This is the follow on from our first post on exam technique. If you have not read yet, here is the link: Good Exam Technique?
Exam technique can mean different things to different people. It is not just how you write the exam, but also how you prepare for the exam. What time are you go to bed the night before the exam. What time you are you going to get up. What are you going to have for breakfast or lunch. All these factors have an impact on you on exam day and thus is part of your technique of writing exams.
Preparing for the exam
This starts the day you finish the your last exam. When are you going to start studying again? How much rest/alcohol do you need after the previous test? CTA and alcohol do not mix, hangovers must wait till …show more content…
You prepared well. What are you having for lunch? How much liquid are you going to drink? Bathroom breaks during an exam is bad exam technique, there just is no time for it. Plan you bathroom breaks, please. Red Bull before an exam? Bad idea, very bad idea. This is only to be used to get you over the finish line not to get you into the race. This might be controversial but energy drinks will require you to pay back the energy you got at a later stage. If this is during an exam you might find yourself without energy, so exhausted you can't even think. CTA is a marathon, not a sprint. Pace yourself and finish …show more content…
We have all read it, the examiner has also read it. If you find yourself rewriting large parts of the ISA's of IFRS you are probably on the wrong track. The mark allocation will inform you on how much plain theory you have to write done. There is always marks for it, but the bulk of your marks comes from the scenario. If the company has a name, use it in your answer. If the CFO has a name, write his name down. Let the examiner know you have read and understood the scenario and have the ability to apply theory to it. Please remember to answer the question, write conclusion in which you answer the original
Exam technique can mean different things to different people. It is not just how you write the exam, but also how you prepare for the exam. What time are you go to bed the night before the exam. What time you are you going to get up. What are you going to have for breakfast or lunch. All these factors have an impact on you on exam day and thus is part of your technique of writing exams.
Preparing for the exam
This starts the day you finish the your last exam. When are you going to start studying again? How much rest/alcohol do you need after the previous test? CTA and alcohol do not mix, hangovers must wait till …show more content…
You prepared well. What are you having for lunch? How much liquid are you going to drink? Bathroom breaks during an exam is bad exam technique, there just is no time for it. Plan you bathroom breaks, please. Red Bull before an exam? Bad idea, very bad idea. This is only to be used to get you over the finish line not to get you into the race. This might be controversial but energy drinks will require you to pay back the energy you got at a later stage. If this is during an exam you might find yourself without energy, so exhausted you can't even think. CTA is a marathon, not a sprint. Pace yourself and finish …show more content…
We have all read it, the examiner has also read it. If you find yourself rewriting large parts of the ISA's of IFRS you are probably on the wrong track. The mark allocation will inform you on how much plain theory you have to write done. There is always marks for it, but the bulk of your marks comes from the scenario. If the company has a name, use it in your answer. If the CFO has a name, write his name down. Let the examiner know you have read and understood the scenario and have the ability to apply theory to it. Please remember to answer the question, write conclusion in which you answer the original