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On this question I feel the examiner dd not frame the it properly. See question A. He asked the criteria that you should consider in deciding suitable performance measures in respect of the directorsa focus… the answer to this is actually the performance measures. Asssit me if the examiner was fair in the question? I feel we candidates might be failing because of their questioning prblems..whats your thinking on this help me.
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I agree with owenatu that Part A question is somewhat misleading and with redundant words. It requires the candidates to ‘discuss the criteria that should be considered in deciding upon suitable performance measures…’. The candidates may probably list the factors affecting the choice of performance measures. The question could be simplified to ‘discuss THREE appropriate quantitative measures in respect of the primary focus of each of the FOUR directors of CSG’.
What the candidate may do is to pay attention to the capital letter ‘THREE’ and ‘FOUR’. If the examiner just wants to discuss the factors affecting the choice, why does he stipulate THREE appropriate performance measures?
A further action could be taken is to write to ACCA to raise and explain the ambiguity after the examination. ACCA should consider any justifiable complaints when marking the papers.
I have not seen any kind of complaint pertaining to this issue. How do you suggest we make this concern available to the ACCA. To me, my fear is similar issues might feature in forth coming exams hence affecting candidates answering. To this effect we are not to in any circumustance discreting his examination question framing.
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It’s difficult to get everything perfect. What you need to get is just 50 marks and it is equally impossible that more than half of the questions are imperfect. Stop worrying and just do your best in the examination.
Your strategy may include:
1. Avoid answering any questions that you feel ambiguous.
2. State your assumption clearly.
3. Read into the intention of the examiner. For example, you may question why the examiner mention ‘THREE’ in capital letters if he just want me to identify the factors for consideration.Finally, you cannot see any complaints on that question. If you sat for the examination at that year, it would not be bad to be the first and the only one to raise the issue to ACCA. Not all candidates are smart as you can see the problem. ACCA might not be able to set a perfect paper every time, but they will do their best to make everything fair at the end.
In examination, as in the real world, it is rare that we can control the result or our destiny. What we can manage is the process only!
Often its the student who finds question confusing because he dont have the proper understanding of question verb requirements , however examiner indeed is confusing.
Take it to ACCA boys!
I do think the wording was fair in this question.
The question said “Discuss…………..providing THREE…..measures”
The only place he can really be faulted is that it would have been better to have a comma before the word providing.
On a more general point, the best use of the 15 minute reading time is to read the requirements of each question, and highlight or underline the key requirements (here, the words ‘discuss’ and ‘provide’) – it is so often that one sentence asks for two or even three things.
(You can still use highlighters on the question paper, even though you cannot in the answer books 🙂 )
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