2015 Biology Exam PDF and Suggested Solutions

[Sine]

I know a friend who got 45 in Bio my year and scored 97 or 98 (I forget exactly). So I guess that's around the half-way mark. I was actually annoyed because when I got back my results (statement of study score) I realised that I lost marks from one assessor more than the other. Like one assessor I think took off like 4 marks, and the other took off like 14 marks. It just goes to show - you don't kno and it depends a lot on who is marking your work. The crazy Bio lady who wants everyone to fail because she didn't get above 45 in Bio, or the relaxed guy correcting exams on his balcony in CBD. Luck.

would it go to a 3rd assessor if that was the case.

Also I'm pretty sure that bio examiners mark in sets of questions now e.g they go through 50 question 1's

[cosine]

I think you'd get part marks - given that 4 gametes are produced you'd had to have just shown 4 gametes (2 just repeated). I know it's such a stupid way of asking the question.

thanks for that yacoubb.

that question was 2 marks, and there was 8 possible genotypes. do you think they would allocate only 1 mark if you got 4 of the 8 correct? or does it again depend on assessor?

[plants]

Thanks Yacoubb and bangali_lok; I really appreciate your consoling words. It's difficult, for me, not to stress and fret over my answers on the exam but you guys have made me feel a bit better about everything.

[Yacoubb]

would it go to a 3rd assessor if that was the case.

Also I'm pretty sure that bio examiners mark in sets of questions now e.g they go through 50 question 1's

Probably!

[Yacoubb]

thanks for that yacoubb.

that question was 2 marks, and there was 8 possible genotypes. do you think they would allocate only 1 mark if you got 4 of the 8 correct? or does it again depend on assessor?

Yeah probably 1 mark to 4/8 right

Thanks Yacoubb and bangali_lok; I really appreciate your consoling words. It's difficult, for me, not to stress and fret over my answers on the exam but you guys have made me feel a bit better about everything.

I know! & if it makes you feel any better, that was me after the Methods exam that I had worked so hard on studying for all year. We can't undo what is done It's all about moving forward! If you ever want to just rant PM me guys! Ranting is good sometimes!

[heids]

RE GAMETES:

My personal opinion is that you don't need all 8 to score full marks.  I think only 4 are needed; I think they provided four boxes to 'trick' people, as in, they provided more options than necessary so it was up to you to decide how many possible gametes there were, rather than just telling you there were four.

I think it would be ridiculous to take off a mark for doing what is 'the right thing', because it IS correct if you fill out only 4 gametes (in fact a better answer I believe) - don't think they needed you to fill out all boxes.  Either way seems right to me.

I remember there was a question about how many nucleotides you'd need for a certain amino acid chain, and people went saying 'if you didn't add the extra three for the start codon you won't get the mark', but VCAA was happy with either 270 or 273.

Forgive me if I've misinterpreted this question.  Just wanna say that I believe VCAA will be flexible and award full marks to either answer.

(And equally, I'm open to the PM rants )

[Sine]

I know a friend who got 45 in Bio my year and scored 97 or 98 (I forget exactly).

hopefully it's even lower this year

[Yacoubb]

hopefully it's even lower this year
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Really sure it will be!

[Gromekk]

Can anyone else not click on the spoiler tags? It's not working for me and I've tried on two browsers...

Edit: dw right as i post this it works -.-

[banaidil]

hey, how do check out the short answer solutions? all that comes up is a link and when i click nothing comes up.

[Bruzzix]

hey, how do check out the short answer solutions? all that comes up is a link and when i click nothing comes up.

The link was broken for some reason. It's fixed now.