P3 – Objective Questions Dilemmas

I find that objective test questions are often very difficult at the P3 level. In fact, I believe that often ‘objective’ becomes too like ‘subjective’ especially if words like ‘best’, ‘most’, ‘worst’ have been used.

I think that the problem is that P3 is a high-level exam and therefore relies less on knowledge (very objective) and more on higher skills (such as judgement which is subjective).

There is no easy solution for candidates. If, for example, you are answering a 4-option multiple choice questiin the usually some answers can be ruled out as being wrong. That cuts down the odds. Then look very carefully at the wording of the question and compare carefully to the aswers you are left with to see if a less obvious choice and be eliminated.

First time through, leave questions you think are ambiguous or difficult and ensure you attack all the more straightforward questions. Then go back and use the approach outlined above.

Remember, everyone is in the same boat.

In addition, with regards to questions where you have to choose an unspecified number of responses, it can sometimes help if you ‘turn a question around’. So of a,question asks something like ‘Which of the following are committees under the UK code?’ Then choose your two or three options. Then ask yourself ‘ which of the following are NOT committees under the UK code’. Your choices from the two questionsmshould not overlap. Any which do require some more thought.