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Pencil and Ruler or Pencil and Ruler?

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA PM Performance Management Forums › Pencil and Ruler or Pencil and Ruler?

  • This topic has 5 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by AvatarJohn Moffat.
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  • May 8, 2014 at 2:04 am #167836
    AvatarNgu
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    The BPP text Im reading suggest that I use a pen and ruler for drawing decision trees and I find this unusual. Is it permissible to use a pen for drawing?

    May 8, 2014 at 6:50 am #167848
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    You have to use a black pen in the exam.
    You are not allowed to use pencil.

    May 8, 2014 at 9:19 am #167870
    AvatarAhmed
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    You have to use a black pen for everything (Even graphs) in exam pencils are not allowed

    May 8, 2014 at 11:02 pm #167988
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    Use pencil to draw your graphs (and labels), then once you’re happy with your workings you can just draw over the graph with a (black) pen.

    Therefore there’s no need to cross out your work if you make mistakes. And your work will look more neat and easier for the marker to mark!

    May 9, 2014 at 10:27 am #168013
    AvatarAhmed
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    I dont think there is so much time in the paper that first you draw with pencil, then you trace it with a black pen!!

    May 9, 2014 at 11:13 am #168030
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    Drawing over the pencil lines with a black pen is sensible and it really should not take more than a couple of seconds just to ink in the pencil lines 🙂

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