(02-09-2010, 10:29 PM)cmcvea Wrote: i have tackled my weakest subject and would avoid such a question if possible -be kind!
A lot of the skill in the exam is being able to avoid questions that don't suit!
Although I feel that I very much have the relevant experience for this question [having accumulated neary 30 years experience primarily in implementation of projects through almost all parts of the lifecycle ranging from consultancy in the early feasibility phases, work in the ISA / NoBo arena re approvals, a history in detailed design currently being Contractor's Responsible Engineering signing off design as Approved for Construction but primarily being known as a tester who has become deeply involved in the Verfication and Vaalidation of new projects], I am not sure that I'd have chosen this one- I don't have confidence that I can actually see what the examiners were really after from me.
Hence it would have been a bit of a gamble; I might have gone ahead on the basis that "there aren't many people better equipped to answer this than me and that probably includes you, Mr Examiner, so I am going to answer it in my way. I will be able to show you that I do have the relevant experience, include some things that you haven't thought of, weave in enough of your specific question so that you have to concede that I am very much on topic and thus effectively challenge you to dare not to give me good marks even if it was not quite the answer you thought you wanted. I could do this and would expect to succeed in carrying it off just because of my experience and when I am sure of my ground I can be quite assertive- however few candidates for the exam would be in that position and discretion may be the better part of valour.
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Anyway, regarding your attempt and with the proviso that I am notconfident that I am sure what answer they were expecting:
First part well answered, although perhaps a bit sketchy towards the end.
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