Biology Practice Exam Discussion

[Biology24123]

I got 99/110 and yeah  so did our teacher, e.g. For the last  wooly mammoth question the examiner report suggested that u could've said allopatric speciation or speciation, I went with speciation but my teacher took 2 marks off 

Definetely room for improvement regardless, some very silly mistakes like mitochondria is the site of anaerobic respiration wtf haha

I got 1/2 marks for a lot of question which is annoying and lost 4 in MC. Lots of areas to improve

[warya]

I got 1/2 marks for a lot of question which is annoying and lost 4 in MC. Lots of areas to improve

I lost marks on the antigen-antibody complex question, I said that is attracts phagocytes to the site of infection but apparently I should've said 'attracts phagocytes to area so they can engulf pathogen'
Specificity will be the death of me haha

[cosine]

I got 1/2 marks for a lot of question which is annoying and lost 4 in MC. Lots of areas to improve

dont even worry, those MC were a joke, far out..

[warya]

dont even worry, those MC were a joke, far out..

I agree I got 37/40 that phylogeny tree graph thing at the end 

[cosine]

I agree I got 37/40 that phylogeny tree graph thing at the end 

Not even, that bloody plant and motor cells question... okay then.. and also the second last question, how does tools and fireplaces help with socialism?

[Biology24123]

Not even, that bloody plant and motor cells question... okay then.. and also the second last question, how does tools and fireplaces help with socialism?

Haha that plant question. Got that one

[Biology24123]

I'm just wondering, if 87% was last years cut off, does that mean 87% would have been around a low 40's SS

[Jay.C]

Sooooooooo how many practice exams has everyone done so far? and how many are you aiming to complete?

[THEBEAST]

What did people get on 2008 VCAA unit 4?

[warya]

Sooooooooo how many practice exams has everyone done so far? and how many are you aiming to complete?

14 but I hope to do a least 15 more

[foodieisanunderstatement]

does anyone know how much above the A+ cut off you have to be to get 45 or above? Like whats considered a "moderate" A+ and "high" A+.. also how do you improve exam question answering skills? I have done quite a few practice exams (including vcaa and other commercial exams) already and aim to continue doing them until the exam, after each practice exam I go through all the questions I got wrong/were unsure of and write them down but I'm still struggling with answering questions concisely and specifically..  or i don't know what exactly they want.. How do you approach short answer questions?

[Biology24123]

How is everyone scoring on their practice exams?
i'm scoring around 85% on average, need to improve this to 90+

[cosine]

Does anyone have a clear image of the diagram on page 28 of the STAV 2015 exam? My teacher photocopied the exam for me but it is unclear.
(i don't think this is really sharing copyrighted material?)

How did everyone go on the 2013 MC?

[katiesaliba]

dont even worry, those MC were a joke, far out..

Hey, the MC section on the 2014 exam wasn't that bad 

Can I give you guys a tip? I did the bio exam last year, scoring 40/40 on MC and who knows what on the SA...but I only received a SS of 43. So, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU TRY AND EMULATE VCAA'S SUGGESTED ANSWERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE! I remember being so incredibly disappointed when I received my results, and I know that had I followed VCAA's answers exactly, then I would have been much happier You guys are lucky enough to have a thread where someone has posted VCAA definitions, so make sure that you use it All the best, guys! xoxo

[katiesaliba]

I'm just wondering, if 87% was last years cut off, does that mean 87% would have been around a low 40's SS

If 87% was the A+ cut-off, then receiving 87% would've given you a SS around 40.