Paper 2 - Information and Management Control-

Pre examination

• Review lecture notes after each session.

• Rework all questions that were worked during your tuition or revision phase.
• Make sure that you have read all relevant student newsletter articles.
• Practice as many other exam standard questions as possible, including completing and
course tests/examinations.

Paper-based examinations:

• Spend a few minutes of the examination reading the paper and where you have a choice of
questions, decide which ones you will do
• Unless you know exactly how to answer the question, spend some type planning you
answer. Stick to the question and tailor your answer to what you are asked
• Fully explain all your points but be concise. Set out all workings clearly and neatly, and
state briefly what you are doing. Don’t write out the questions.
• If you do not understand what a question is asking, state your assumptions. Even if you do
not answer precisely in the way the examiner hoped, you should be given some credit, if
your assumptions are reasonable.
• If you get stuck with a question, leave space in your answer book and return to it later.
• Remember that before you finish, you must fill in the required information on the front of
your answer booklet

Computer-based examination

• Be sure you understand how to use software before you start the exam. If in doubt, ask the
assessment centre staff to explain it to you. Questions are displayed on the screen and
answers are entered using keyboard and mouse.
• Don’t panic if you realise you’ve answered a question incorrectly- you can always go back
and change your answer
• At the end of the examination, you are given a certificate showing the results you have
achieved
• Objective test questions might ask for numerical answers, but could also involve
paragraphs of text which require you to fill in a number of missing blanks or to write a
definition of a word or phrase. Others may give a definition followed by a list of possible
key words relating to that description.
• Multiple-choice questions: read the questions carefully and work through any calculations
required. This paper is biased towards narrative rather than computational questions,
essentially testing knowledge rather than application.
• If you don’t know the answer, eliminate those options you know are incorrect and see if the
answer becomes more obvious. Remember that only one answer to a multiple choice
question can be right.
• If you get stuck with a question skip it and return to it later. Answer every question – if you
do not know the answer, you do not loose anything by guessing. Towards the end of the
examination spend the last five minutes reading through your answers and making
corrections.
• Equally divide time you spend on questions. I a two-hour examination that has 50
questions you have about 2.4 minutes per question.
• If sitting a paper-based examination, before you finish, you must fill in the required
information on the front of your answer booklet.

• Do not treat multiple choice questions as an easy option. Do not skip any part of the
syllabus and make sure that you have learnt definitions, know key words and their meaning
and importance, and understand the names and meaning of rules, concepts and theories.