Kati Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Suppose I had enough time in the exam (p2) to respond to 3 essay questions instead of two, would the examiner read all of them and choose the best two? Our biology teacher suggested doing this in order to maximise marks and I just wanted to double check if that's allowed. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timtamboy63 Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Not allowed, the examiner would read the first two. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut Butter Jelly Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 If a candidate has attempted more than the required number of questions within a paper or section of a paper,mark all the answers and use the marks of those answers that have the highest mark, unless the candidatehas indicated the question(s) to be marked on the front cover.From chem 2009 (new syllabus) p1 and p2. I assume its the same for bio, physics 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastcoast93 Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 You won't have time! Just chose the best two and answer them thoroughly and detailed! 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kati Posted April 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 I'm pretty sure I would have enough time, I always had more then 30 minutes left at the end of the mock exams I did. Now I'm a bit confused as I've gotten contradicting responses. Any more views on this? Or does someone actually know for sure if this applies to biology as well?If a candidate has attempted more than the required number of questions within a paper or section of a paper,mark all the answers and use the marks of those answers that have the highest mark, unless the candidatehas indicated the question(s) to be marked on the front cover.From chem 2009 (new syllabus) p1 and p2. I assume its the same for bio, physics.I mean they couldn't mark me down for answering more questions, right?Thanks guys Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Glau Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Well no, IB doesn't ever grade DOWN Easiest way to answer this is to find a paper2 and read the instructions throughout the entire paper. If you find nothing there I would assume they will only grade 2, either the first two in the exam or the 2 you pick when you fill out the sheet for your invigilator and stuff. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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