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Title: Cover Pages are out
Post by: sisqo1111 on October 04, 2008, 12:40:21 pm
hi all,
the cover pages are out for this years exams
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/exams/examcovers/Oct_Nov_2008/2008OctNovexamcovers.html

Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: Flaming_Arrow on October 04, 2008, 12:45:14 pm
thats scary.
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: sisqo1111 on October 04, 2008, 12:46:10 pm
LOL i know

i looked at the media one to see which would have the essay question. and to my surprise there are 4 questions in each section aargghh
i dont know if thats a good or bad thing!
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: cara.mel on October 04, 2008, 12:47:22 pm
Only 2 essay options for EL =/
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: cobby on October 04, 2008, 12:48:43 pm
4 questions to make up 2/3 of exam :( (eco)
hmmmm
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: ed_saifa on October 04, 2008, 12:50:28 pm
Only 2 essay options for EL =/
NOOOOOO :(
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: sisqo1111 on October 04, 2008, 12:51:41 pm
maths methods seems nice this year
only 10 questions for exam 1
and then 22 and 4 for exam 2 :)

but remember these are only a sample, but im pretty sure these are how they are going to be
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: /0 on October 04, 2008, 12:59:23 pm
Ehhhh this makes me feel uneasy :S
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: AppleThief on October 04, 2008, 01:02:52 pm
Only 2 essay options for EL =/
Yeah, I just noticed that D:

And oh no: Legal Studies only has 11 questions.

I wonder how accurate this will be?
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: vce01 on October 04, 2008, 01:05:28 pm
How accurate are these usually?
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: sisqo1111 on October 04, 2008, 01:06:48 pm
from my experience im pretty sure they are quite accurate. for example last years legal exam and this years mid yr psych exam. lol
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: cara.mel on October 04, 2008, 01:09:27 pm
They're accurate. They only wouldn't be if someone made a typo etc.
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: AppleThief on October 04, 2008, 01:11:34 pm
They're accurate. They only wouldn't be if someone made a typo etc.

"Students should note that the number of pages, questions and marks shown for the examination may differ slightly from the number indicated in the actual examination books given to students on the day of the examination."
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: cara.mel on October 04, 2008, 01:12:32 pm
They're accurate. They only wouldn't be if someone made a typo etc.

"Students should note that the number of pages, questions and marks shown for the examination may differ slightly from the number indicated in the actual examination books given to students on the day of the examination."

I know it says that, but from experience I do not know yet of a sample cover page that has not matched up to the real one :)
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: sisqo1111 on October 04, 2008, 01:14:08 pm
ditto that
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: RD on October 04, 2008, 03:39:07 pm
3 Q's for BM.
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: shinny on October 04, 2008, 03:50:24 pm
Why do I get the feeling though that for BM, it'll probly stretch down to bloody question 2.z or something. Damn the deceptive question numbering in BM <_< Good thing about it though is that there won't be a lot of different case study material to read and relate to it seems.
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: doboman on October 04, 2008, 04:37:45 pm
Why do I get the feeling though that for BM, it'll probly stretch down to bloody question 2.z or something. Damn the deceptive question numbering in BM <_< Good thing about it though is that there won't be a lot of different case study material to read and relate to it seems.
Bad thing about it, is that we're going to have to constantly keep flipping back to the original stimulus- which is going to be quite annoying in the exam
EDIT: that's socially irresponsible VCAA:P
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: AppleXY on October 04, 2008, 04:48:05 pm
lol the coversheets last year were so valuable to me (for acc and bus. man) last year as they told me the number of questions on the exam.

