AQA A Level Physics Paper 1 7408/1 - 26 May 2022 [Exam Chat]

how much time do you guys have left by the time youve finished all the qs?

Ngl really depends. In my mock, my paper 1 was pretty good so I had like a good 30 minutes or more to do the MC, but paper 2 was not so good and I had like 20 to do them all.

Reply 61

abifray

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Original post by chiefkeeff

how much time do you guys have left by the time youve finished all the qs?

I normally have minutes 😭😭

Reply 62

cata03

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What order do you guys do the paper in? Do you do all the longer answer questions and then the multiple choice at the end?

Reply 63

Hyperil

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Original post by cata03

What order do you guys do the paper in? Do you do all the longer answer questions and then the multiple choice at the end?

That is what I have always done yeah, and like someone above said, if there is a question I can't do, I'll do a few MC and come back to it.

Reply 64

K23E23

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MPQs tend to take a lot of time after question 16-17 ish. They feel like 3 marks questions.

Reply 65

cc2k22

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Original post by cata03

What order do you guys do the paper in? Do you do all the longer answer questions and then the multiple choice at the end?

I tend to read over all of the long answer questions, underlining important info to get the gears turning, then warm up on a few MCQs, maybe 10. Then move on to long answer Qs, hardest first.

Reply 66

fhee

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for MCQs are you supposed to put an X or a Dot

Reply 67

penguingirl18

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How many marks do you think will be allotted to different topics, since the advance info ranks topics in order of mark allocation? From past papers, it seems like one topic has a lot more marks than others.

Reply 68

abifray

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Original post by cc2k22

I tend to read over all of the long answer questions, underlining important info to get the gears turning, then warm up on a few MCQs, maybe 10. Then move on to long answer Qs, hardest first.

Would you say you spend less time on the long answer questions when you do this?

Reply 69

laura ferrao

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What I do is I read through all the paper and I start with topics I'm strongest on/ questions I think I'll get marks for. I spend about 20mins on them and normally get 2-3 of the big questions done. Then I spend about 20mins on MC, working through them in order (try to get 1/2 done). Then I just repeat my method of 20mins on the harder big questions and then 20mins on MC again. I try to finish 20mins before end to check answers.

Reply 70

bryophyte

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I sat the AQA AS paper 1 and there is no multiple choice in paper 1. The long 6 mark question was absolutely on the advance information, but people may have been confused due to the specification and textbooks ordering the topics differently (it was on the photoelectric effect - advance info said 2.2 which does include this, and that was the first on the list and highest in terms of marks). I think the advance info was useful.

Reply 71

Sarahmillier

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Original post by bryophyte

I sat the AQA AS paper 1 and there is no multiple choice in paper 1. The long 6 mark question was absolutely on the advance information, but people may have been confused due to the specification and textbooks ordering the topics differently (it was on the photoelectric effect - advance info said 2.2 which does include this, and that was the first on the list and highest in terms of marks). I think the advance info was useful.

Wait so the topics closer to the top of the page are more likely to have the most amount of marks? x

Reply 72

StoickTheVast

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Original post by Sarahmillier

Wait so the topics closer to the top of the page are more likely to have the most amount of marks? x

Yup, that's what it says on the advanced info. doc:
"For each paper the list shows the major focus of the content of the examination; the topic
areas are listed in rank order, with the areas carrying the highest mark allocations at the top
of each list."

Reply 73

Sarahmillier

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Original post by StoickTheVast

Yup, that's what it says on the advanced info. doc:
"For each paper the list shows the major focus of the content of the examination; the topic
areas are listed in rank order, with the areas carrying the highest mark allocations at the top
of each list."

Okay thank you, that’s helpful to know but I my worst topic is electricity and that’s so close to the top😭

Reply 74

laura ferrao

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Original post by Sarahmillier

Okay thank you, that’s helpful to know but I my worst topic is electricity and that’s so close to the top😭

I'll be screwed if electricity is anything over 10m. Luckily particles and mechanics is above that so hopefully they'll be the heaviest weighted questions.

Reply 75

K23E23

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Got a feeling the mechanics and Forces question will be about upthrust. Haven’t seen a single question about it, but it still is in AQA books.

Reply 76

penguingirl18

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Original post by laura ferrao

I'll be screwed if electricity is anything over 10m. Luckily particles and mechanics is above that so hopefully they'll be the heaviest weighted questions.

I'm hoping for lots of particles questions.

Reply 77

Sarahmillier

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Original post by penguingirl18

I'm hoping for lots of particles questions.

Me too but realistically you can’t get like high markers out of it can you?

Reply 78

Sarahmillier

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Original post by laura ferrao

I'll be screwed if electricity is anything over 10m. Luckily particles and mechanics is above that so hopefully they'll be the heaviest weighted questions.