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chem practice exams
« on: September 17, 2015, 08:48:40 pm »
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Wondering how everyone's going with chem practice exams?
This evening I did an Engage paper and ended up with 82/90 :( a bunch of silly mistakes.
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Re: chem practice exams
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2015, 10:34:51 pm »
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Quote from: zsteve on September 17, 2015, 08:48:40 pm
Wondering how everyone's going with chem practice exams?
This evening I did an Engage paper and ended up with 82/90 :( a bunch of silly mistakes.
Which engage paper did you do? I did the 2012 one and had a kind of rubbish result (mid 70%ish) so that result in comparison is really good!
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Re: chem practice exams
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2015, 02:52:28 pm »
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I did the exam B, not sure which year... it was 2013-2016 SD I think... so it wasn't the one you did.
dw practice makes perfect ;)
btw make sure you check your answers critically, Engage's papers tend to have mistakes in the solutions :P.
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Re: chem practice exams
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2015, 03:14:35 pm »
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Which ones are perceived to be the hardest/easiest?
Ive done only tssm so far and have been averaging really well but maybe thats because they're easier  :P
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« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2015, 03:55:27 pm »
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Quote from: warya on September 24, 2015, 03:14:35 pm
Which ones are perceived to be the hardest/easiest?
Ive done only tssm so far and have been averaging really well but maybe thats because they're easier  :P

I think TSSM are the easiest. The hardest practice exam I've ever done is the unit 4 KBT exam. You should be overjoyed with 70% especially in the multiple choice section. You can find this exam somewhere on the forums. The next hardest exams are probably Thushan's exampro exams and Neap exams.
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Re: chem practice exams
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2015, 06:01:08 pm »
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Quote from: Bruzzix on September 24, 2015, 03:55:27 pm
I think TSSM are the easiest. The hardest practice exam I've ever done is the unit 4 KBT exam. You should be overjoyed with 70% especially in the multiple choice section. You can find this exam somewhere on the forums. The next hardest exams are probably Thushan's exampro exams and Neap exams.
ooh thanks for reminding me about those KBT exams. How hard?
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« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2015, 08:23:07 pm »
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Where do you buy KBT exams from?
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Re: chem practice exams
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2015, 08:28:58 pm »
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Where do you buy KBT exams from?
They only made two exams - unit 3 and unit 4 in 2010
You can find it here atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?topic=132863.0
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« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2015, 09:44:23 pm »
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Personally I feel that Neap is probably the most difficult, and VCAA fairly easy, except for Unit 3 2011 ... some questions were answered correct by 6% or something !
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Re: chem practice exams
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2015, 10:17:25 pm »
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Quote from: zsteve on September 24, 2015, 09:44:23 pm
Personally I feel that Neap is probably the most difficult, and VCAA fairly easy, except for Unit 3 2011 ... some questions were answered correct by 6% or something !
This is the question that only 6% got awarded the mark for.... aaand you can see why lol
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« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2015, 10:19:24 pm »
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That q was SO MEAN :(
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Re: chem practice exams
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2015, 10:20:20 pm »
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Quote from: Bruzzix on September 24, 2015, 10:17:25 pm
This is the question that only 6% got awarded the mark for.... aaand you can see why lol
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Cool question!
Can anyone explain the solution?   ::)
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« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2015, 10:21:27 pm »
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D is the answer, ionic beats polar interactions for solubility
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« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2015, 10:25:09 pm »
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Quote from: TheAspiringDoc on September 24, 2015, 10:20:20 pm
Cool question!
Can anyone explain the solution?   ::)

FYI the question is from VCAA (as per a couple of posts ago), and hence has a solution on their website http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/exams/chemistry/chemistry1_assessrep_11.pdf

Out of interest, when did you complete Unit 3 chem content?
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« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2015, 10:25:33 pm »
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Quote from: zsteve on September 24, 2015, 10:21:27 pm
D is the answer, ionic beats polar interactions for solubility
Huh.. And why was it that the electron jumped from the nitrogen to the oxygen in particular? Is it the xtreme electronegativity of oxygen?
Thanks  ;D
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