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BBKA members can now download copies of recent past Module papers from the BBKA web site for free.
BBKA members can now download copies of a few recent past Module papers from the BBKA web site for free.
There is logic behind this as the papers produced before 2011 had a different mark allocation compared with recent papers as the older papers were marked out of 75 (with the section C question allocated 25 mks and section B questions 10 mks each). From 2011 all papers have been marked out of 100 with the C question allocated 30 marks and B questions 15 mks each. No change in section A (10 questions each allocated one mark). However section A (which contains relatively straight forward recall questions) now represents a smaller percentage of the total marks (as the total mark for the paper increased).
In addition, because of recent syllabus updates in some of the modules the older papers may not reflect the content of todays syllabi ie candidates would be wise to look at the more recent papers to get a more realistic idea of the sort of thing to expect.
There is logic behind this as the papers produced before 2011 had a different mark allocation compared with recent papers …
In addition, because of recent syllabus updates in some of the modules the older papers may not reflect the content of todays syllabi ie candidates would be wise to look at the more recent papers to get a more realistic idea of the sort of thing to expect.
The papers to download are free whereas previously there were charged a £1 each surely Itma must welcome that.
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If you want papers prior to 2011 then ask around as someone in your association (exam sec) will be hoarding some (also many of the correspondence course tutors and previous exam paper setters have a collection of past papers).
A welcome move.
Never understood the logic of charging for past papers once they were online rather than posted. For an educational charity the aim has to be to encourage learning and anything that promotes education should not be behind barriers. Exams themselves are perhaps different in that there are real costs of printing, distributing, meetings, exam rooms and so on. But putting off learners at the start of study by charging for what is actually only a byproduct of previous exams is counter productive.
Next advance is to make model answers available.
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