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Exam marking

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  • This topic has 6 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 6 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • March 6, 2020 at 10:33 pm #564719
    Anonymous
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    Hi tutor,
    How will questions regarding factoring and settlement discount be marked?

    Let say when calculating the finance cost, i accidentally include the reduction of bad debts,

    And when calculating the revised trade receivables, i deducted the bad debts too

    will that lead to a complete 0 marks allocated? Or a 0.5m?

    I have written all my calculation for both cases. so the marker will know how the figures are derived.

    March 7, 2020 at 9:05 am #564757
    John Moffat
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    In sections A and B your workings are not looked at and you either get 2 marks or zero.

    In Section C it is the workings that get the marks, not the final answer, so you still get the marks for whatever you did correctly.

    March 7, 2020 at 9:56 am #564768
    Anonymous
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    So i wont get the marks since i did it wrongly and wrote the wrong workings?

    March 7, 2020 at 9:58 am #564769
    Anonymous
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    As in a like very slight error in the workings

    March 8, 2020 at 6:18 am #564853
    John Moffat
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    I have already explained to you.

    In Sections A and B you either get 2 marks if the answer was correct or 0 marks if the answer was wrong.
    In Section C you get marks for your workings even if you have made a slight error.

    March 9, 2020 at 2:12 am #564939
    Anonymous
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    I am so sorry. Thank you so much for explaining Mr. Moffat!

    March 9, 2020 at 6:14 am #564949
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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