A levels from Cambridge Exam Board

I am an international student(doing A'levels from Cambridge university,as there is an mcq paper,i find it really difficult to do the mcqs,i always get good marks in the structured questions,but crappy marks in the mcq paper,can anyone tell me any tips that will help me improve :redface:

ah btw my subjects in A'levels are Biology,Physics,Maths and chemistry,and physics mcqs trouble me the most

Reply 1

visesh

Do you mean that you are doing A levels on an exam board that is affiliated to the University? Cambridge International Examinations?

Reply 2

Salman

nope the exam boards is cambridge international examinations,i.e the papers are made and checked by the university

Reply 3

visesh

Well with the MCQs, it most important bit is reading the question carefully, and examining the answer-choices carefully. A well read student can normally easily eliminate one or two of the choices as they can seem absurd.

Reply 4

aiman

For your Physics MCQs i would suggest that you know your subject content very throughly. Read the questions extremely carefully, they are often phrased to trick the candidate to pick an incorrect choice. Other than that all you can do is practice the past mcq papers. Repeat them until you can get them right and you understand what is happening.

Reply 5

Salman

anyone know where i can get cambridge past papers,i bought a book(redspot) of past Physics papers but it only got structured questions

Reply 6

aiman

I would recommend the following CIE website:

http://host0428.cammail.net/

which has the CIE June 04 papers

Reply 7

Salman

thanks,that site certainly helps,other suggestions are welcome

Reply 8

aiman

Also go to http://www.cie.org.uk/ which should give you specimen papers for your relevant subjects

Reply 9

medicinewannado

Hi,

As for advice, you should thoroughly check your notes, read them often enough to become familiar with the information. Past papers enable you to test how much you actually know. However, most of the time people think that they know it all, but half of the time you don't. Trust me, been there done that. Im not sure about this international boards though. Anyways, Good luck

As levels currently studying: Biology,Chemistry,Psychology,English,Edexcel exam boards

Sana

Reply 10

Salman