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Post-UMAT 2018 Debrief Thread

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nts said:
What did you guys get for the circuit question (what will happen to light X). I said it will remain off.
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That was one of the hardest questions for me, I kept redrawing the damn circles but I think that the second? dial (not sure) doesn't fully form the circuit on either position 1 or 4, which means the light would be off in both cases. Something like that, not too sure :/
 
Trinhcent said:
did you guys get 3% for the disease immunisation question? The last question of the stem where it asked which option would decrease susceptibility the most, I put D(?) which was something like immunising the already immunised population with a second shot and also immunising the unimmunised population? something like that? sorry guys if this is real fuzzy
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I got 3 yup.

nts said:
What did you guys get for the circuit question (what will happen to light X). I said it will remain off.
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I found that one quite tricky to be honest. Couldnt visualise it. I remember guessing either 3 or 4 for the how many to ensure off
 
nts said:
I solved it mathematically and got 6/100 so 6%
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if half the population got immunised once (5% failure) and then half got immunised twice (1%)
we use a sample of 1000, 500 immunised once = 475 immune and 25 susceptible and then 500 immunised twice = 495 immune and 5 susceptible. Does this mean 30/1000 are susceptible = 3% ?
 
keksdee said:
D is correct. Solved using percentages and D gives u the lowest percentage of susceptible people.
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Wasnt it very clear that D was MUCH MUCH lower than any other option?

I remember the rest being close but D being very very low compared to others
 
Does anyone remember the answers/questions for the plot of land questions with the 50 storey building? I remember I put 12800 and 14400 but I forgot the questions to which I put those numbers to...
 
Trinhcent said:
if half the population got immunised once (5% failure) and then half got immunised twice (1%)
we use a sample of 1000, 500 immunised once = 475 immune and 25 susceptible and then 500 immunised twice = 495 immune and 5 susceptible. Does this mean 30/1000 are susceptible = 3% ?
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Yeah that must have been an error on my part. I used a sample population of 100 but miscalculated the 5% failure. Wasted answer :(.
 
keksdee said:
Does anyone remember the answers/questions for the plot of land questions with the 50 storey building? I remember I put 12800 and 14400 but I forgot the questions to which I put those numbers to...
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I blind guessed all those questions so whatever you've got will be better than what I got (or really, what I didn't get)
 
keksdee said:
Does anyone remember the answers/questions for the plot of land questions with the 50 storey building? I remember I put 12800 and 14400 but I forgot the questions to which I put those numbers to...
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I had those answers as well but I guessed.
 
SACHIK said:
- For light X, i put "remained off"
- For the disease question, I put 3%
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For the circuit question, I think in the second question X was never on in the first place and then turning the switches cw 3 positions did not affect this at all. So i got the same
 
This is a work in progress collation of any questions that can be remembered! Mostly this is useful for: a) identifying them in practice material, and b) working out which/how many were trial questions.

I’ll grab what I can from the thread, but feel free to PM me or post here if you remember more later on.

SECTION 1
Home/away
Plot of land/50 story building
Immunisations
Circuit question
Liquid mixing
Juggling balls
Quadtree
Snow aging air bubbles
Sleep disorders
Life expectancy
Placebo and drug trial effectiveness
IQ of men and women for different ages
Government supporters vs non supporters

SECTION 2
Herman (cartoon)
Mother speaking to colleague
Woman saying “thank you very much”
Guy and his wife who paid for research trip
Pregnant mother “believe you me”
Girl who could dislocate hip
2 fathers talking about reaction to recent birth
Female doctor being given needle
Couple winning lottery
Kindergartener and teacher interaction
Mother and teenage daughter argument
Woman talking to friend about boyfriend and marriage
Father encouraging son to join baseball league
Dude who calls ex to talk about saving someone life
The miscarriage website (insensitive comments)


SECTION 3
Next-in-sequence: thin black cross - thicker grey cross - thicker again black cross

TRIAL
Possibly the plot of land/50 story building question

Let me know if you think any are in the wrong spot.
 
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jamesatwestbeach said:
Yeah I got D as well,

What did you get for the question after that, which said what immunisation strategy would leave the amount of people susceptible to the disease closest to 10,000 out of 1,000,000, [I'm not sure of the actual numbers used]. I ended up picking A which was to immunise 90% of the population once, after a quick skim of the other options.
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I probably messed that one up but pretty sure i picked 99.99 immunised with double dose
 
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