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25 October 2018

2018 Technology and Living (Food Science and Technology) Exam

Briefing Session (Paper 1 Section B Q1 and Paper 2 section B)

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PAPER 1 SECTION B Q.1

Fair

Satisfactory

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2012 practice paper

2012 sample paper

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Sample 1

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No marks as this technique applied to the first design

Sample 2

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Sample 3 and 4

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Sample 5 ,6 and 7

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Sample 8

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Common mistakes: Some candidates failed to evaluate their designs according to the scenario given and gave out irrelevant suggestions

Why?

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PAPER 2 SECTION B Q.7

Good

Fair

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Satisfactory

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Good

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PAPER 2 SECTION B Q.8 Fair

- stated the correct type of fermentation - not able to describe in detail the formation of cheese curd.

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Fair

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PAPER 2 SECTION B Q.9 Fair

- not know that the size of the dark blue area shown in the iodine test indicates the abundance of starch in the food item

- not able to explain that the change was due to the conversion of starch into sugar during ripening.

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Good

Good

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Fair

- Most of them correctly identified the critical control point, they failed to state the time and temperature requirements.

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Fair

Satisfactory

Poor

Poor

PAPER 2 SECTION B

Q.10

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Fair

PAPER 2 SECTION B Q.11

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Very clear and detailed description of the chemical change

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Not able to identify the physical change due to the conversion of oil to fat through hydrogenation

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can elaborate more on the health risks associated with the converted products

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