FBISE SSC case studies
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The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) is the school-leaving credential awarded by the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE), Islamabad, and is commonly called Matric. It is studied across SSC-I and SSC-II and is offered through affiliated institutions as well as to private candidates, with examinations also conducted at overseas centres. The FBISE SSC case studies are 5 cases and about 3,578 words.
1Two density readings that bracket the answer
A Grade 9 student is asked to find the density of an irregular piece of limestone she picked up from the playground. She records the following.
774 words, about 4 min2Crystals that weigh more than the chemistry allows
A Grade 10 student prepares copper(II) sulphate crystals. She is given 25.0 cm³ of dilute sulphuric acid of concentration 1.0 mol/dm³ and adds copper(II) oxide in small spatula loads, stirring and warming gently, until no more will dissolve.
821 words, about 4 min3Reading the isotonic point without reading it off the table
Four groups of students investigate osmosis in potato. A cork borer is used to cut strips of the same diameter, and each strip is trimmed to exactly 40 mm.
803 words, about 4 min4Which "average day" should go to the bank
A shopkeeper records her daily takings for twelve working days, in rupees: 4,200; 3,800; 5,000; 4,500; 4,100; 3,900; 4,600; 4,300; 120,000; 4,000; 4,400; 3,700. The 120,000 day was a single bulk order from a school for a sports day, the third such order in two years.
542 words, about 3 min5Three faults in one school computer lab
A school computer lab has 24 student PCs, one teacher PC, one network printer and a Wi-Fi access point for students' phones, all on the subnet 192.168.1.0/24. The router's DHCP server is configured with a lease time of 8 days and a pool running from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.119.
638 words, about 3 min