Exam Review 08: Written Questions hints and tips

[aparge2]

How useful did you find the detailed review of module 1? I personally found it quite helpful advice for next year having not sat it this year.
Andrew

[Milo.Lloyd]

I found it interesting - especially that you need to think laterally rather than by rote - but intimidating - I plan to do Module 1 last out of the exams.

I thought it would be kind of the examiners to give a general idea of what they were looking for e.g. for question 6 put 'Find at least 5 reasons why the signal may be prone to SPADs' instead of us concentrating on 3 reasons and failing. I would have suggested this but had to leave early.

Good luck later in the year!

[Douglas]

I would certainly advocate leaving Module 1 to the last. Once you've passed three others then you'll have far more 'general knowledge', and you'll be more fit for module 1.

However it's still a tricky exam. Milo's point about stating the number of 'reasons' seems fair.

D.

I found it interesting - especially that you need to think laterally rather than by rote - but intimidating - I plan to do Module 1 last out of the exams.

I thought it would be kind of the examiners to give a general idea of what they were looking for e.g. for question 6 put 'Find at least 5 reasons why the signal may be prone to SPADs' instead of us concentrating on 3 reasons and failing. I would have suggested this but had to leave early.

Good luck later in the year!

[Jerry1237]

The IRSE exams are vocational and whilst exam technique is critical, working knowledge is a huge advantage. An answer to a question may be valid but if it is not complete, how can the examiner judge that you understand the ramifications or causes. After all, it is your job to persued the examiner you understand and that they should award you the marks!

Jerry

[Peter]

Some information from the exam review session:

Module 1 headline comments:

1. Read the question
   
2. Do not write out the question (the examiner knows what was set)
   
3. Write legibly (there were one or two cases where they struggled to read it)
   
4. Observe the mark breakdown (it was put in a couple of years ago at the request of candidates but still people ignore it)
   

Good tips from those in the know.

[PJW]

Some information from the exam review session:

Module 1 headline comments:

1. Read the question
   
2. Do not write out the question (the examiner knows what was set)
   
3. Write legibly (there were one or two cases where they struggled to read it)
   
4. Observe the mark breakdown (it was put in a couple of years ago at the request of candidates but still people ignore it)
   

Good tips from those in the know.

I tried to get the official minutes for use next weekend at Signet Derby; unfortunately they are not yet available. The reality is of course that veryone is a volunteer and priority has had to be given to getting the exam papers set, but personally I am disappointed to say the least that it is so close to this year's exam without the feedback re last year being published. All I can say is that I am putting on what pressure I reasonably can.