Basic information about the exam

 

The exam lasts 40 minutes and consists of 3 different parts. The goal is complex examining of students’ knowledge.

1. Multiple choice test – 30 questions (max 1.5 point per question)

1-4 correct answers. For example:

In the 1960s:

1.      Greece joined the EC

2.      the Caribbean crisis took place

3.      personality cult was revealed in the Soviet Union

4.      currency reform took place in Czechoslovakia

Read the questions carefully. The answers must be totally correct to win full score. Think for example about an answer: „Stolypin reforms took place in the Soviet Union“ – it is not true because the Soviet Union didn’t exist in time of Stolypin reforms.

Grading is the same as in the self correcting exercises (without subtracting). There is an additional 0.5 point for a totally correct answer.

This part of the exam will be automatically corrected by the IS. You will write your answers in a special form. More instructions will be provided at the exam.

2. Terms – 20 questions (max 2 points per question)

for example: „When (decade), where and why was the Dawes plan approved?“

Help for this part can be found in the index of the book that you can find in the IS.

3. Name – 5 questions (max 3 points per question)

Name members of the Eurozone, or conditions of the operating of the gold standard

 

The course of the exam

1. Students put away all their belongings with the exception of a pen.

2. Students sit separately, in columns and keep distance among one another.

3. Students can ask during the whole exam (they must put up their hand) if they do not understand a question. They can use dictionaries but these can be scrutinized.

4. all steps will be taken to prevent any way of cheating – a student will be ordered to leave the exam room on any sign of cheating and he or she will be graded as failed (up to F,F,F)

The scale is following:

100 - 80	A
75-79	B
74-70	C
69-65	D
64-55	E
54-	F

General comments:

Students can obtain up to 100 points. 60 points is a required minimum to pass.

Specific dates/years are NOT necessary to know – with a few exceptions (WW1, WW2, NYSE crash, oil crises, Bolshevik revolution in Russia, Stalin death, revelation of his personality cult). But students should be able to identify the decade when the respective event took place.

I recommend active attitude to study materials. There are quite often questions in the form of: “in the 1960s: …” Students should ask themselves this way as well. It means not to study Japan A-Z.