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B4f

University of Warwick

Notes on the typing of internally-produced examination papers.

1. Size of paper

All papers should be typed on A4 paper, on one side of the paper only.

2. House style

The University House style, as illustrated by the attached mock paper, should always be followed. The following notes may be useful:

(a) Heading

i. Code Number

An examination list will be circulated to departments, and this will include a code number for each examination paper. The code number must be included at the top left of every page.

ii. Time Allowed

Please use figures rather than words for the time allowed.

Please note that if an examination has been granted reading time, the correct instructions should be in the format below:

Time Allowed: 3 hours plus 15 minutes reading time during which notes may be made (on the question paper only) but NO ANSWER MAY BE BEGUN.

iii. Seen Question papers & Open Book exams

If the paper you are typing falls into either of these categories please type in beneath “Time Allowed” whether it is a ‘Seen Question Paper’ or “Open Book Examination”. For “Open Book Examination” the permitted books and/or materials must be specified.

iv. Directions and Rubric

The directions as to the number of sections and/or questions to be answered should be in ordinary type. The rubric, that is, the rest of the instructions, may be in italics. The directions and rubric should be separated from the rest of the heading by a double underlining above and below.

v. Special Materials, Calculators etc.

If special tables, charts, or diagrams are to be provided (e.g. Statistical Tables) please type in the details at the end of the rubric. If in doubt, please check these points with Academic Services. This also applies to instructions to use separate answer books for different questions/sections – please do not specify that questions should be answered in separate answer books unless it really is necessary, answer booklets are expensive to produce.

If calculators are permitted for your exam, please type the following:

Silent pocket calculators that are not capable of text storage or retrieval are permitted but their instruction booklets, PDAs, mobile phones or any other hand-held devices that facilitate wireless communication are NOT PERMITTED.

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(b) General Presentation

i). A margin of 2cm should be left on each side of the paper.

ii). A line should be drawn under each completed question.

iii). Each page should be numbered at the bottom in the format Page x of y.

iv). On each page except the final page ‘continued’ should be typed in the bottom right hand corner. On the final page type (End) after a line.

v). There is no requirement to use italics, in the rubric or general layout.

vi). Questions should not be split over two pages if at all possible. If it is essential to split a question make sure the student is aware that further material is on the next page (type Qx continues over the page… at the bottom right and then type Qx continues…. At the top left of the next page). This is especially important for questions incorporating reference tables etc. Unless you make a specific request one way or the other it is not predictable whether any given paper will be printed on separate sheets or backed. Please check if this will affect the layout.

vii). Only if the rubric and headings on the front page are particularly lengthy should you start question 1 on a new page, otherwise continue immediately with question 1.

viii). Diagrams must be clearly drawn in black ink. They should be incorporated in the text wherever possible, but if submitted separately clear instructions should be given for their collation. Please note that photographs and half-tone illustrations do not print well.

ix). Illustrations etc. should be scanned and incorporated electronically wherever possible (otherwise, please do not use sellotape to affix any photocopies to the masters, use a small quantity of light paste, and make sure the photocopies are good, dark and clear).

3. Security

- I should also like to remind you of the supreme importance of security in relation to examination matters. Please ensure that any hard copies of papers, when not actually being worked on, are always under lock and key, and that students are excluded from offices during those times when they are being typed.

- Examination papers must never be sent through internal mail or email; when they are ready for delivery, please do so by hand.

TEMPLATE EXAM PAPER ON NEXT PAGE [WITH NOTES IN RED ITALICS]

Please be aware that the rubric (instructions) on this template contain a variety of instructions that may not be relevant for your exam (i.e. Reading Time, calculators allowed etc.). Please do not just copy this rubric straight onto your exam paper, the details may not be relevant.

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IB1040

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

March examination 2013/14

Introduction to University Examinations

[THIS SECTION BETWEEN THE DOUBLE LINES IS KNOWN AS THE ‘RUBRIC’ (INSTRUCTIONS). THE BELOW IS AN EXAMPLE ONLY, YOU MAY NEED TO CHANGE THIS IN LINE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR PAPER.]

Time Allowed: 3 hours [IF READING TIME IS ALLOWED FOR YOUR EXAM, ADD plus 15 minutes reading time during which notes may be made (on the question paper only) but NO ANSWER MAY BE BEGUN.]

[ONLY ADD THIS IF CALCULATORS ARE ALLOWED FOR YOUR EXAM]

[CHECK IF YOUR EXAM IS OPEN OR CLOSED BOOK]

Closed Book examination. OR

Open book examination: unrestricted use of texts (but NOT books borrowed from the University Library).

[EXAMPLE ONLY, CHANGE ACCORDING TO THE SPECIFICATIONS OF YOUR EXAM PAPER]

3 questions must be answered: 2 from section A plus 1 from section B. All questions are equally weighted.

[THIS MUST APPEAR ON ALL EXAM PAPERS]

Read carefully the instructions on the answer book and make sure that the particulars required are entered on each answer book.

Section A – Answer 2 (two) questions from this section

1. How far does Tocqueville succeed in proving that administrative centralisation was

largely responsible for the collapse of the ancien regime?

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2. In what way do procedures for evaluating student performance at university act as a control-system over student behaviour throughout the year? Compare the conventional examination system with its alternatives.

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3. “Of course, one might argue that if the computer weren’t there to hide behind, the human beings in charge would be flushed out and be forced to treat us all more decently. Don’t you believe it! The history of administration ineptitude, of bureaucratic savagery, of all the injustices and tyranny of petty officialdom, long antedates the computer. And that’s what you’d be dealing with if your abolished the computer.” (Isaac Asimov The Tragedy of the Moon, 1977).

Discuss this critically, quoting appropriate examples.

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Section B – Answer 1 (one) question from this section

4. How appropriate is line and staff organisation for a large multi-factory manufacturing group? Would matrix organisation offer any significant advantages over line and staff organisation?

5. “[The word] Matrix … has a number of precise specialised meanings in several

sciences, near-sciences, and pseudo-sciences. It sounds eminently impressive. It can be supposed to have a conveniently hazy general meaning, derived from its etymological connexion with mater, the Latin mother, as something within which something else originates, or takes form, or develops. And it is a safe bet that nine out of ten of those who drop the word plonkingly into their unspecialized discourse would be embarrassed if asked for an exact definition.” (Weasle Words).

Attempt a more precise quantification of this assumption.

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6. Either:

Critically evaluate the value to subordinates, superiors and to the institution itself of the technique of management by objectives.

Or:

Explain what is meant by the ‘contingency theory of management’. Show its foundations in general systems theory.

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