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Ken Garrett.
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- March 4, 2016 at 8:22 am #303381
I often have a problem with structuring and answer style of my answers , could u groomit suggest Any tips and are the examiners answers exactly how they would want a real answer from a student giving the paper? For example a silly question of mine was that that I’m questions it says u r the audit manager so does that mean in answer I should talk like as the audit manager I would so on so forth?
March 4, 2016 at 3:31 pm #303438Telling you that you are the audit manager is just to indicate what responsibilities you might have eg for planning work, rather than performing detailed tasks.
The best general advice I can give is:
1 Use paragraphs: one for each idea or point you are making
2 Imagine you are explaining to a 16 year-old who has come form school for work experience. You have to spell out in detail what might be required or why something is being done.
3 Try not to use the words ‘check’ or ‘verify’. They are sloppy multi-use words that allow you not to explain in detail. So instead of saying check orders to despatch notes, say inspect a number of orders chosen at random and ensure that each can be matched to a despatch note to indicate that the orders have been fulfilled.March 6, 2016 at 2:14 pm #303838This was quite helpful for me as well thanks groomit and thanks for the help throughout the session! Wish me Luck!
March 6, 2016 at 2:38 pm #303844Best of luck!
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