Mocks 2013 **READ FIRST POST BEFORE POSTING**

Mó Ghrá Sa(idir Lubini), learn the poet, how its a modern poem and can't remember the last bit

Oisín i dTír na nÓg, learns traits of bealiodís

false christianity

Be able to recognise the módh c., aimsir gnáthchaite and uimhir ionra and uimhir onsomething or other (you can tell I did well in the question) Also revise the styles of writing and their features

Q1. Know weights of new born animals/weeds/fungi/plants/crops

Q2. Separation and sedimentation of soils
Trace elements in soils and deficiency diseases
Describe an experiment to compare the drainage of sandy and clay soils.

Q3. Know milk yields and draw that graph

Q3. Option 2
Characteristics of an ewe being selected for flushing
Husbandry factors that contribute to lamb mortality
Environmental and feeding practices in rearing weaners

Q4. Experiments:
-number of earthworms in a pasture
-rate of transpiration of a plant
-% sugar in sample of grass
-% water and solids in milk

Q5. CLOVER!!
Carbon cycle
Outline the practices involved in producing good quality silage.

Q6. Crops

Q7. The Usual Genetics questions
Describe and diagram the arrangement of the chromosomes in a cell with a diploid number of 4 @ metaphase of mitosis.

Q8. Disease control and feeding calves.
Sheep and oestrogen sponges
Breathing system -lungs

Q9. Formation of butyric acid silage
Red water fever
Development of peat over podzol soil
Leader follower system
The practice of sowing ryegrass varieties with different heading out dates
in a seed mixture of grazing.

short qs: photosynthesis, axins, homoeostasis ,--(cant remember teh rest right now ) i did it a few days ago

experiments: enzymes ex, yeast alcohol and photosynthesis, growth regulator (agar disc),

long: genetics, ecology, the eye respiration bacteria, reproduction female plant transport

TEXT 1

I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was about. It was about some girl visiting her aunt. I think she may have had a life-threatening disease of something.

GRAMMAR

Relative Pronouns (decide whether singular or plural, give the gender as appropriate, and then the case)

Write the verbs in the present tense. Fairly standard stuff.

TEXT 2

Was something to do with the problems associated with the internet and social media for children and teenagers. I thought it was fairly manageable.

ÄUßERUNG

There were two headings:

1. Internet als Fach

There was like a picture of a group or something. I didn't focus on this one, sorry.

2. Internet Profil

There was a picture of like iPads and iPhones and you had to describe what was in it in the usual three or four sentences.

I think you had to say what information you gave on your profile (which overlapped with the letter).

You had to give three proposals for internet safety (I'm really not certain of this).

And then three examples of something...

For this, there's a lot you can take from TEXT 2 without understanding it, but definitely cover the area of Facebook, internet communication, social media, etc.


LETTER QUESTIONS

Do you and your family play Euromillions?

Is there an Irish lotto?

What would you do if you won the lotto? Tell me!

Do you have a Facebook profile?

What information about yourself do you put on it?

Do you spend more time on the PC or watching TV?

Do you play computer games?

Is there atomic energy in Ireland?

Was do you think of it?

Are you eco-friendly?

I found it very difficult, might have scraped an A if I'm lucky..

These might not be in the correct order as I had to hand up the paper at the end but yeah, spoilers are spoilers ^^

Q1 was a simultaneous equations question with 3 equations, followed by Factors and long division ( i think ) and then a simplification where you just had to factorize everything and multiply and stuff started cancelling

Q2 Sequences and series question, investigate whether a series was arithmetic or geometric, simple enough
Another question was something along the lines of If Tn-1 = (Tn)^2 - 3n and T1 = 1 find T5. I plugged in the numbers and got 13 but i'm not 100% sure I did it right

There was a proof of induction of the division type, something along the lines of prove n^2 +2n is divisible by 3

The financial mathematics was complete balls and I got none of it bar the easy part a, but it had something to do with amortisian formula and questions based on that.

For the practical applications there was an easy question on a man riding a bicycle with from a distance away from a marker and 3 graphs on distance vs time.

There was an arithmetic question on the physics formula g = gm/d^2, very difficult question if you havn't done physics, especially the part 3 which I'm 90 percent sure even the people in my physics class didn't get. My tip is to not be afraid of getting ridiculous numbers in your answers, and if you get around 8~ for the g for second part you're on the right track

The calculus was differentiate sinx from first principles and to differentiate something inside a sq root. There was a really strange question on newton raphson theorem that I didn't get because the initial part was phrased strangely - something to do with finding two consequtive integers within the boundaries for x in an inequality? the nraphson part of the question was very handy though.... just you had to get the first part out to even be able to attempt the second part.

The complex numbers question was very generous, i think it was find the roots of z^3 = 1, tip arg = 0 and r = 1
a couple more complex number manipulation questions and a question with conjugates game up

Integration was very simple, last question asked you to find the area under a curve cut by a line, could have caught you off guard if you didnt no your stuff. Tip, y=0 where graph cuts the x axis and the points where the line and the curve meet can be found by subbing in expressions in y or x. Also, half the base by the height is the formula for area of a triangle!
I think the hardest question on the integration was integrate cos^3 x , you had to separate it into cosx(1-sin^2 x) i think.

Short Q's: I cant remember them all but heres what i remember!
identify 4 features + are they erosion or deposition (river.)
ordance survey map + ariel photo.
Weather.
Two on graphs you just answer from the graph.
Identify 4 different kind of rocks.
Compass.

PHYSCIAL QUESTIONS:
O1 (a) ordance survey map (draw sketch map)
(b) karast landscape.
(c) plate movement.

Q2. (a) coastal features (picture).
(b) formation of two igneous rocks.
(c) earthquakes.

Q3. (a) diagram of two plates colliding resulting in volcano (answer Q's on picture)
(b) landform of erosion.
(c) postive + negative impacts of one human interaction with the rock cycle

REGIONAL Q'S
(a) graphy of unemployment
(b) manufacturing of two regions in ireland contrast bmw and gda
(c) population distribution in a european region

(a) map of ireland
(b) teritary activites in sub contential region
(c) 2 human factors that define a region

(a) irish farm size
(b) european union
(c)deveoplent on urban area in sub continental region

ELECTIVE
(a) fertility in ireland
(b) historic settlement
(c) pop density + distribution

(a) historic map (draw sketch map)
(b) theories (burgess)
(c) overpopulation

(a) draw a graph
(b) why a town development
(c) urbanisation in sao paulo.

GEOECOLOGY.
how climate affects characteristics of biome you studied.

Macbeth's downfall and theme of kingship

Wide selection of short questions, but they are actually really easy for a change! ABQ is about a global business, the benefits it gives to the local and national economy, it's use of the marketing mix and how ICT benefits a business. Long Questions, question One was tricky enough, stuff about Data Commissioner, and sale of goods and supply of services act, don't remember much on it! Q2 had stuff about franchising the uses of a feasability study and prototype development, Q3 I didn't look at! Then Q4,5,7 were a mixture of stock control, credit control, risk management, democratic leadership, theory X approach.
And there was a question in there somewhere about the benefits and drawbacks of a commerical state-owned company changing to private owned?
Note: Nothing on EU, and no question that includes figures or graphs in the long questions.