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[escsamx]

so i was just like looking at a practice exam for the ddp final/test or whatever for tomorrow, and i was just wondering how much it actually counts towards your final grade since it is ridiculously hard .

[blackmanor1000]

20% of your final grade, at least for my teacher. The test doesn't look too hard. Even the vocab that was never, ever, brought up in the DDP Glossary and Curriculum, can be figured about reading carefully. The practice test is also from 2006, maybe Rochester and PLTW changed the curricula and the tests since then. I hope.

[Wilson]

Point is i don't know how the format of the exam will be like which is why im worried about it. How many multiple choice, will there be drawing part, short answers, etc? Also, from two people i hear that we can use a cheat sheet for the ddp exam, is this true and if yes, can you elaborate on it?

[escsamx]

i also would like to know if you fail a term of ddp do you have to retake that term? caus ei heard there's no summer school fer ddp.

[MaiAndy]

Wilson, on Jun 21 2009, 06:40 PM, said:

Point is i don't know how the format of the exam will be like which is why im worried about it. How many multiple choice, will there be drawing part, short answers, etc? Also, from two people i hear that we can use a cheat sheet for the ddp exam, is this true and if yes, can you elaborate on it?

You can only use the sheet for one section of the test. Forgot which one it was.

escsamx, on Jun 21 2009, 07:03 PM, said:

i also would like to know if you fail a term of ddp do you have to retake that term? caus ei heard there's no summer school fer ddp.

If you fail the first term and pass the second you can get the credit. Not sure about the other way around. There was PM school for DDP.

[escsamx]

whats a pm school?

[MaiAndy]

escsamx, on Jun 21 2009, 07:14 PM, said:

whats a pm school?

Afterschool classes.

[escsamx]

i dont get it. so like we have to take an extra period of ddp in sophmore year or something? or do you mean like tutoring ?

[escsamx]

wait what exactly do we take tomorrow? is it a college exam or a final?

[Wilson]

MaiAndy, on Jun 21 2009, 07:12 PM, said:

You can only use the sheet for one section of the test. Forgot which one it was.

So what can we have on the sheet and how should the sheet be setup. Since the sheet can only be used for one section, we wud take out the sheet during that section. Does this mean the exam would be broken into sections and our time wud be limited for each section? Will the ddp exam be as long as a regents? I have this sample ddp exam with section A,B, and C. Section A was mult choice, Section B said HS credit and section C said college credit. Will our exam have all 3 section because section C(college credit) was really hard.

P.S. My ddp teacher never told us about the cheat sheet so should i still prepare one?

[Ilya R.]

You can use the cheat sheet for parts B and C of the exam (not sure how that works).

And go ahead and make it cause you won't be having your DDP teacher proctoring anyway.
You can write anything you want on the sheet, but it can only be 1 side of handwritten notes. The other side will have to get signed by the proctor ensuring that it is blank. If you go against this rule the sheet will be taken away and you will lose the privilege of having it.

The exam will be 2 hours and 15 minutes long. It will contain all 3 sections.
http://docs.google.c...3qwd_666hn3db4j
There's some things you will need to know.

[leo2car]

All PLTW exams have the same format:

Part A: Multiple Choice
Part B: Non-Multiple Choice for High School Credit
Part C: Non-Multiple Choice for College Credit

From my experience, They have the same questions from year to year, renumbered and answers mixed, like A is C, C is B, etc.

IED Part A 2005-6

In New York State, DDP is IED

I think the Cheat Sheet is for only Part C, i was like that for PLTW Digital Electronics, Part B and C for Principles of Engineering

[Wilson]

Warchief, on Jun 21 2009, 09:18 PM, said:

You can use the cheat sheet for parts B and C of the exam (not sure how that works).

And go ahead and make it cause you won't be having your DDP teacher proctoring anyway.
You can write anything you want on the sheet, but it can only be 1 side of handwritten notes. The other side will have to get signed by the proctor ensuring that it is blank. If you go against this rule the sheet will be taken away and you will lose the privilege of having it.

The exam will be 2 hours and 15 minutes long. It will contain all 3 sections.
http://docs.google.c...3qwd_666hn3db4j
There's some things you will need to know.

So the cheat sheet must be 1 sided and handwritten on looseleaf or computer paper?

[Ilya R.]

Yea, no photocopies either.

[Wilson]

Can anyone give me some information that i should put on my cheat sheet?

[NickC]

Put everything and every single detail you went over in class. Include vocab. Include examples of what a oblique, orthographic, etc, drawing is. Including definitions. Include some formulas that will help you that are not on the formula sheet.

WHen I took the PLTW Principles of Engineering Exam, my "cheat" sheet was on computer paper and the font was so small I literally fit the entire curriculum with terms and definitions on it. Write wisely.

[Wilson]

lol i wrote pretty big on the sheet but turns out i didn't even need to use it.

[NickC]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I didn't really need my formula sheet either lol.

[gordanlam2135]

was this during your year though because right know my teacher said it was all mulitple choice and it had like 40 questions only and no drawing and she didnt say you can use a cheat sheet

[xMrStrife]

gordanlam2135, on 22 January 2012 - 12:12 PM, said:

was this during your year though because right know my teacher said it was all mulitple choice and it had like 40 questions only and no drawing and she didnt say you can use a cheat sheet

For the DDP finals, you can use a cheat sheet. (I think it has to 8.5 by 11inches. )