Homework six : CPU Question and homework 4 and 5 review

This homework is due on Monday 4th November 2013.

If you need to type up your answers make sure you reference each of the question parts appropriately (aii etc...)

A copy of the homework is available

The question can be found here


Be very careful answering these questions, you must be precise in your answers don't waffle.

Try the homework early then if you have any issues with this homework then you need to see me well before the hand in date to give you time to attempt the question again.

Review of homework 4

Exam Mark Scheme answers for both question here (Question 1 in both cases)


Review of homework 5

Exam mark scheme to be answers here


This is a very critical homework, knowledge is only part of the game at A level, you are expected to know things, but what they are actually focused on testing is can you apply that knowledge to specific contexts. It is the context that cannot be predicted, they can make these up till the cows come home. They will always stick to the topics we cover but they will come up with new questions to ask about those topics so exam technique is important. You need to go back through the exam question with the mark scheme. You need to look at each question individually, so organise a report in this way (question by question). When doing this task you need to be honest with yourself, there is no point kidding about why you scored what you scored.


For each question look at the following:

If you did well

• What specifically did you do/have you done to achieve this result?
• Look at the mark scheme why are the other answers given the correct ones? (look at the context of the question and  how they fit with it)

If you scored poorly or loosely

• Look at the mark scheme why are the answers given the correct ones? (look at the context of the question and  how they fit with it)
• Why did your answers not give you the marks? (were they off topic, did they not target the question asked, did you waffle, were you vague, did you start with a statement before explaining, did you state and not describe etc...)
• What mistakes did you make with your approach to the question? (did you read it before answering or did you assume you knew what the question was, did you read your answers back to check you were answering the question asked etc...)
• What will you do on future questions in order to ensure you don't make these same mistakes?

Once this task is complete I will ask you to enter a target into the Nilpit system under ILP (Individual learning plans) outlining what you need to do in future when tackling exam questions. You will also make an entry into your Learner Journal, stating an action you will take forward for the next homework.