Exam Technique, Business

Question 1

What are 4 assesment objectives

Answer 1

Knowledge, Analysis, Application, Evaluation

Question 2

How can you achieve application is every answer without a case study?

Answer 2

Use such as seasoning, use industry specific terminology, dont be vanilla

Question 3

How do you achieve knowledge marks in P1?

Answer 3

Defintions, specialist terminology, using as many fancy words as possible, theories and models

Question 4

How do you get analysis marks?

Answer 4

Detailed chains of analysis, usually around 5.

Question 5

When is evaluation required?

Answer 5

16 marks and above

Question 6

How can you write an evaluation paragraph at the end?

Answer 6

AJIM
Answer to question
Justify answer
It depends on
Most important reason that led to judegement

Question 7

How do you write a business paragraph?

Answer 7

Pecan Pie

Point explained - make your point, explain how it answers question
Contextualised analysis - Chains of analysis, explain point, use contex

(only for eval =)
Point included Evaluation. - a little sentence or two at the end that refers to evaluation hook in question

Question 8

Its a 9/12 mrk, how do you plan your answer?

Answer 8

1st) Unpick ; start, end, scope, wording
Scope will be either 1 or two ideas
2nd) Plan idea/s to answer question, make sure can be explained in depth
3rd) Plan application, how can you get some context in
4th) Think will you include definitions or not

Question 9

Its a 16 / 25 mrk, how do you plan your answer?

Answer 9

1st) Unpick ; start, end, scope, wording
Scope = Intro, 2 arguments, evaluation
Wording = look for evaluation hook
2nd) Plan judgement first, what will be answer, this will be intro
3rd) Plan idea one, in favour of judegement
-Depth of knowledge; theories and models
-Application / context
-Small eval
4th) Plan idea two, counter agrument
-Depth of knowledge; theories and models
-Application / context
-Small eval
5th) Plan judegement
AJIM

Question 10

How do you answer ‘open’ questions?

Answer 10

Same structure but 1st idea use a cirumstance where it is the case, 2nd idea use a circumstance where it is not the case
1 must be from case study,1 from outside knowledge

Question 11

How much time should you have left for the 2x 25 markers in paper 1

Answer 11

An hour