Update: Pls read the Coop case in the course-pack. Bring the coursepack with you to the exam hall.
Hi All,
Have just now emailed the end-term exam to ASA and asked the AAs to put up the practice exam on LMS. Admittedly, preparing an open-book exam is not fun. Still, I did the best I could.
1. Ideally, questions would be close-ended and easy to sort out. However, some questions are perforce open-ended and involve text asnwers. To avoid confusion and overly long-winded answers, the exam is limited-space only. Meaning, there'll be some space provided within which your answer should fit. Anything written outside the given space will *not* be counted for evaluation.
2. The end-term has 5 questions, is designed for <2 hours but you will have 2.5 hours to do it in. So, time will not be a problem.
3. I reckon, as long as you're structured in your thinking, economical in your use of words, well-planned in your approach to the answer and reasonable in the assumptions you make and state, you should be OK.
Update: Let me re-emphasize that given constrined resources (answer space, in this case, and the use of pens rather than pencils) proper planning and organization will go a long way in helping students. I'd strongly advise making a brief outline of the answer first on provided rough paper before actually using the answer space.
Please feel free to use technical terms as appropriate, highlight keywords etc if that helps graders better understand your emphasis when making a point.
4. The practice exam is about half as long as the end-term but the question types etc are broadly the same. No solution set will be made for the practice exam, it is just for practice only.
Do bring a calculator to the exam.
Any other Qs etc you have on the exam, I'll be happy to take here and add to this thread.
Sudhir
Hi All,
Have just now emailed the end-term exam to ASA and asked the AAs to put up the practice exam on LMS. Admittedly, preparing an open-book exam is not fun. Still, I did the best I could.
1. Ideally, questions would be close-ended and easy to sort out. However, some questions are perforce open-ended and involve text asnwers. To avoid confusion and overly long-winded answers, the exam is limited-space only. Meaning, there'll be some space provided within which your answer should fit. Anything written outside the given space will *not* be counted for evaluation.
2. The end-term has 5 questions, is designed for <2 hours but you will have 2.5 hours to do it in. So, time will not be a problem.
3. I reckon, as long as you're structured in your thinking, economical in your use of words, well-planned in your approach to the answer and reasonable in the assumptions you make and state, you should be OK.
Update: Let me re-emphasize that given constrined resources (answer space, in this case, and the use of pens rather than pencils) proper planning and organization will go a long way in helping students. I'd strongly advise making a brief outline of the answer first on provided rough paper before actually using the answer space.
Please feel free to use technical terms as appropriate, highlight keywords etc if that helps graders better understand your emphasis when making a point.
4. The practice exam is about half as long as the end-term but the question types etc are broadly the same. No solution set will be made for the practice exam, it is just for practice only.
Do bring a calculator to the exam.
Any other Qs etc you have on the exam, I'll be happy to take here and add to this thread.
Sudhir
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