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Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« on: October 07, 2011, 10:57:33 pm »
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Hi guys,

Not to sound boastful or anything, but I'm finding the exams far far too easy at the moment and I'd like something a bit more difficult (not iTute, that was crazy!!!!)

I did the VCAA 2010 exam 2 as my first prac exam just to get a gauge of where I am comparing to the state and then decided to leave the rest of the VCAA till last. I scored 91% which was an A+ for last year, I think I would do a bit better now seeing as that was my first exam and there were a few jitters and rookie mistakes.

So could you give me the top 5 challenging but reasonable exam 1 and 2's that you have come accross, thanks!!!

Please put it in this format:

Exam 1:
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Exam2:
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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2011, 11:22:59 pm »
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1. Kilbaha
2. -
3. -
4. -
5. -

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100. iTute (because they're aren't reasonable)
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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2011, 11:33:49 pm »
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Exam 1:
1. Kilbaha 2010 was pretty good
2. Would have said iTute 2011 but I guess you don't like :P
3. -
4. -
5. -

Not sure for the rest, nothing has really 'jumped' out at me to the point that I honestly did not know how to do it (except iTute, but that's a different story).

Exam 2: NOTE: not really in order after Kilbaha 2010 xD, some may perceive them as easy/hard - whatever :P
1. Kilbaha 2010
2. VCAA 2010
3. Insight 2011 (not THAT sure, though I think there were some good questions in there)
4. Heffernan 2011 (On a similar state with Insight.. will have to look over again)
5. Anything else... not sure
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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2011, 11:37:08 pm »
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I heard MAV were good? Or is that wrong?
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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2011, 11:51:35 pm »
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MAV are VCAA standard tbh, but imo they over exaggerated exam 2 multiple choice this year, way too hard.
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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2011, 11:56:29 pm »
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MAV 2011 was just horrid! Absolutely hard!

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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2011, 11:57:50 pm »
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I've done loads more Spesh than Methods so I can't really talk about Methods much. I'll definitely post back after I've done a few but so far I've only started with probably the two hardest Method exams prior to this year.

I know you've all heard of Kilbaha 2010 and that was pretty insane. It was so long that I took an hour on multiple choice and still got 4 wrong. It was mainly relevant except probably the last question and a few others but the main reason it was hard was because of the length. I was 30 minutes over time.

Then I did iTute 2010.

Honestly you can try it, but don't be disappointed if you get 70% like I did. It is stupid. It's pretty relevant except for the question where you need to USE SPESH DOUBLE ANGLE FORMULA and the last question which I did not understand at all (I think it's actually relevant though, just that they'll never make a question this hard).

So in a nutshell: iTute 2010 is the hardest untimed. Kilbaha 2010 is the hardest timed.
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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2011, 12:00:18 am »
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Is everyone doing the 2011 exams now before they get onto older years? :o
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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2011, 12:12:21 am »
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iTute questions tend to trip you up a lot on the wording in my opinion :)

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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2011, 12:29:18 am »
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In terms of exam 2, I found Kilbaha 2010 the hardest (although i got my second highest score on it :P). VCAA 2010 was pretty annoying as well and TSFX trips you up with some really annoying styles of questions.
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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2011, 02:37:23 am »
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I found TSFX heaps harder than Kilbaha. I honestly don't know why everyone thinks Kilbaha papers are the most challenging - I found them to be on par with Insight and Neap and all that. I think if you know the course back to front AND can intepret different styles of questions, you'll find that no paper will be THAT difficult.
Except itute. If you are that desperate for self-esteem damage, try itute.

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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2011, 07:40:15 am »
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It's pretty relevant except for the question where you need to USE SPESH DOUBLE ANGLE FORMULA

I looked up Methods (CAS) study design p184 under Key knowledge. Quote 'This knowledge includes ................; the index (exponent) laws, logarithm laws and compound angle formulas for sine, cosine and tangent;.............'
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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2011, 11:29:57 am »
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Have any of you done the Insight 2011 Exam 2?
...and found it really hard?
Some of it was okay but the last question about Bruno and jumping over some graph I didn't really understand what it was asking me to do.. at all.
Does anyone happen to have the answers?

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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2011, 01:17:35 pm »
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1. Kilbaha 2010 Exam 2. That was an absolute killer! I spent half-an-hour trying to get out the last question, couldn't.
2. VCAA 2007 was somewhat difficult.
3. VCAA 2010 wasn't that easy either.

Don't bother with iTute, those papers are just plain stupid. The TSFX ones are quite difficult too.

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Re: Top 5 Challenging Methods exams
« Reply #14 on: October 08, 2011, 01:22:19 pm »
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I found TSFX heaps harder than Kilbaha. I honestly don't know why everyone thinks Kilbaha papers are the most challenging - I found them to be on par with Insight and Neap and all that. I think if you know the course back to front AND can intepret different styles of questions, you'll find that no paper will be THAT difficult.
Except itute. If you are that desperate for self-esteem damage, try itute.

I don't like TSFX, so I don't do them, but I agree with you Jane, I think that Kilbaha papers are basically on par with the majority of other Methods Exams, and somehow people keep telling me MAV is easy, whereas I find MAV harder than Kilbaha

I think it comes down to what types of questions you are good at, if it has more of what you're good at and less of what you're bad at, it's easy and vice versa, so you can't define "easiness" - it's subjective

1. Kilbaha 2010 Exam 2. That was an absolute killer! I spent half-an-hour trying to get out the last question, couldn't.
2. VCAA 2007 was somewhat difficult.
3. VCAA 2010 wasn't that easy either.

I found VCAA 2007 quite average, but last year's exam (VCAA 2010 Exam 2) was overall not too bad, but the last question where you had to find "p" was a killer
On a side note, the last question from the 2010 Spesh Exam 2 was a killer as well! damnn! D:

But guys, does anyone know of a hard Exam 1 (not Exam 2) =.="