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Command word Definition

Evaluate Review information then bring it together to form a conclusion,


drawing on evidence including strengths, weaknesses, alternative
actions, relevant data or information. Come to a supported
judgement of a subject’s qualities and relation to its context.
Explain An explanation requires a justification/exemplification of a point. The
answer must contain some element of reasoning/justification, this
can include mathematical explanations.
Give/State/Name All of these command words are really synonyms. They generally all
require recall of one or more pieces of information.
Give a reason/reasons When a statement has been made and the requirement is only to
give the reasons why.
Identify Usually requires some key information to be selected from a given
stimulus/resource.
Justify Give evidence to support (either the statement given in the question
or an earlier answer).
Plot Produce a graph by marking points accurately on a grid from data
that is provided and then drawing a line of best fit through these
points. A suitable scale and appropriately labelled axes must be
included if these are not provided in the question.
Predict Give an expected result or outcome.
Show that Prove that a numerical figure is as stated in the question. The answer
must be to at least 1 more significant figure than the numerical figure
in the question.
Sketch Produce a freehand drawing. For a graph this would need a line and
labelled axes with important features indicated, the axes are not
scaled.
State what is meant When the meaning of a term is expected but there are different ways
by of how these can be described.
Suggest Use your knowledge and understanding in an unfamiliar context. May
include material or ideas that have not been learnt directly from the
specification.
Write When the questions ask for an equation.

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Appendix 8: Use of calculators
Students may use a calculator in assessments for these qualifications. Centres are
responsible for making sure that calculators used by their students meet the requirements
given in the table below.
Students must be familiar with the requirements before their assessments for these
qualifications.

Calculators must be: Calculators must not:


• of a size suitable for use on a • be designed or adapted to offer any of these
desk facilities:
• either battery or solar powered o language translators
• free of lids, cases and covers o symbolic algebraic manipulation
that contain printed instructions
o symbolic differentiation or integration
or formulae.
o communication with other machines or
The candidate is responsible
the internet
for the following:
• be borrowed from another candidate during an
• the calculator’s power supply
examination for any reason*
• the calculator’s working
• have retrievable information stored in them. This
condition
includes:
• clearing anything stored in the
o databanks
calculator.
o dictionaries
o mathematical formulae
o text.

*An invigilator may give a student a calculator.

Further information can be found in the JCQ documents Instructions for conducting
examinations and Information for candidates for written examinations, available at
www.jcq.org.uk/exams-office.

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Appendix 9: Data booklet
This appendix shows the data included in a Data Booklet that will be available on our
website. Centres will be sent copies of the Data Booklet for the first examination series.
Centres can make additional fresh copies by printing the Data Booklet from our website.
Candidates must use an unmarked copy of the Data Booklet in examinations.

Acknowledgement of source
The data used in the Data Booklet is derived from the Nuffield Advanced Science, Revised
Book of Data (ISBN 058235448X), Nuffield Foundation.

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