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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: vashappenin on October 28, 2013, 05:15:37 pm

Title: VCAA Exam covers?
Post by: vashappenin on October 28, 2013, 05:15:37 pm: Hi guys,
I know the covers say "sample, number of questions and mark allocations may vary from the information included", but are they still generally correct?
The HHD Exam cover says 90 marks (as opposed to the usual 100 marks), and if that were the case life would be a little easier for me and it'd be peace of mind for me because 10 marks makes a huge difference in a 2 hour exam haha!

Thanks in advance! :)
Title: Re: VCAA Exam covers?
Post by: Damoz.G on October 28, 2013, 05:29:04 pm: Well its still using the same Study Design as last year, and from what I know the total Marks don't change unless the Study Design changes.

So I'm pretty sure that the Exam would still be out of 100 marks. :)
Title: Re: VCAA Exam covers?
Post by: vashappenin on October 28, 2013, 05:40:28 pm: In the exam specifications it says hhd I'll be scored out of 90-100 marks, hence why I asked if the covers are reliable or not :)
Title: Re: VCAA Exam covers?
Post by: teletubbies_95 on October 28, 2013, 05:46:47 pm: It's 95 marks this year :)
Title: Re: VCAA Exam covers?
Post by: chasej on October 28, 2013, 05:55:38 pm: Quote from: Damoz. on October 28, 2013, 05:29:04 pm
Well its still using the same Study Design as last year, and from what I know the total Marks don't change unless the Study Design changes.

So I'm pretty sure that the Exam would still be out of 100 marks. :)

Some study designs allow the examiners to change the number of marks from year to year. The VET subject I did last year could vary from 60-80 marks if I remember correctly, so can be quite a difference.
Title: Re: VCAA Exam covers?
Post by: vashappenin on October 28, 2013, 05:59:27 pm: Quote from: teletubbies_95 on October 28, 2013, 05:46:47 pm
It's 95 marks this year :)
Ok cool :) just to confirm though, how do you know?
Title: Re: VCAA Exam covers?
Post by: teletubbies_95 on October 28, 2013, 06:05:05 pm: It's in the exam cover :) But apparently it fluctuates !

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/exams/2013%20Nov%20exam%20covers/2013health-cov.indd.pdf
Title: Re: VCAA Exam covers?
Post by: vashappenin on October 28, 2013, 06:08:26 pm: Oh whoops lol! Dunno why i wrote 90 marks :P
Thanks for pointing that out! :)
Title: Re: VCAA Exam covers?
Post by: Lasercookie on October 28, 2013, 07:08:52 pm: Quote from: vashappenin on October 28, 2013, 05:59:27 pm
Ok cool :) just to confirm though, how do you know?
It'll be stated in the exam specification document, http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/exams/hhd/health-samp-w.pdf HHD can be between 90 and 100 marks. And yeah, as said above, the marks for each year are on the exam covers, but they do give themselves the wiggle room to change that on the actual exam if they want to (generally it doesn't change, you can treat them as reliable).