Assumed knowledge for methods?

[not.yet.a.nerd]

Hey there
So I've been reading through some advice from past students, and a point regarding the "cone of death" question (from 2010 I think) came up- assumed knowledge. Along the lines of similar triangles, area formulas, that kind of stuff. (see here http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2vbo2dv&s=6#.W96H0nozaRt)
So onto the question --> is there something regarding assumed knowledge floating around on atar notes somewhere? Something I can read to brush up on all my assumed knowledge? Or if not, can we get a discussion started regarding what basics we need to know

Good luck for everyone else sitting the exam this coming week

[S_R_K]

Anything from the Victorian curriculum, levels 10 and 10A is assumed knowledge.

See: http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/mathematics/curriculum/f-10

Or for something a bit more student friendly, look through a decent Year 10 textbook (ie. Essentials, ICE-EM are a pretty good guide).

[integrationbyrecognition]

Are the following likely to show up in exam 1? I've never seen them in vcaa or company exams
general solutions
solving cos(x) + cos(3x) = 1/2
binomial expansion
binomial theorem (is this the same as binomial expansion)?
differentiation by first principles
permutations and combinations
Thanks