Biology Exam Chat + Exam Copy + Answers (now)

[Panicmode]

Maybe it's my ego more than anything that takes a hit. I was quite set on getting a 50 and people expected me to get a 50...



oh well

You ranked no.1 in your school at biology? Hey, don't worry about it. Seriously. You've tried your best and that's all that counts. The lesson to be learnt from all this is that VCAA are fucking retarded   

[REBORN]

I can't help but point out 2 aggregates is gigantic. Stonecold missed Med by 0.03 or something. But Bazza you'll get 49. I'm confident.

[Truck]

69 average on the exams is good enough to get a 50.... + high A+ for SAC's, you're fine rofl.

And unless you're trying to get into like, med, you can get into just about any course with a 95...

[Danielhogz]

hey whats the highest i can get with highest A for semester 1 and high A+ SACS

[gen.mayu]

Fucking fuckidy fuck fuck.

That exam was a worthless rag. The RNA polymerase question was just mean. Piece of utter crap.

I'm really desperate here for marks, because I know I've at least lost 6, maybe 7.

For the puppy question, where we had to list the parents genotypes, I was really idiotic and wrote for the mother: BbTt, and also for the father: BbTt. Because it's a really small sample size (only 4 puppies) do you think they will accept two heterozygotes rather than BbTt and bbtt?

[footy]

Fucking fuckidy fuck fuck.

That exam was a worthless rag. The RNA polymerase question was just mean. Piece of utter crap.

I'm really desperate here for marks, because I know I've at least lost 6, maybe 7.

For the puppy question, where we had to list the parents genotypes, I was really idiotic and wrote for the mother: BbTt, and also for the father: BbTt. Because it's a really small sample size (only 4 puppies) do you think they will accept two heterozygotes rather than BbTt and bbtt?

I did the same as you for the puppy question. I don't see why they wouldn't accept as those parents could realistically produce those offspring

[ezye21]

FML i got different answers on 15 , 17 and 20 on MC    i hope A+ cut off is at 60 like mid year ... then i might have a chance

[Laecs]

i too had the same answer as you, i think realistically they should accept that answer as it is a small sample size, so in my eyes either are viable.

[gen.mayu]

Coming out of the exam I felt alright, but looking over this I don't feel particularly at ease.

Even if a lot of people found it easy, there appears to be a lot of marks lost in VCAAs retarded wording, so the A+ cutoff might only be 60 or so like the mid-year. :\

Thanks footy and Laecs, btw. Make me feel better haha.

[paulsterio]

there's essentially no difference between a 48 and a 50 mate, you'll get an amazing score don't get so worked up about it

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i've invested basically all of my time into Bio this year largely neglecting 1/2s
diff between 48 and 50 in my top 4 is 2 aggregate, could be difference of getting into course i want

Actually, it's only 1.6 (due to scaling). I seriously doubt 1.6 aggregate points is going to prevent you from getting into the university course you want.

Yeah, and remember, that's only 1 of 4 subjects, you have 3 more left next year to make up for those 1.6 aggregate points, don't stress out too much, just remember that you still have opportunities left! you're in year 11!

[HERculina]

I think this years exam was okay. i bit tricky in some places though
with the stem cell multiple choice question, can option D be right cause multipotent stem cells don't just divide into anything (i think?) and with the OWL questions i got 1/2 and 3/8 (surviving and not having HERDA) but i thought that only heterozygous would survive.
For the question why shouldn't you look at DNA in blabla early hominins, i said cause DNA denatures at high temperatures, especially over time in the fossils? will i get a mark wat was the answer

[LukeMcA]

So, how did everyone go? Did anyone else think that the first short-answer question was terribly ambiguous? It didn't specify whether to: a) Chose between structures M & P, or b) Chose 'A' structure located within the cell (Which really should be called organelles, not structures if that were the case).

Also, for question 5a) (SA) - Was it Germline cells?, and 5b) (Not sure about this one) - X-Linked recessive? :/

[gen.mayu]

5a) had to be germline cells for the HERDA to be inherited
And 5b) was autosomal recessive, because if it was X-linked recessive, then II: 1's father (1: 2) would have had to have HERDA for it to be X-linked.

I thought it was okay overall - but it was not very well written by VCAA, and I just know I've dropped some marks from stupid mistakes here and there :\

[Keo]

I am outraged!

5a) had to be germline cells for the HERDA to be inherited
And 5b) was autosomal recessive, because if it was X-linked recessive, then II: 1's father (1: 2) would have had to have HERDA for it to be X-linked.

I thought it was okay overall - but it was not very well written by VCAA, and I just know I've dropped some marks from stupid mistakes here and there :\

I also got autosomal recessive

[bah-humbug]

yer according to notes, stem cells are multipotent and can only give rise to certain cell times so answer D?