Quote:We decided at the Brisbane Study Group to make an individual attempt at the 2005 paper under exam conditions.
I gave myself 10 minutes of reading time and then attempted to answer the paper in 1 hour. (20 minutes per question)
I did questions 3, 4 and 6.
Thanks for your help.
Hitesh P
I think that the first page was pretty reasonable for 12 minutes writing; as ever I'd have liked at least two full pages for the entire question but you certainly have the essence of it here and therefore you ought to get a high mark- perhaps 12/ 15 is resonable.
Part 2 was too brief (I wonder whether you were running out of time here) but generally good- it did need a little explanation to support the glib phrases:
"systematic approach" and "follow the evidence".
Also should have placed more emphasis that one would be attempting to theorise lots of different possible causeS and then look for evidence that would either support / disprove each of them.
I think that you should have continued further into the future than the initial immediately-on-the-scene items that were the focus of part 1.
Even so I could be persuaded to award 5/10 so that would make some 17/25 so a high Credit certainly. Given a little more material, then a Distinction may have been a possibility. This goes to show that it is certainly not all about quantity of writing but knowing your stuff and really answering the question. When I first looked at this question the first reaction was it was significantly short, but the punchy content has persuaded me otherwise- given the time constraints then you probably did "good enough" here that time better spent on one of the other questions.
As always, question selection in those first 10 minutes is a key activity for exam success CHOOSE WISELY.
PJW