General Notes
An examination provides a means of assessing a candidate's ability to recall and apply
- skills, knowledge and understanding within a set period of time and under clearly specified conditions. An examination is an assessment instrument designed by the Tutor/Internal Assessor in accordance with the instruction given in Section 11 of the module descriptor.
Section 11 states the required number of sections in the examination, the duration of the examination and the marks allocated for each section of the examination. The examination paper assesses a range of Specific Learning Outcomes and can consist of short answer and/or structured questions. For each examination paper the Tutor is required to devise a brief, a marking scheme and a set of outline solutions.
Examinations may be:
- Practical, assessing the mastery of specified practical skills demonstrated in a set period of time under restricted conditions
- Interview-style, assessing learning through verbal questioning, one-to-one or group
- Aural testing, listening and interpretation skills
- Theory-based, assessing the candidate's ability to recall and apply theory, requiring responses to a range of question types, for example, short answer, structured, essay. These questions may be answered in different media for example, in writing or orally.
Where examinations are required as part of the assessment portfolio of the learner, such examinations should be carried out under examination conditions. A person other than the Internal Assessor should generally supervise these examinations.
Things to remember:
- You should change your examination questions each time you deliver the particular module.
- You should keep examination papers and/or confidential assessment material in safe custody at all times.
- You should devise an Examination Attendance Roll, which should be signed by each candidate and the supervisor. This Attendance Roll should be present in the Tutor Folder.
- All copies of the exam should be collected by the tutor at the end of the exam.
- A student who arrives after the exam has started within ten minutes can be admitted at the discretion of the invigilator.
- All students must remain in the examination room until the final 20 minutes.