The night of Jul-11-2012
People reading blogs, glancing through book (Yes, glancing, NOT reading), trying to find simple, one word answers to very simple looking questions!
Now, you might be wondering, what's going on?
Well, here's the answer!
Jul-12-2012 - Mid-term examination of Principles of management!
And, I must say, this was the most different examination I have given till date! Why? Because, at PG level you do not expect an exam to be of True/False and Fill in the blanks type!
Was it simple? I don’t know what to say, probably for the other section who received the complete test questions as they were taking it later. But, still, what is the definition of “simple” for you? Because, people had tough time scoring 16 marks, and 10-12 was the mean! (Out of a test of 20 marks)
But, was it effective? Yes! There was no scope for anyone to write (or invent in JIT) lengthy theories or share their opinions. You either know what is on the table or you don’t! And, that’s all is required to measure the knowledge of a person.
For example, “Bounded Rationality enables managers to be gamblers!” State whether given statement is true or false with one line of reason. This kind of questions do not allow one to share “gyan” and fool the examiner which otherwise is the case when asked “Write in brief about Bounded Rationality” and then examiner is forced to give “some” marks if the candidate has written anything.
The test had 10 such discrete questions (consisting of True/False and FIB type questions). Time given was 1 hour. It may seem that people were given a lot of time, but that is true only if you know your subject well, and understand the applications of it.
So, to sum up, not only this test was different, but also refreshing to take where one’s knowledge and understanding of the subject was tested rather than his ability to bluff!!
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