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Cross reference these with some professional summary notes, such as those that can be found in books such as ‘Checkpoints’ or ‘VCE Exam Essentials’ by TSFX to ensure there are no gaps in your summaries. Complete as many questions from the textbook as possible.  \n• As all Physics students should now know, they can take one double-sided A3 sheet (or two A4 sheets securely stuck together) of annotated notes or “cheat sheets” into the exam. Don’t take the easy option and download a version from the internet or photocopy one from the best student at school. The cheat sheet is an individual thing and the development of this cheat sheet serves as a powerful learning tool – one that enables you to consolidate all the concepts that you’ve found to be difficult across the year. Ideally, this document should develop over the year as topics are completed.  \n• Try to complete your cheat sheet before you start working through past VCE exam papers. You should end up knowing the details of this sheet so well that it may end up not being used in your exam.  \n• In the three to four weeks before the exam, work through as many practice papers as possible. In working through these papers, resist the temptation to consult solutions too quickly. It is best to complete an entire topic area, or perhaps the whole paper before checking answers. Some students refer to solutions too quickly and don’t spend enough time pondering possibilities – which impedes on how much they learn.  \n• It is incredibly important that you read through the VCAA Assessment Reports so you can become familiar with what’s required to obtain full marks. These reports also provide an insight into areas of difficulty and common problems that students encounter.  \n• Ensure that you are familiar with the current format of the VCAA exams, which commenced in 2017.  \nThe Physics exam is 2 hours and 30 minutes long and you’ll get 15 minutes of reading time. There are two sections to the paper and every question is compulsory.  \nSection A consists of 20 multiple-choice questions that are each worth one mark.  \nSection B consists of short answer questions that are worth 110 marks i.e. close to 85% of your exam mark.  \nPTO  \n• Work through as many trial papers that have been written in the current VCE exam format as possible.  \nVCE exams between 2017 and 2020 reflect the current exam format and relate to the current Study Design.  \nNote that due to the impact of COVID-19, the Unit 3 & 4 Physics course was revised in 2020. The 2020 VCE exam did not therefore assess every dot point listed in the Unit 3 & 4 Study Design.  \nAlthough the VCE exam papers between 2013 & 2016 were structured differently, questions were presented in a similar format to that which you will see in this year’s exam. Most of the core topics that are examined in Section A are relevant to the current Study Design as are the following Detailed Studies in Section B: Einstein’s Special Relativity, some of Synchrotron & Its Applications and select questions in Sound.  \nBetween 2002 and 2012, there were separate exams for Unit 3 and Unit 4. Some of the topics in past VCE exams are not relevant to the current Study Design and care needs to be taken when working through similar topics as some concepts/questions wouldn’t appear in your exam.  \nPhysics Exams between 2005 & 2012: Topics relevant to the current Study Design include:  \nUnit 3 Exams: Section A – Motion in One and Two Dimensions, Section B: Einstein’s Special Relativity  \nUnit 4 Exams: Section A – Electric Power & Interaction of Light & Matter, Section B: Synchrotron and Its Applications,  \nSome concepts in Sound.  \nPhysics Exams between 2002 & 2004: Topics relevant to the current Study Design include:  \nUnit 3 Exams: Some of Sound, Some of Electric Power  \nUnit 4 Exams: Motion, Gr","cbCaisckp3PQmhM8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisckp3PQmhM8","pdf",2082856,"English","# Revision notes and cheat sheets\n## Summary notes and cross-referencing\n## Building and using cheat sheets\n# Practice papers and solution strategy\n## Completing past papers and trial papers\n## Using assessment reports\n# Exam format and timing\n## VCAA exam structure and compulsory questions\n## Section A: multiple choice timing\n## Section B: short answers timing and marks\n# Unit and topic relevance across years","[{\"question\":\"How should students prepare summary notes before starting past VCE exam papers?\",\"answer\":\"Start a Physics revision program by making summary notes from the textbook, then cross-reference with professional summary notes to remove gaps. 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