WorksheetsExam Answering Strategies
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 4mins
How should you structure a 3-point answer?
Provide a detailed introduction and conclusion only.
Identify the topic, outline three key points, and summarize.
List five points and elaborate on each one.
Focus on one key point and ignore the others.
What should you avoid in a 3-point answer?
Overly simplistic answers
Technical jargon
Excessive detail, vague statements, irrelevant information
Personal opinions
What is the focus of 6-point questions?
Assessing understanding through detailed responses.
Testing memory recall through short answers.
Focusing on quick responses without elaboration.
Evaluating basic knowledge with multiple choice answers.
How many key ideas should you identify in a 6-point answer?
2
4
5
3
What is a key component of a structured 6-point answer?
A conclusion without any supporting points or introduction.
A clear introduction and conclusion with three supporting points.
A single supporting point with no introduction or conclusion.
An introduction followed by two supporting points and a summary.
What should each key idea in a 6-point answer include?
Key ideas should consist of unrelated anecdotes.
Key ideas should focus solely on personal opinions.
Key ideas should include: main concept, supporting details, relevance, summary, implications, and concluding thought.
Key ideas should include only the main concept.
How can you demonstrate a broader understanding in a 6-point answer?
Limit the discussion to a single viewpoint.
Focus solely on personal opinions without evidence.
Demonstrate broader understanding by integrating diverse perspectives and critical analysis.
Avoid any analysis or critical thinking.
What is the benefit of being concise in exam answers?
Conciseness allows for more detailed explanations.
Conciseness improves clarity and efficiency in communication.
Concise answers are less likely to be graded favorably.
Being concise can lead to misunderstandings.
How can you ensure clarity in your answers?
Provide a lengthy, unstructured response.
Use complex jargon to impress the audience.
Ignore the audience's background and preferences.
Use clear language, structure your response, and tailor it to your audience.
Make clear by reasoning or evidence, illustrating with examples or practical application
design
present
list
demonstrate
To improve incrementally, elaborate or expand in detail. Evolve to a more advanced or effective state
develop
summarize
list
justify
Give a detailed account including reasons or causes
explain
create
construct
state
Provide an answer from a number of possibilities. Recognize and state briefly a distinguishing fact or feature
create
construct
present
identify
Give valid reasons or evidence to support an answer or conclusion
list
define
construct
justify
Give a brief account or summary
outline
construct
evaluate
define
abstract a general theme or major point/points
list
construct
develop
summarize
Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure (to identify parts and relationships, and to interpret information to reach conclusions)
construct
present
create
analyze
Give the precise meaning of a word, phrase, concept or physical quantity
list
define
outline
summarize
Make clear by reasoning or evidence, illustrating with examples or practical application
design
present
list
demonstrate
Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process
create
describe
develop
justify
DISCUSS
Consider the merits or otherwise of an argument or concept.
Offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range of arguments, factors or hypotheses.
Present opinions or conclusions clearly which is supported by appropriate evidence
Evidence to support: Types of evidence can be statistical or data, quotes from experts, anecdotal, your own experiences, use of key ideas.
This command term requires you to provide an overview or the main features of an argument, point of view, text, narrative, diagram or image.
Differentiate
Compare
Outline
Identify
This command term requires you to identify components/elements and the significance of the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications; determine logic and reasonableness of information
Analyse
Name
Distinguish
Describe
This command term requires you to recognise similarities & differences and the significance of these similarities and differences.
Compare
Define
Discuss
outline
This command term requires you to show, prove or defend, with reasoning & evidence, an argument, decision and/or point of view using given data and/or other information.
Suggest
Identify
Justify
Contrast
This command term requires you to provide characteristics, features & qualities of a given concept, opinion, situation, event, process, effect, argument, or experiment in an accurate way.
Outline
Describe
Compare
Predict
To make clear by reasoning or evidence, illustrating with examples or practical application is to:
Plot
Demonstrate
Explain
Examine
To provide an answer from a number of possibilities is to:
Outline
Apply
Identify
Determine
To breakdown in order to bring out the essential elements or structure is to:
Suggest
Analyse
Explain
Distinguish
Give valid reasons or evidence to support an answer or conclusion.
Predict
Justify
Evaluate
Examine
Offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range of arguments, factors or hypotheses. Opinions or conclusions should be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence.
Comment
Justify
Examine
Discuss
Give a detailed account including reasons or causes.
Explain
Analyze
Deduce
Determine
Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation
Give a brief account
Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation
Abstract a general theme or major point(s)
