Exam Tips for upcoming B&M exams
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With about 7 weeks to go before many students leave school for the Easter holidays and prepare for their final IB exams, each week I will be posting a ‘top tip’ for the B&M exams.
Here’s the first in the series…
Tip #1 – Learn the command terms
It is crucial that command words are read properly in the examinations. Each command word in a question indicates to students the skill level that is being tested. Hence, if asked to calculate the break-even point for a business, there is no need to define or to explain the concept of break-even. Refer to the syllabus guide (pages 74 to 76) for an explanation and example of each of these command words.
Do you know the skill level for these command terms? If not, ask your teacher!
• Analyse
• Comment on
• Classify
• Justify
• Examine
• Define
• Explain
• Identify
• Outline
• Recommend
Note: if using past examination questions for your revision, note that ‘assess’ is no longer a command term in the new B&M syllabus (first examination in 2009).
Good luck with the preparations!
© Paul Hoang and IBID Press
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