But now it's useless... I already know how many questions theres gonna be for specialist, methods, econ and english (lol obviously -___-). :P
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: bridgethuss on October 04, 2008, 05:26:01 pm
im scared
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: danieltennis on October 04, 2008, 08:21:04 pm
im scared
Never fear the darkness...
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: ell on October 04, 2008, 08:29:28 pm
Software Development exam is 89 marks - you'd think VCAA would add an easy 1 mark question just to make it a nice round number
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: kurrymuncher on October 04, 2008, 08:36:02 pm
lol, imagine if they accidentally showed the whole exam and they didnt know about it.
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: sisqo1111 on October 04, 2008, 08:36:11 pm
lol
with media its 65 marks. couldn't they just make it 60 or 70 lol

edit: omg i know. i was thinking that to myself lol
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: jsimmo on October 04, 2008, 08:55:10 pm
Further Maths exam 2 - the core section now has 5 questions instead of the normal 3?? Hopefully that isn't correct.
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: *Roxxii* on October 04, 2008, 09:06:12 pm
Further Maths exam 2 - the core section now has 5 questions instead of the normal 3?? Hopefully that isn't correct.

Uh ohs :(
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: vce01 on October 04, 2008, 09:16:36 pm
still the same number of marks though (i think)
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: *Roxxii* on October 04, 2008, 09:23:57 pm
Each question is a different situation...so more questions = more time consuming :(

Its really good when there are many parts to the same question in the core, coz if your lucky, sometimes after putting the data into your calculator only once, it might come in handy for other parts of the question.

Whereas if you have more questions, you'll have to familiarise yourself with the new question. And if are required to put data into your calc, you'll need to put new data in your calc for the new question, which takes a bit of time sometimes, and more chance of making an error :P
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: vce01 on October 04, 2008, 09:28:14 pm
yeah but the other side of it is that they could go into so much more detail with one question

the starting questions with different situations are usually very easy (like reading off a graph)
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: sisqo1111 on October 04, 2008, 09:33:49 pm
i just hope media is easy! and they don't make it stupid like they did last year with 2 essay questions  >:(
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: *Roxxii* on October 04, 2008, 09:39:12 pm
yeah but the other side of it is that they could go into so much more detail with one question

the starting questions with different situations are usually very easy (like reading off a graph)

Hmm, i still like less questions :)
If you are well prepared for the exam, then you should be able to answer easy questions as well as more detailed questions.
For me, its just the time that I'm worried about :(
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: dekoyl on October 05, 2008, 01:48:22 am
That's nice of them for releasing the cover pages. :)

And I don't know why I'm sharing this secret but import the second page of Maths Methods Exam 1 into Photoshop and play around with the hue and saturation. I swear I see "Question 1  Let f(x)..."  ::)
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: costargh on October 05, 2008, 03:02:43 am
That's nice of them for releasing the cover pages. :)

And I don't know why I'm sharing this secret but import the second page of Maths Methods Exam 1 into Photoshop and play around with the hue and saturation. I swear I see "Question 1  Let f(x)..."  ::)

What are you talking about. I see nothing!
Printscreen or it didn't happen
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: psychlaw on October 05, 2008, 03:21:29 am
That's nice of them for releasing the cover pages. :)

And I don't know why I'm sharing this secret but import the second page of Maths Methods Exam 1 into Photoshop and play around with the hue and saturation. I swear I see "Question 1  Let f(x)..."  ::)

What are you talking about. I see nothing!
Printscreen or it didn't happen
lol, his kidding around based on the fact that for this  methods study design, the first question has always started with "let f(x)..."
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: dekoyl on October 05, 2008, 03:34:12 am
Well I've only tallied one who fell for it. :P
And is that true, psychlaw? I never knew that or picked that up whilst doing trial papers.
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: /0 on October 05, 2008, 04:21:00 am
Lol poor accountants, 2 question, 90 marks.
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: bridgethuss on October 05, 2008, 05:49:50 pm
lol, imagine if they accidentally showed the whole exam and they didnt know about it.


i was actually hoping that would happen
Title: Re: Cover Pages are out
Post by: *Roxxii* on October 05, 2008, 07:23:29 pm
Lol poor accountants, 2 question, 90 marks.

Hmm, why?  ???

As far as i know, its always been like that :P