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I did the 6 mark q's first then all the four marks then all the mc and finished the low marks last.
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Good but long . Finished with 20 to spare, wrote heaps standard of living drained it so much,,,
Def going to distinguish between low and high students
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Got anally penetrated. WTF was that? 7 pages longer than last years exam! Didn't have a clue about the alternative measure question and limitations-_- drainer!! Does anyone have the solutions for multiple choice part?
Probs get like a 50-60/90! Hope the cut off mark for a B is around there -_- might push a 65/90 if multiple choice was aced!
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Way too many pages and too many 6 markers.
Honestly, how did you finish!
I did 5 MC in my head in reading time then finished and checked MC by 3:30 pm then I wrote like hell after that. It also helped that a couple of questions were exactly the same as Compak 2012 and that another two were the same as ones in the CPAP examples of model answers to possible questions.
It was so long that A+ might be the same cut-off as 2010, which was 74/90. You can probably still get a great mark.
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do you think anyone will upload a copy of the exam?
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do you think anyone will upload a copy of the exam?
Please, please, please upload a copy of the exam :)
I really want to see what it was like (and write a set of solutions as well).
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How was the MC in terms of difficulty? Any iffy questions?
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How was the MC in terms of difficulty? Any iffy questions?
Multiple choice wasn't hard. Maybe one or two odd questions?
Can anyone predict what I will get with A grade SACS and a bad (C) exam? I think I did terribly. My cohort is strong.
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what did people write for the very last question about a slow down in 'productivity growth' a good but hard question! :-* :-* :-*
IM DONE VCE!!! ;D ;D ;D 8) 8) 8)
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Multiple choice question 2 a increased tariffs on imported vehicles what did people get? i literally could not think of how any of the options would occur
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Multiple choice question 2 a increased tariffs on imported vehicles what did people get? i literally could not think of how any of the options would occur
Pretty sure it was local car prices decreasing..? Or something like that (due to lack of competition from foreign markets, etc.). iirc.
i think it was local car prices increasing, due to greater demand for local vehicles..not sure though
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Multiple choice question 2 a increased tariffs on imported vehicles what did people get? i literally could not think of how any of the options would occur
Pretty sure it was local car prices decreasing..? Or something like that (due to lack of competition from foreign markets, etc.). iirc.
i think it was local car prices increasing, due to greater demand for local vehicles..not sure though
That's what I put and that explanation makes sense yay
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this exam was super tough
wtf with all the 6 markers?
Very hard questions
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for MC 2, increased tariffs, less competition in domestic and overseas cars, therefore price of cars go up
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Has anyone got the answers to the multiple choice yet?
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got 15/15 multiple choice with teacher yes its the proportion and the inflation was import one im pretty sure and i did gdp per capita for alternative to gdp because i forgot them so probly get 0/4 for that but good for rest ;(
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Has anyone got the answers to the multiple choice yet?
I'm literally calling people up and asking if they have a copy of the exam.
SOMEONE UPLOAD/SEND THEM TO ME AND I WILL HAVE THE SOLUTIONS FOR YOU IN 5 MINUTES!
OMG. I'm so sad :(
Missing out on doing Eco questions #worst
I can't believe the highlight of my day will be seeing the Eco exam.......
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got 15/15 multiple choice with teacher yes its the proportion and the inflation was import one im pretty sure and i did gdp per capita for alternative to gdp because i forgot them so probly get 0/4 for that but good for rest ;(
Looking at a high-40s score! Well done! :)
Just FYI, 88.5/90 will get you a Premier's Award. 87-88/90 usually equates to a 50.
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huh?? I lost 4 marks and the other questions I would've lost some too :(( hopefully A+ if i got high 40s i would be the happiest man in the universe lol
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If my sacs A+, were ranked 1-2 95/100 for both units
what could i expect, if i got 77/90
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got 15/15 multiple choice with teacher yes its the proportion and the inflation was import one im pretty sure and i did gdp per capita for alternative to gdp because i forgot them so probly get 0/4 for that but good for rest ;(
Did you write down your answers? Do you remember which options you chose? :) Whats the solutions? :) Would appreciate it if you do remember and can write it down here the letters of the answers one by one like A A D C B etc
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someone upload the exam!
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I got A C A A B B D A B C C D B C C
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I got
A-A-A-A-B-B-B-A-B-C-C-D-C-C-C
What did everyone else get?
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can someone explain last answer for multiple choice
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sorry was relaxing it was my last exam..i dont remember if you could ask a question and give options ill know but not DACED etc.. relative milk was milk decrease...umm the graph was income credits and debits one (B)..Q15 was proportion one and inflation which is false that it doesnt take into account imported prices i dont know i think that was the right one..I crossed off ones i thought would be wrong and was left with one for the last 2..lol
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I got the exam off my teacher today so what's the easiest way to put it up for you to look at sam?
Do you have a copy of the exam or do you need it still?
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I got the exam off my teacher today so what's the easiest way to put it up for you to look at sam?
Do you have a copy of the exam or do you need it still?
Email here please: [email protected]
:)
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Questions were easy but very repetitive. I found myself having to repeat so many definitions (especially for the living standards questions).
Multiple choice was easy, especially when compared with the commercial papers. All the questions were theoretical, which was highly disappointing as I expected VCAA to actually test our ability to apply the theories that we've learnt to answer more practical questions.
The hardest question on the exam was probably the last one, but VCAA pretty much directed us to the answer when it asked us to distinguish between "production" and "productivity" for the first part of that question.
Overall, I think the cut-off for A+ will be higher this year.
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stoniben emailed me the MC questions :)
They very quite straightforward - I'm expecting about 50%+ of students getting the correct answer for each question.
I'll upload some explanations and the suggested answers in about 15 minutes.
I'm really hoping the short answer questions were super-hard so it's easier to between students.
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They weren't, though if you didn't have knowledge of what living standards were, you would've been screwed.
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Suggested solutions!
http://www.connecteducation.com.au/economics-answers.html
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can you upload the exam as well please? thanks
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Suggested solutions!
http://www.connecteducation.com.au/economics-answers.html
I'd prefer to not look at them. I wouldn't be able to have a good break if I knew I'd lost a mark!
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If i'm ranked 1-2 in SACs in a relatively weak cohort
what is required in the exam for a study score of 43.
what would i get with a 77/90
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That's a high A according to last year's exam (probably similar with this year's graded assessment).
I'd say you'd still need an A+ to end up with a 43. Your exam mark is going to be converted into your SAC marks because you're ranked 1.
I believe A+ guarantees between 38-50.
77/90, I'd guess you're looking at the high 30s.
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did you really think the exam was really that easy. thought it was longer than last years, and many expected the cut-off for the A+ should be around 74 or lower?
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really want to get 43 and over or at least a 40 if thats possible
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I think that this was one of the easier economics exams VCAA have published. Multiple choice was very straight-forward, all the short-answer questions were based around a central theme of living standards (which is a very basic concept), all the questions were predominantly theoretical and you weren't required to discuss any past policies or demonstrate any knowledge of the current economic conditions (apart from the policy mix question, from memory).