physics As practical exam today

[unknown1996]

how was the exam today ? difficult hard ?
the gradient should have beeen postive or negative ???
i hope all did well

 

[Wolfgangs]

I got a positive gradient, what about you?

 

[malooky sugarcube]

it got a negative gradient .....
*scared*

 

[unknown1996]

i got it negative one and another person also negative
two other friends got it postive
i guess that keeps the probability 1;2

 

[Wolfgangs]

Variant 31, but maybe our variant is familiar, what was your about?

 

[manaln]

I used a pencil to fill in the values in a table!
Am I losing all those marks for the table?

 

[Wolfgangs]

I used a pencil to fill in the values in a table!
Am I losing all those marks for the table?

I don't think so. I wrote with pencil too.

 

[omaaaar]

I too got a negative gradient and I asked my friends mostly all of them also got negative gradient
I too filled the table with pencil I don't think they would cut marks

 

[omaaaar]

Overall the paper was easy the most tiring and time consuming thing was to make the angle between the two strings 90

 

[Wolfgangs]

Well, as the mass increases the mass X moves upward so angle increases. Bring them to 90 the mass x moves downward and the spring stretches

 

[huh]

Don't think so. The papers are scanned so doesn't really make a difference.

Please dont tell me you're serious. Only multiple choice is scanned, which is by the OMR. Structured and Practical are graded by examiners.

 

[randomcod]

I don't think pencil-writing will get you penalized. Scientists are taught to use pencils for graphs AND tables so it's no wonder some of our teachers emphasize on the importance of using a pencil when creating a table. I reckon 30-40% of candidates will do tables with a pencil, and so if it really were penalized, Cambridge would make it very clear the same as they make very clear not to write on any barcodes. They can't just drop marks because of pencil writing, and it definitely is not a problem with visibility or how clear it is for the examiners as our graphs and lines of best fit are obviously done in pencil! Do NOT worry about a table done with pencil writing, everyone has done it in my school for years yet people achieve A*'s and high A's. If the 10 marks were dropped every time someone did a table with paper, marks would be nowhere near as high. So yeah, do not worry.

 

[David Black]

how was the exam today ? difficult hard ?
the gradient should have beeen postive or negative ???
i hope all did well

i got positive

 

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[Ahmedlool]

was paper 31 mechanical and electrical?

 

[omaaaar]

was paper 31 mechanical and electrical?

31 was just mechanical
No electrical at all

 

[Ahmedlool]

i was told that p32 was all mechanical aswell....am i right?