Physics Unit 4 Exam discussion

[StringFever]

So, how was it?

Was it as easy as the Unit 3 catastrophe?



PS. I don't do Physics, but I'm curious to know!

[simpak]

Yes, I am also interested to gauge opinion on the level of difficulty of the exam in comparison to unit 3!
It doesn't finish for another...6 minutes though, right?

[hyperblade01]

A+ Exam off is either gonna be very high or very low..

89.5/90 vs. 75/90

[KeyMan]

The Light and Matter section consisted mainly of theory. I totally screwed that section up, didn't spend enough time going over the theory in physics 

[homghomg1]

yes, far too much theory, not enough calculations
i thought it was a fairer standard than unit 3, a little harder and much more time consuming cos of all the explanation questions

[Damo17]

I would say it was almost as easy as the unit 3 exam.
Electric power was easy as usual. The theory in light and matter was extremely easy (if you actually utilised parts of TT cheat sheet that he so kindly uploaded). Photonics had some easy MC, but I most likely got a few wrong that I guessed.

[dejan91]

A lot of theory. A lot. It felt like quite a long exam because of them too.

I think the cut off A+ will be lower than unit 3, seeing as they'll be able to take off marks easily for the written explanations.

[Fireworks]

Just got out.
Far too much theory, and as stated, not enough calculations.
I've either done rather well, or horribly depending on what
the examiner thinks of my worded answers.

[almostatrap]

yeah, that was a tonne of writing. I hope i covered all the points in the 2 questions about the experiments.

[Damo17]

I think the cut off A+ will be lower than unit 3, seeing as they'll be able to take off marks easily for the written explanations.

Yeah, I would say high 70's to low 80's A+ cut off. Although many of the calculation based questions were easy, the explanations that took over 'Interactions of Light and Matter' would be where many people will lose alot of marks.

[dejan91]

I've either done rather well, or horribly depending on what
the examiner thinks of my worded answers.

This basically sums the exam up.

[toomoo]

I would say it was almost as easy as the unit 3 exam.
Electric power was easy as usual. The theory in light and matter was extremely easy (if you actually utilised parts of TT cheat sheet that he so kindly uploaded). Photonics had some easy MC, but I most likely got a few wrong that I guessed.

Isnt TT a chick?

[Edmund]

Probably examiners wanting to test students' ability of explaining rather than the usual plug-in of numbers?

[Damo17]

I would say it was almost as easy as the unit 3 exam.
Electric power was easy as usual. The theory in light and matter was extremely easy (if you actually utilised parts of TT cheat sheet that he so kindly uploaded). Photonics had some easy MC, but I most likely got a few wrong that I guessed.

Isnt TT a chick?

We think Male, but tests are inconclusive.

[toomoo]

I see.

Maybe one day.