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Lucy England
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It looks like the IFoA has now removed the following wording from the FAQs section about using Excel:
Calculations that are copied and pasted from Excel (or any other application) into your Word answer script will receive zero marks.
This section now reads:
Most of the examination subjects require the answers to be provided in Microsoft Word. The exceptions to this are CP2, CM1 Paper B and CM2 Paper B which require the use of excel. When sitting other subjects, you may wish to use Excel to aid with calculations. It should be noted however that any calculations have to be typed in full into your Word answer script to ensure you receive the appropriate marks.
For the CS and CM exam papers, the level of detail that is required for your workings in calculation questions is similar to the model solutions in previous sittings. If you miss out any of the calculation steps then full marks may not be awarded.
It looks like the ban on copying and pasting from Excel has been removed and they're just saying that you need to make sure you're showing workings. So make sure you make it clear in your Word document how you've worked things out, but it now sounds like it's OK to copy and paste results from Excel into Word.
Calculations that are copied and pasted from Excel (or any other application) into your Word answer script will receive zero marks.
This section now reads:
Most of the examination subjects require the answers to be provided in Microsoft Word. The exceptions to this are CP2, CM1 Paper B and CM2 Paper B which require the use of excel. When sitting other subjects, you may wish to use Excel to aid with calculations. It should be noted however that any calculations have to be typed in full into your Word answer script to ensure you receive the appropriate marks.
For the CS and CM exam papers, the level of detail that is required for your workings in calculation questions is similar to the model solutions in previous sittings. If you miss out any of the calculation steps then full marks may not be awarded.
It looks like the ban on copying and pasting from Excel has been removed and they're just saying that you need to make sure you're showing workings. So make sure you make it clear in your Word document how you've worked things out, but it now sounds like it's OK to copy and paste results from Excel into Word.