Biology Exam Chat + Exam Copy + Answers (now)

[Panicmode]

I thought it was easier this year tbh. The only question I found ambiguous was question 18. Wasn't sure if a or b :S

[Drunk]

mm debatable
hope the suggested answers for mc come up soon and put me out of my misery haha

[stonecold]

What is the answer to question 1a) exactly??  :/

[simpak]

Soz guys I will actually fail uni if I put up any suggested answers.  GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, I AM CLOSING THE THREAD NOW D':

[Panicmode]

What is the answer to question 1a) exactly??  :/

either structure M or nucleus....

Question 20 is A.

When you say M or nucleus do you mean both are acceptable or you don't know the answer?

[stonecold]

How is RNAPol in ribosomes?  Unless I am missing something...

rRNA is in ribosomes, not RNAPol ...

[Panicmode]

How is RNAPol in ribosomes?  Unless I am missing something...

rRNA is in ribosomes, not RNAPol ...

Yes, but as it is a protein it is synthesised in the ribosomes.

[lexitu]

Thank you so much to Charmz for putting up the exam! We are working on suggested solutions.

And yes, question 1a is a complete joke - I do hope the assessors (which are independent of the writers to my knowledge) take this into consideration.

[manniet]

I mean it depends on how you intepret the question, if you intepret it is as "which (of structure M or P)" contains RNA polymerase, its structure M (as RNA P is a protein)

if you intepret as "which structure, anywhere in cell, RNA polymerase" it's nucleus

If they knew they were going to write 'structure' about a thousand times more in the following questions. Why didn't they just write something like "Which part of the Cell is it located" instead of using that word to trick silly people like me :\

[stonecold]

If they were trying to ask 'where is RNA polymerase produced', then I don't understand why they just couldn't ask it.  RNA polymerase is produced at the ribosomes yes, but found at it??  I'd say technically incorrect, because it makes it sound like it is a structural component of ribosomes.  Utterly stupid question.

[nubs]

How is RNAPol in ribosomes?  Unless I am missing something...

rRNA is in ribosomes, not RNAPol ...

Yes, but as it is a protein it is synthesised in the ribosomes.

But that type of knowledge is only necessary for unit 3...

[lexitu]

^ Yeah, and if they really wanted to ask you if it was P or M then they could have just had a check box for either answer.

[nickysclone]

I thought it was DNA from the bones or some shit apart from mitochondrial DNA O_o!

[ezye21]

answers anyone ?

[lexitu]

Thank you so much to Charmz for putting up the exam! We are working on suggested solutions.

Just give us a bit of time to write the answers We want to make sure we do a good job on them - they will be available later tonight!

And please, to year 12s with other exams, I know many of you can't resist it but you'll do yourselves a favour to either relax or study for your other exams now!