(07-08-2010, 08:51 AM)Peter Wrote:(06-08-2010, 12:17 PM)Hort Wrote: I had a gone at this question. After finishing I felt that I did not have enough to write about. Is there a marking criteria for it?
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PJW alluded to a mark schedule that he put together for last year's mod 5 day, but I have not looked at this against one.
I attach a mark schedule that I put together for myself, so that I had something against which to assess any submitted answers last year. I don't know if the examiners do something similar, but I guess they might. However I am sure that it wouldn't be a "tick list" and indeed, depending on the candidate's background, could be inappropriate to particular answers. However it would form some type of benchmark to make sure the question was "do-able" and to fix the mark allocation in the first place when setting it.
This was primarily based on comparison in NR environment between SL35 conventional lamp head and the Dorman "3 aspects in one housing" product (which initially was the only approved product and also GM Rail had an example).
As I commented to Aditi, the schedule therefore not 100% appropriate to the scenario she described, but probably is rather more so to yours.
Do note that I couldn't actually get myself enough marks in one of the sections and even though I asked around I really didn't get much more content that I considered pertinent. So whereas it is A marking schedule it certainly is not the marking schedule . However may be worth applying it yourself to rate your own effort to see what you come up with- it should certainly be beneficial to start "thinking as an examiner" as you make the final approach to the exam. Don't understimate importance of exam technique.
PJW