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Title: Is it just me, or is the multiple choice in exam 2 always really, stupidly hard?
Post by: Linkage1992 on October 04, 2010, 01:12:04 am
???
Title: Re: Is it just me, or is the multiple choice in exam 2 always really, stupidly hard?
Post by: kyzoo on October 04, 2010, 01:46:54 am
Umm...depends on what exam you do but not really =(
Title: Re: Is it just me, or is the multiple choice in exam 2 always really, stupidly hard?
Post by: _henwee on October 04, 2010, 02:07:37 am
There will definitely a few trick questiions - especially ones where you can't simply chuck in your calc.
Title: Re: Is it just me, or is the multiple choice in exam 2 always really, stupidly hard?
Post by: letsride on October 04, 2010, 04:30:47 pm
dunno, going thru checkpoints they seem alright.
Title: Re: Is it just me, or is the multiple choice in exam 2 always really, stupidly hard?
Post by: liv on October 04, 2010, 09:02:45 pm
???
so i'm not the only one?
*sigh of relief*
Title: Re: Is it just me, or is the multiple choice in exam 2 always really, stupidly hard?
Post by: m@tty on October 04, 2010, 09:16:51 pm
Some just require heaps of working. That is soo annoying for only 1 mark.

They're just a different style of question, with their own unique array of stumbling blocks.

However, once you do enough they are simply handled in 'cruise control' -- as is the majority of VCE maths.
Title: Re: Is it just me, or is the multiple choice in exam 2 always really, stupidly hard?
Post by: Martoman on October 04, 2010, 10:23:21 pm
Some just require heaps of working. That is soo annoying for only 1 mark.

They're just a different style of question, with their own unique array of stumbling blocks.

However, once you do enough they are simply handled in 'cruise control' -- as is the majority of VCE maths.

Well said, but be that as it may, I still find they can be difficult. I prefer to ignore them as much as possible and maximise marks in the written part.
Title: Re: Is it just me, or is the multiple choice in exam 2 always really, stupidly hard?
Post by: m@tty on October 04, 2010, 10:29:06 pm
Oh, they certainly can be difficult; I was never disputing that.

Though the majority are easily mastered, as I'm sure you can confirm.

And, yes, I agree that they should be the least of your worries due to their small weighting.
Title: Re: Is it just me, or is the multiple choice in exam 2 always really, stupidly hard?
Post by: Martoman on October 04, 2010, 11:15:45 pm
I've done about 2 exam 2's. I can't really confirm as of yet :P
Title: Re: Is it just me, or is the multiple choice in exam 2 always really, stupidly hard?
Post by: kyzoo on October 04, 2010, 11:18:08 pm
Actualy I think I lose most of my marks on multiple choice 0.o
Title: Re: Is it just me, or is the multiple choice in exam 2 always really, stupidly hard?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 04, 2010, 11:18:20 pm
Do the spesh checkpoints MC, there's a good 329 questions to practice on. The majority of them are easy, with a few exceptions. Should get you used to the style in which VCAA phrases them and the common tricks pretty quickly