SUGGESTED GAT SOLUTIONS LOL

[nathankb]

fair enough...
so it does something, for sure...:p

[elaine]

the ones i hate the most are the poems (unit 15, unit13, unit10, unit8)

lol i thought they were the 'fun' ones. haha i skipped straight to them

[jsimmo]

fair enough...
so it does something, for sure...:p

I think it also contributes to the moderation process of SAT's (media, studio arts, art ect)

[nathankb]

yeah plays a big role in SAT's
and apparenly monash uni will look at it as a means of selection into certain courses

[mhsstudent]

Hm, ok, I've just done a quick comparison and I have most of your solutions, Lycan.

This really really isn't important, but there are two questions where I disagree with you.

Question 52 asks us to interpret the temperature/salinity/density graph. It shows that, for a constant density, and increase of temperature results in an increase of salinity, hence option C, rather than your suggested option B. The way I see it, density is independent of temperature in the data, and acts as the relating factor between salinity and temperature. Although I could be missing something.

Question 62 is an interesting one, you chose B, which was also my initial choice. Though on second thought, if we consider the actual effect of public assumptions on the "presumption of innocence" to be irrelevant, then televised trials could be used to swing the public eitherway because an insight into trial proceedings could give the public an opportunity to sympathise (not that sympathy should have any bearing on a fair trial). Once again, feel free to prove me wrong.

Finally, for question 68, the obvious answers are either A or D. I also chose D after a bit of debate, although now, in retrospect, I think A may have of been the better answer, because there is absolutely no indication that there is any "force" to conform. The conformity may be completely voluntary and thus it becomes a display of self-control.

Anyway, I'm thinking about these questions as if the GAT is actually important or anything I think I may still be in my post-chem/physics exam-performance analysis mood.

The questions were kind of fun though, in a boring way (PARADOX).

//Edit: I just realised that I'm still using the communal MHS account. My username is lwine.

[Mao]

Question 52 asks us to interpret the temperature/salinity/density graph. It shows that, for a constant density, and increase of temperature results in an increase of salinity, hence option C, rather than your suggested option B. The way I see it, density is independent of temperature in the data, and acts as the relating factor between salinity and temperature. Although I could be missing something.

in terms of chemistry/math:

density: mass/volume

salinity: concentration of NaCl. Since NaCl is heavier than water itself, the more ppt of salinity, the heavier a particular sample weights. therefore density is kind of proportional to salinity, where salinity is the independant variable.

temperature: the higher the temperature, the more kinetic energy of molecules, the more movement, hence expansion of volume -> lower density. therefore density is also proportional to temperature, where temperature is the independant variable.

in any case, option C has to assume that density is constant, which means that a variable pressure need to be applied if you want that relationship to work. This is not completely wrong, its just not completely right.

option B is a better choice. if you heat any of those sample, the density will lower.

Question 62 is an interesting one, you chose B, which was also my initial choice. Though on second thought, if we consider the actual effect of public assumptions on the "presumption of innocence" to be irrelevant, then televised trials could be used to swing the public eitherway because an insight into trial proceedings could give the public an opportunity to sympathise (not that sympathy should have any bearing on a fair trial). Once again, feel free to prove me wrong.

you have misunderstood the statement that the "public assumption of guilt" can harm the trial preceedings

//Edit: I just realised that I'm still using the communal MHS account. My username is lwine.

and LOL! MHS communal account!!!
enwiabe you are famous

[Lycan]

Mao beat me =(

Pretty much what he said.

Also, the Q.68, it was the suit that made me choose D. I also interpreted the wings to mean 'freedom of thought'.

[lwine]

Mao:
Your explanation of 52 definitely makes sense (and I don't doubt its correct), though it means that we keep the salinity constant, raise the temperature, to see the density decrease. What is the most logical way to deduce this from only the graph?

I'm still uncertain about 62 so I won't try to argue .

Thanks Mao (also your Chem solutions were awesome).

//Edit: Aha! It was the uniform/funky suit that made me choose D as well. Still...

[jsimmo]

Mao beat me =(

Pretty much what he said.

Also, the Q.68, it was the suit that made me choose D. I also interpreted the wings to mean 'freedom of thought'.

thats exactly why I chose D

[Mao]

[how do I quote? ]

Mao:
Your explanation of 52 definitely makes sense (and I don't doubt its correct), though it means that we keep the salinity constant, raise the temperature, to see the density decrease. What is the most logical way to deduce this from only the graph?

I'm still uncertain about 62 so I won't try to argue .

Thanks Mao (also your Chem solutions were awesome).

1. press the "quote" button on the top right of a post

2. the salinity will not be constant. if we have a sample and we heat it, the volume will no doubt increase, hence salinity will also decrease [concentration decrease as volume increase] (unless we are going by weight/weight, in which case it is constant)
so in hindsight, D is also slightly correct

and lastly, thanks for the acknowledgement

[ung03]

I hear that monash uni look at the gat now for middle band but thats the only other thing i know that its used for

[Addy]

Mao, guess what?
If I followed my bus the whole way down the line, I'd get to Berwick.
haha.
and for the suit and caged wings, I interpreted that as being forced to conform due to the mind (that clearly wants to fly free) being caged, and also to a lesser extent the suit in which is, most of the time, something we are required to wear to conform.

[dr_nick22]

Well, according to your suggested solutions, looks like i got 66/70. I got 2 from humanities, 2 from maths/science wrong. I really hope your solutions are right, cos that would be a great score! At worst, i would have got 65/70, as i wasn't sure of which answer i chose for the 3rd P/Q/R/S one, but i think it was the right one.