Percentage Uniform Marks (PUM) Explained: A Comprehensive Guide
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Dear IGCSE Centre,
If you add a wrong point or idea in your answer amongst other 3 correct ones in a 3 mark question will they penalise for the wrong point or choose the first 3, or choose the 3 correct ones and ignore wrong?
Please help.
Yours faithfully,
Saif Khan
Hi Saif,
If there are 3 lines for you to write your answer, e.g: (a) / (b) / (c), and if you wrote the fourth (correct) one outside the given line, then it won’t be marked. The one you wrote for (a) and (b) and (c) will be marked.
Else, there will be some candidates provide 10 answers to a 3 mark question, hoping the examiner will “choose” the right one and give them marks 🙂 . In this way, this is regarded as candidates are not sure about the answers, and were “guessing” it.
hi igcse team
i just wanted to check…
in the chef atp paper… for the test for octane…. if i have given 2 tests…one of which is correct the other one is incorrect.. will i still get the mark?
Hi Moo,
There will be options in the mark scheme for examiners, if you have written them in properly, you will get the mark 🙂
Thank you for your response.
Imagine it’s only one part (for example part a) and they haven’t specified how many points they want for the answer they just want an explanation. Suppose i explain it nicely with all correct points but make one wrong one in the process, will i get penalised for the wrong one or they will choose and mark all correct ones only?
You will get awarded for the correct answers.
for biology paper 11, what is the answer for the genetic question about red-eyed fly or orange-eyed fly?
and what’s the answer for the question about the nutrients making up the most dry mass?
the answer for the genetics question was that red eyed one is dominat
I think that red eyes flies were dominant and carbohydrates, proteins and fat make up most of the dry mass but I’m not 100% sure that’s what I put 🙂
i thought the orange eyed ones were more dominant…
no jack
think of it
lets change the example
tall allele is T and short one is t
if both parents are short that means they both have tt yes?
so
tt and tt
so all children are tt!
no other allele no other choice yeah?
ok now imagine both parents are tall
they may be Tt or TT yes? or maybe both TT TT or both Tt Tt
lets say they are both Tt
so
Tt and Tt
ull get TT and Tt and Tt and tt
here there are 3:1 tall:short
so there IS a probablity that children be short,,,,even though parents are tall
which shows tall is Dominant and short is recessive
now lets put this on the exam question…
they told u
if parents are orange then ALL children are orange
if parents are red then children may be orange or red..
here u go…
now u know why 🙂
its ok now forget about it
one mark wont make a change 😀
u have other exams dont worry about this!
genetic eye
“red one dominant”
i guess C or D not sure what it was
most dry mass
“fat carbs and protiens”
B
igcse team,
i was asking about English as an IGCSE subject. will literature and language be considered as separate subjects with separate grade and position in the IGCSE certificate, or they will be combined to be as a single subject which is english ??
looking forward for an answer
Hi Bani,
They are 2 separate subjects. Thus you get 2 separate certificates.
Hello people, I wanted to ask something. err, in many papers, I did this thing that I over-wrote. like after the space ended, just one or two words because I felt it wasn’t necessary to take the answer to the blank page for just a word. I did this in Bio 31. Will the examiners read it? i was informed they won’t…
Thanks.
they do as long as u’ve written just under the question … but it’s better to use the blank sheet or ask for an extra writing material
well dont worry, the examiners still read it!
ohhh thank you, I was so worried!! :’D
as long its within boundries…neat..and clear
noooooo problem 😉
Hi guys,
how did you find the spanish listening paper 12 and 42. I found it easy
also how did you find ICT. any doubts you would like to clarify.
how was mathematics 0580 paper 42?
was there one where u had to tick a piano in listening variant 2?
yes
Maths 0580 paper 42 was so hard. we didnt have enough time to complete or check all the questions again T_T