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Is there any point doing more questions than asked?

  • 15-06-2010 8:06pm
    #1
    osealy
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭


    Will they mark the Best ones or only the first number needed (asked for)?


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  • #2
    ajjmk
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭ajjmk


    they have to mark absolutely everything you do, but they will only use your best questions to give you a percentage :)


  • #3
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,395 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    They'll mark them all and disallow the worst ones, so in effect your best ones will be counted.

    You didn't specify the exam. If it's history or French, I wouldn't do any extra questions but make sure the ones that you do are as good as they can be.


  • #4
    lucybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭lucybrown


    no


  • #5
    teacher30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 122 ✭✭teacher30


    osealy wrote: »
    Will they mark the Best ones or only the first number needed (asked for)?

    I marked French for the last two yrs.

    You are way better-off doing 3 good questions than doing extra ones...and it makes the life of the examiner much easier too !! lol. Yes we have to mark ALL work but you the best marks are picked

    Bonne chance!!


  • #6
    wonderfulname
    Registered Users Posts: 3,943 ✭✭✭wonderfulname


    They always take your best ones, I did two extra questions in math just in case i'd made some disastrous mistakes somewhere.
    At the same time i would never do it in an essay based exam because the likelihood is the time you would take to answer a question would be far better spent improving other ones, timing is tight in exams such as these.


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  • #7
    stainluss
    Registered Users Posts: 864 ✭✭✭stainluss


    osealy wrote: »
    Will they mark the Best ones or only the first number needed (asked for)?

    They will count your best questions, it is good to do it in ones like Biology, Physics, and ones where youre ok for time, but it would be hard in English, French, History etc


  • #8
    EvilLlamaThingy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭EvilLlamaThingy


    Depends on the exam and the timing imo. For French tomorrow I probably will be doing an extra one, purely because I won't need the full time for the exam. It's better then just sitting there or leaving early (Under the assumption I've checked everything multiple times and have fixed/improved as much as I can)


  • #9
    teacher30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 122 ✭✭teacher30


    wonderfulname wrote: »
    They always take your best ones, I did two extra questions in math just in case i'd made some disastrous mistakes somewhere.
    At the same time i would never do it in an essay based exam because the likelihood is the time you would take to answer a question would be far better spent improving other ones, timing is tight in exams such as these.


    Well-said!! :)


  • #10
    Viva La Cozzy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Viva La Cozzy


    in ordinary french i'd advise doing both the cloze test and the form, as there both very easy and don't take long, there's always the possibility that you'll do better in one than how you planned to do in the other


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