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Archived Discussion => 2011 => Mid-year exams => Exam Discussion => Victoria => General Achievement Test (GAT) => Topic started by: Comatose on June 16, 2011, 02:09:41 pm
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how did you guys go? ;D
anyone got the answer to the rabbit question cos i just did D for all 3 (no info enough) LOL
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Haha nice, I think I went alright with that question though?
42. B - four brown rabbits
43. A - eight rabbits
44. B - three black rabbits with upright ears
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LOL F***!
ahh well its only the GAT.
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Exactly! It doesn't matter unless you can't do your actual exams.
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Haha nice, I think I went alright with that question though?
42. B - four brown rabbits
43. A - eight rabbits
44. B - three black rabbits with upright ears
Correct.
Brown: 2 with upright ears, 2 with floppy ears.
Black: 3 all with upright ears.
White: 1 with floppy ears.
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I liked the pump question. (From the Fish tank to the bucket.)
Very similar to 2009 question 47 - 49
I loved the printing question and LOL that "man reading the paper" picture, it is on my living room wall!!!! HAHAHA
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I think that was one of the better gats for sure. The bunnies question was good. Too many charts though.
Also, wolves are badass.
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I got the first part of the rabbit question, but how'd you get the second part? (I know how to get third part given second). Took an educated guess and got it right it appears.
Writing Task 2... First paragraph was essentially paraphrasing the points given in fancier words and a cynical tone, second paragraph I confessed my cynicism - said cynical people are smart so if you disagree you're an idiot. There was no third paragraph ;) Didn't know what to say. Last year my WT2 didn't even make sense, my WT1 was terrible and I still got just above average for English.
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Ahh damn really, i thought 44 was not enough information because it asked how many black with floppy ears, which was 0, but there wasn't any 0.
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Writing Task. Talked about Fashion as a cover up for human weakness, for trying to appear perfect when in reality we're not. Chucked a Street Car Named Desire Example. Ended it with Human Beings suck, in a more elaborate tone that is and how we are just deprived creatures.
Basically 1 paragraph.
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Used Megan Fox as the world's sexiest woman ---> lead on to bras and bikinis ---> anoerixa/bulimia
I got the rabbit question though - trial and error! :P
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42. B - four brown rabbits
43. A - eight rabbits
44. B - three black rabbits with upright ears
I think I got that too :) Awesome!
I got the first part of the rabbit question, but how'd you get the second part? (I know how to get third part given second).
Well, what I did was. Because you know from the first part that there are 4 brown rabbits, based on statement I there have to be more brown rabbits then black rabbits. Therefore, there has to be 1, 2, or 3 black rabbits. Then based on statement V, there are 3x as many black rabbits as white rabbits I figured that the number of black rabbits must be a multiple of 3 so that it can divide in whole numbers. So, 3 black rabbits, 1 white rabbit, 4 brown rabbits = 8 total. There's probably a simpler way of going about that one though :P
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I just made a table for the rabbits and filled it in wit the info. Same answers as hodge.
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that was actually a pretty decent GAT - last year i almost fell asleep cause of how boring it was then this time i actually tried to write something decent :P spent the whole 3 hours
i found the first part annoying because i became paranoid that i was starting a bit of an argument about how awesome wolves are :idiot2:
the seconds writing task was good, i used a lot of my whose reality examples and discussed fashion as a uniform which plays on individuals insecurities and how it supresses uniqueness (worded it a lot better in the GAT)
and multiple choice was quite enjoyable compared to last year - i decided to have a proper go this year and try answer everything without guessing , loved all the maths science questions but got really annoyed at all the passages we had to read.
everyone who accelerated last year and did the GAT tried to do it properly after receiving crappy marks last year - the supervisor got pissed off that half the kids finished at 12 and she said they will do very crappy
but i found it are annoying when she started yelling at everyone before the gat about people who come late even though the people in the hall were the ones who came on time...
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Haha nice, I think I went alright with that question though?
42. B - four brown rabbits
43. A - eight rabbits
44. B - three black rabbits with upright ears
i got that too, awesome
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i only like doing the maths + calculation + logic questions, i hate the word questions !!!
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I got the info for the bunnies with a data tree, I didnt even need to read the info twice, it just fell out.
Second writing task I talked about how trends come and go, and how finding the way we want to look and present ourselves as adults is an important part of self awareness. How clothing is an inherent need and hiw fashion is a critique of aesthetic and not much else :)
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Think the rabbit question is hard - just you wait for the methods exam.
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haha crap... i screwed up so bad with that question LOL. can't believe i chose all d
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haha crap... i screwed up so bad with that question LOL. can't believe i chose all d
i used the number in the next question to work them out!! lol
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Does anyone know when the official answers are released? I know I did alright for the logic, but some of the worded questions, business maths and passeges of writing I am unsure of
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i only like doing the maths + calculation + logic questions, i hate the word questions !!!
Yeah, I feel as thought my comprehension is good... but most of them are just wierd. If you look at LSAT questions, atleast they have a clearly correct answer once you know it.
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haha crap... i screwed up so bad with that question LOL. can't believe i chose all d
i used the number in the next question to work them out!! lol
yeh i did that too :/ but im a complete dud. LOL
all i gotta say is f**k the gat ;)
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For the first writing task, I talked about the "wolfpack", if you watched the movie you'll get an idea of what I wrote about ;)
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For the wolf writing task I pretended that I was a "Scout leader" teaching the kids about wolves. I went into what they can do and all the different poses and what they mean. :/
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FREAKING, WOLVES EAT ELK.
WTF IS ELK LOL.
But wolves are pretty cool. I didn't know what the heck to do with the red riding hood/werewolf though 0_O.
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i said that wolves are stereotyped as being evil such as the wolf in little red riding hood and how they are associated with werewolves :P
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I really liked the wolves section, cool stuff = wolves are cool.
i said that wolves are stereotyped as being evil such as the wolf in little red riding hood and how they are associated with werewolves :P
Same here. Talked about how the interpretation of wolves in folklore and fantasy tales has lead to humanity perceiving wolves as cunning and evil.
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Eh. I'm going to DotA now. The GAT can smb.
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I really liked the wolves section, cool stuff = wolves are cool.
i said that wolves are stereotyped as being evil such as the wolf in little red riding hood and how they are associated with werewolves :P
Same here. Talked about how the interpretation of wolves in folklore and fantasy tales has lead to humanity perceiving wolves as cunning and evil.
Touched on that.
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i said that wolves are stereotyped as being evil such as the wolf in little red riding hood and how they are associated with werewolves :P
Ditto.