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Trevor
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Hi, I have a concern about interpretation of questions.
What happens if, I interpret and answer the question slightly differently than how it is "supposed to be", but somehow my points coincide with the solutions?
In such case, will those points score mark? Or it is a straight zero for the whole question because I am not answering the question the way they want it?
For example in 2019 September paper, question 2 iii:
My interpretation during my practice (under exam conditions) is that:
Territory X is a new market, with rapidly growing insurance market.
How the regulation will be like, to "protect" the current state of the market
ie: the market is already rapidly growing before any regulations, how to keep this going?
Whereas the examiner report interprets the question as:
What did the regulators do, that caused the market to be rapidly growing
ie: What regulations caused this situation to happen?
I agree this could be a way to see it, depending on which phrase of the question we emphasize more.
The coinciding points in this case are:
My solution:
Capital calculations are very simple, because the regulators appreciate that the country is new and do not have expertise.
Examiner report:
The capital calculations are simple, that is how the market is developing quickly
We both agree that the calculation should be simple, but I am saying it is simple to maintain the situation;
whereas the solution is saying the rapid development implied the calculation is simple.
Do I still score in this case? We have the same conclusion, but I am interpreting the question differently
Although in this example it is only 5 marks, I am really worried because if this happens to a heavy question (20 marks say), I could potentially score zero out of 20, and fail the exam just for this silly reason.
What happens if, I interpret and answer the question slightly differently than how it is "supposed to be", but somehow my points coincide with the solutions?
In such case, will those points score mark? Or it is a straight zero for the whole question because I am not answering the question the way they want it?
For example in 2019 September paper, question 2 iii:
My interpretation during my practice (under exam conditions) is that:
Territory X is a new market, with rapidly growing insurance market.
How the regulation will be like, to "protect" the current state of the market
ie: the market is already rapidly growing before any regulations, how to keep this going?
Whereas the examiner report interprets the question as:
What did the regulators do, that caused the market to be rapidly growing
ie: What regulations caused this situation to happen?
I agree this could be a way to see it, depending on which phrase of the question we emphasize more.
The coinciding points in this case are:
My solution:
Capital calculations are very simple, because the regulators appreciate that the country is new and do not have expertise.
Examiner report:
The capital calculations are simple, that is how the market is developing quickly
We both agree that the calculation should be simple, but I am saying it is simple to maintain the situation;
whereas the solution is saying the rapid development implied the calculation is simple.
Do I still score in this case? We have the same conclusion, but I am interpreting the question differently
Although in this example it is only 5 marks, I am really worried because if this happens to a heavy question (20 marks say), I could potentially score zero out of 20, and fail the exam just for this silly reason.