Bozo's queries

[Lasercookie]

BTW what did you get for this exam, i thought it was fairly easy (STAV 08)

I haven't done it - I've only done a few VCAA, a few iTute and Neap 2010. Oh and STAV 2011 as well.
I found those all fairly easy, though I think it's because I've enjoyed Unit 4 more than Unit 3 (which was probably partly because I'm not pressuring myself in the back of my mind of getting a 45+ score anymore).

[Bozo]

Alright, so whose got some A+ definitions on the functions and purpose of SPLIT RING commutators and SLIP RINGS.

[paulsterio]

Here you go:

Slip Rings - are used to maintain contact with the coils in an AC Generator. They are used instead of connecting the wires directly to the coils to prevent tangling as the coil spins. Thus, the slip rings act merely as connections to the coils, connecting the coils to the circuit like a simple wire would.

Split Ring Commutators - change the current direction every half cycle, hence they are used in DC motors to change the direction of the force couples every half cycle, causing the motor to rotate in one direction. In electricity generation, they are used to reverse half of an AC signal, hence, acting like a bridge rectifier and producing unsmooth DC Voltage.

[HarveyD]

what did you get on the stav 08 exam Bozo?

[Bozo]

88%

[Bozo]

What did you get?

[HarveyD]

got 94%
so yeah, found it quite good as well

[Lasercookie]

I did STAV 2008 now. I got 82 out of 90. Lost all my marks with sound - made some damn stupid errors :/

Looks like it's time for me to revise sound

[Bozo]

Yeah, its the sound that got me as well. For e.g that question on the distance of some guy and a cliff or something lol, i forgot to divide by 2 because the sound traveled there and back.

[paulsterio]

The thing I hate with Multiple Choice questions is that some of the answer choices are there to trick you! and that getting something that is there gives you a false sense of security that you're getting the right answer!

[Bozo]

+1 on that lmao

[Bozo]

Has anyone got NEAP 2011? or the solutions?

[Bozo]

So how's everyone going thus far?

[Lasercookie]

So how's everyone going thus far?

Finished with all the VCAA ones now, did pretty damn well on most of those. Focusing on non-VCAA exams now. I'm making more silly errors on these than I'd prefer

I'm going to have to sit down and figure out why I keep making these mistakes. 

Something like 3 weeks and five days left until the exam :|

You, Bozo? (no pun intended)

[Bozo]

Yeah I'm going to start doing the VCAA's now. I went TSFX lecture today, was pretty good. Geoff definitely covered any gaps i would've had.