Level 2 Essays - really only 3 Q's worth 10 points each?

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#1

When I am doing the Uppermark practise essay Q’s they are worth 10 points each so if there are 3 questions that means 30 points in total for the essay section. Is this representative of the exam, ie. will they be 3 Q’s worth 10 points / question?

I don’t understand how this takes 2 hours? The Uppermark practise Q’s are taking max 20 mins each so I can easily get done in an hour.

Secondly the MCQ section has 100 points in 2 hours (that’s 1.2 mins/point vs. 4 mins per point for the essays - is this correct?

Please can anyone help me reconcile this?

Thanks

Level 2 candidate Sept 2014.

#2

Essay Qs are broken down into set of smaller Qs, each worth 1-2 points. The way it works - you will get a topic - say Ethics - with 5-6 Qs within that topic.

Essentially you will have 15 or more questions for session #2, even if you spent just 5 minutes per Q - that’s already more than one hour right there.