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Examination Discussion 2014
« on: November 11, 2014, 11:57:21 am »
How was it!?

I'm doing the paper as I'm writing this.
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2014, 11:58:56 am »
Any questions on significant figures this time around? :P
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2014, 12:09:19 pm »
Thushan- that question on ionising Z groups was on there! Thankfully VCAA told us that it ionised! Was fairly accessible I thought.
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2014, 12:41:13 pm »
Not a very hard exam. Very accessible. Even though it was 45 pages, I completed it comfortably with 30 minutes.
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2014, 12:52:12 pm »
Quote from: Ya Habibi on November 11, 2014, 12:41:13 pm
Not a very hard exam. Very accessible. Even though it was 45 pages, I completed it comfortably with 30 minutes.

I did not find it as accessible as most people here haha I spent a lot of time on one question so I wasted a lot of time there <_< >_> overall, not as bad as I thought it would be.

So happy that there was hardly any bio stuff wooooo hooooo !!! Or biofuels
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2014, 12:57:35 pm »
Quote from: Blondie21 on November 11, 2014, 12:52:12 pm
I did not find it as accessible as most people here haha I spent a lot of time on one question so I wasted a lot of time there <_< >_> overall, not as bad as I thought it would be.

So happy that there was hardly any bio stuff wooooo hooooo !!! Or biofuels

yeah really glad there wasn't much biochem or biofuels!

pretty heavy on electrochem but not exactly terrible either? it was tough but yeah not as hard as expected.
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2014, 01:00:11 pm »
Finished doing the short answer except the essay question. I found the paper a bit on the difficult side, there are some questions the answer to which I'm not entirely confident about.

Will write solutions to SAQ in a subsequent post.
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2014, 01:02:11 pm »
Re: 2014 Chemistry Exam Solutions

Solutions to SAQs here.
« Last Edit: November 11, 2014, 01:09:53 pm by thushan »
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2014, 01:03:11 pm »
I felt that there was more unit 4 then unit 3 stuff on there but it wasn't too bad. Harder than last years exam I would say though...
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2014, 01:03:21 pm »
Quote from: thushan on November 11, 2014, 01:00:11 pm
Finished doing the short answer except the essay question. I found the paper a bit on the difficult side, there are some questions the answer to which I'm not entirely confident about.

Will write solutions to SAQ in a subsequent post.

Harder than 2013?
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2014, 01:04:01 pm »
This is probably the dumbest question but is mA a thousandth of an amp?
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2014, 01:04:30 pm »
Quote from: speedy on November 11, 2014, 01:03:21 pm
Harder than 2013?

Yeah, I'd say so. Lots of questions from left field.
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2014, 01:08:08 pm »
Quote from: Mieow on November 11, 2014, 01:04:01 pm
This is probably the dumbest question but is mA a thousandth of an amp?

Yep. Little m is 10^-3
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2014, 01:09:53 pm »
I'm glad this wasn't my paper haha! It was definitely harder than last year, I think it's safe to assume the A+ cutoff would have to be at least a little lower considering the length and raised difficulty of the questions.
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Re: Examination Discussion 2014
« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2014, 01:12:07 pm »
Btw why was apricot ground to a powder? Is it so it could dissolve quickly in solution?
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