Tests and Exams

Tests and exams, model answers, marks.
 

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The test marks (and Ass 1,2 & 3) and specimen answers.
Read the important comments at the end of the specimen answers.

Other recent tests and examinations are given at the end of this page.

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Examination

General instructions.

While I thought that many of these instructions would have been general knowledge or common sense, experience shows otherwise.

• Put your name and ID number legibly at the top of every page. A name such as "Fred" or "Elsie" is not enough, even if it is readable.
• Start each question on a new page. This refers to the WHOLE question, such as Question 1, Question 4, etc. Parts of questions, (Question 1 (a), 1 (b) and so on) DO NOT start a new page.
• Complete the panel of questions answered on the answer book cover, in the order that you answer them. Questions can be answered in any order, but please have the correct order on the front cover. This panel should not include parts of questions, such as 1(a) or 2(c).
• Do not squeeze "left-over" bits of answers into "left-over" spaces. We probably won't find them.
• Include some explanation and units. Unless the answer is "put the right number in the box", some explanation is usually required. If the answer is a physical quantity, the units are an essential part of the answer.
• Please do not use red pen in your answers. We use red pen for marking; red answers can be most confusing. We ask that you DO NOT use pencil (except for diagrams) -- the pencil can get blunt and the writing very faint. Answer scripts are often photocopied and blunt pencil often copies as nothing.
• Multicoloured inks and correcting fluid are not needed.
• Judge your time and answer length. The examination has 120 minutes for 100 marks. Allowing 1 minute per mark gives 100 minutes, with 20 minutes left to check answers, complete answers and other unfinished business. If you run out of time for an answer, STOP and go on to the next question. There may be time later to come back and complete the answer.
  Do Not write a page for a 1 or 2 mark answer -- 2 or 3 lines of writing per mark should be all that is needed.

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Past tests and exams

Here are copies of all previous exam papers (no model answers are available).
Remember that the syllabus changes from year to year, so you will not even recognise the topics for some of the questions, let alone be able to answer them.

• Exam questions 1997 - 2000
  The style of examination is different from what I use now and many of the topics here are no longer taught
• Exam questions 2001 - 2003
  Half of the 2001 paper was taught by somebody else, but otherwise these are my "typical" questions.
• 1997 exam
• 1998 test
• 1998 exam
• 1999 test
• 1999 exam
• 2000 test
• 2000 exam
• 2001 test
• 2001 exam
• 2002 test
• 2002 exam
• 2003 test
• 2003 exam
• 2004 test
• 2004 exam