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CHEM1031 Exam Study and Tips Guide

The document provides study and exam tips for the CHEM1031 exam. It recommends practicing problems, doing practice exams, and focusing on learning objectives and key concepts. On the exam, it advises getting rest, staying calm, and pacing yourself. It emphasizes answering the question asked, showing work clearly, and double checking that answers make sense and have correct units. After the exam, it suggests taking a break before preparing for the next one or celebrating being done.

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CHEM1031 Exam Study and Tips Guide

The document provides study and exam tips for the CHEM1031 exam. It recommends practicing problems, doing practice exams, and focusing on learning objectives and key concepts. On the exam, it advises getting rest, staying calm, and pacing yourself. It emphasizes answering the question asked, showing work clearly, and double checking that answers make sense and have correct units. After the exam, it suggests taking a break before preparing for the next one or celebrating being done.

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CHEM1031

Study Tips

 Practice, practice, practice. Go back to your tutorials and do some questions.


 Try a practice exam and see how you go.
o If you don’t do well in a section then you should study that area more.
 If you are not sure what to study the learning objectives on page 1 of your manual would be
a good place to start.
o Details on Significant Figures are found on Page 5 of the manual.
 The small details are good to know, but it is more important to know the “big picture”.
 If you need help, the duty tutor is available in the Gibson Computer Lab in the Dalton
Building.
o Message on Moodle regarding duty tutor during exam week:

Exam Tips

 Have a good night’s rest before the exam.


 Have confidence. You know the work. You all showed that you knew the work in class.
I believe in you!
 Stay calm and relax right before and during the exam.
o You all sat through heaps of exams for HSC and should be an expert at this. This is no
different.
o Of course, if you are super panicky then that’s okay. Just take some deep breaths, do
the exam at your own pace and you’ll be fine 😊
 Write all your details on the multiple-choice sheet first. So many people forget to do this and
if you don’t then you won’t get any marks for the MC section.
 You have 10 mins reading time. I suggest skim reading through the short answers and see
which ones you can answer immediately. Attempt those questions first as you will most
likely go through them faster.
 Read the questions carefully.
 The amount of marks a question is worth represents how much time/effort you should put
into it.
o You will not gain extra marks for writing extra information, but you will lose marks
for not writing enough information.
o If you write too much, we will only look for key words and ignore the rest.
 Make sure your answers are straightforward.

Example Q: Describe Le Chatlier’s Principle (1 mark).


CHEM1031

Example A: Le Chatlier’s Principle states that when a system at equilibrium is disturbed the
equilibrium will shift to counteract the change. For instance, if you add more reactions, the
reaction will shift to the right to use up the reactants etc etc etc” Stop there.

 When you finish your answer always ask yourself if your answer makes sense.

Example: When I was marking “acids and bases” last year I got pH ranges from as low as -50
to 49. In another section I saw a Carbon with 9 bonds. It was insane.

 If you get stuck move on to another question. Don’t waste time hoping for some idea or
epiphany appear. That time is better spent on something else.
 UNITS! Don’t forget about them and be careful with them! Remember that sometimes you
have to convert from one unit to another i.e. kJ to J in Thermodynamics.

After Your Exam

 Have a break before you study for your next exam.


 If you’re done with exams then celebrate. Congratulations! You’ve survived Semester 1!

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