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Hi,
Does the exams have negative marking, since I tried giving
more details and selecting more combinations for multi
choice qns ,I go less score than usual.
One example is ARDSA compulsory paper.
Can any one clear my doubts.
Rgds,
vijay
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"Vijay" <vijay_mohire@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Does the exams have negative marking, since I tried giving
> more details and selecting more combinations for multi
> choice qns ,I go less score than usual.
>
> One example is ARDSA compulsory paper.
>
> Can any one clear my doubts.
That type of scoring is *only* present on case study type exams like ARDSA
(70-100). 70-300 is like that too. One one hand, many of the questions on
these exams allow partial credit for an incomplete answer, but they do also
deduct points if your answer includes options that are incorrect. So it's
possible to have a mix of correct and incorrect options and still wind up
getting 0 credit for a question. It is not possible, however, to get a
negative score for an individual question. The worst you can do is 0 points,
so it's always best to try to answer every question. Once you think you have
a reasonable answer, however, it may make sense to leave out any additional
options you are unsure of.
MS has not released details on how many points are gained or lost for each
answer component, but if you look at the Transcender demo for 70-100, it
shows one possible implementation of such a scoring system.
Again, most MS exams do not work this way. The standard form all multiple
choice exams require exactly correct answers to get full credit, anything
else gets no credit.
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Hi Tim,
Thanks for feedback.I feel you are right that selecting
ONLY correct ans and in right order in study case ans will
do good ,else the more deviations the less you score.
Rgds,
Vijay
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>"Vijay" <vijay_mohire@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:26cc01c2b7bb$0f5fd020$8df
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>
>> Does the exams have negative marking, since I tried
giving
>> more details and selecting more combinations for multi
>> choice qns ,I go less score than usual.
>>
>> One example is ARDSA compulsory paper.
>>
>> Can any one clear my doubts.
>
>That type of scoring is *only* present on case study type
exams like ARDSA
>(70-100). 70-300 is like that too. One one hand, many of
the questions on
>these exams allow partial credit for an incomplete
answer, but they do also
>deduct points if your answer includes options that are
incorrect. So it's
>possible to have a mix of correct and incorrect options
and still wind up
>getting 0 credit for a question. It is not possible,
however, to get a
>negative score for an individual question. The worst you
can do is 0 points,
>so it's always best to try to answer every question. Once
you think you have
>a reasonable answer, however, it may make sense to leave
out any additional
>options you are unsure of.
>
>MS has not released details on how many points are gained
or lost for each
>answer component, but if you look at the Transcender demo
for 70-100, it
>shows one possible implementation of such a scoring
system.
>
>Again, most MS exams do not work this way. The standard
form all multiple
>choice exams require exactly correct answers to get full
credit, anything
>else gets no credit.
>
>
>.
>
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