Exam

[Thorny1503]

How did you guys find the exam?

[walkec]

Oops, just accidentally made a discussion thread too, haha.
I thought it was very long. All the questions were do-able, but I think today's paper was more difficult than the 2011 and 2012 ones. I also thought the choice of extended response was interesting.

Am I also right to think there was no defining food spoilage/food poisoning question as per usual and nothing on purposes of packaging? And I can't remember there being a question on micro encapsulation either..

[fdhgdzh]

I thought the short answer questions were very good, their structure would have enabled more knowledgeable students to explain things in depth. It was nothing new, same sort of stuff as seen in the previous food tech exams. One thing that got me though was the mc question about the structure of that grain thing, I studied that in unit 1&2, and ended up taking a wild guess, I think I picked B. I put a lot of effort into food tech over the past two years, and felt as if all of that effort really paid off, I think I might have dropped 8 marks, which is fairly good in my books

[fdhgdzh]

Oops, just accidentally made a discussion thread too, haha.
I thought it was very long. All the questions were do-able, but I think today's paper was more difficult than the 2011 and 2012 ones. I also thought the choice of extended response was interesting.

Am I also right to think there was no defining food spoilage/food poisoning question as per usual and nothing on purposes of packaging? And I can't remember there being a question on micro encapsulation either..

I was disappointed about that, because I studied a lot regarding new technologies, and also the packaging purposes, oh well.

[walkec]

Yeah I was really hoping the extended response would be about emerging technologies. I really love a good bit of micro encapsulation and membrane technology. I liked the short answer about high pressure processing though 

The multi choice about the grain threw me a bit too. I ended up trying to use process of elimination with the nutrients in starch to work out the answer. I have a feeling that I put C but I can't remember.

[fdhgdzh]

What did you guys put for the primary processing of milk question? I never studied the primary processing of milk and took a wild guess; milking of the cows and pasteurization.....

[cakkeay]

What did you guys put for the primary processing of milk question? I never studied the primary processing of milk and took a wild guess; milking of the cows and pasteurization.....

Yeah that's right! Pretty good guess haha! 

[fdhgdzh]

Are you joking

[cakkeay]

Are you joking

Wasn't it secondary processing? Oh fcuk don't tell me I read the question wrong...

[fdhgdzh]

Wasn't it secondary processing? Oh fcuk don't tell me I read the question wrong...

Omg stop it
Sarcasm is extremely difficult to pick up over the Internet

[cakkeay]

Omg stop it
Sarcasm is extremely difficult to pick up over the Internet

Nooo LOL I'm not being sarcastic :c because I wrote pasteurisation and homogenisation for my answers - but that's for SECONDARY processing but if it was asking for PRIMARY processing then I'm fked and read the question wrong..

[fdhgdzh]

Oh Jesus now I'm getting confused, I can't even remember what the question said anymore

[fdhgdzh]

Oh well, I'm getting a copy of the exam on Monday, I'll be able to check for certain then. I'm paranoid that I lost quite a few marks on misreading and misinterpreting the questions now

[walkec]

I'm about 99% sure it said primary processing of milk. I said
1. Collection of milk from cows
2. Analysis of milk for butter fat and micro organism content.

[cakkeay]

tbh i'm glad i didn't study much because the questions where doable but it was sure a looooong exam..
CAN I GET AN AMEN UP IN THIS JOINT?!