LSM1103Biodiversity

ZoologyPracticalExam(CA720%)
Saturday,09Nov2013
Link:http://tinyurl.com/lsm1103practexamguidelines
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Scopeofthepracticalexam
ThecontentofthepracticalexamisbasedonthezoologysectionoftheLSM1103Biodiversity
modulethethreezoologypracticalsandsixzoologylecturesconductedbyN.Sivasothi.
Thenonphotosyntheticprotistsarenotincluded.
Objectives
Thispracticalexamexaminesyourabilitytorecallthecharacteristicsoftheanimaltaxayou
havebeenintroducedtoandtoapplythistospecimenspresentedtoyouinatimesensitive
environment.
HandwrittenCheatSheet
YouareallowedtobringasingleA4sheetwithhandwriting(notprint)summarisingyournotes
onbothsides,andwithoutanyincreaseinsurfacearea.Thisconsolidationandsynthesisof
informationwillprovideyouwithaworkinggraspofthediversityoftheanimalkingdom.
Reportingdetails
Pleasecheckyoursessionnumberat:http://tinyurl.com/lsm1103nov2013pracexam
Reporttotheholdingareasatthecorrecttiming
1. Session1Reportat8.30amtoLT20
2. Session2Reportto9.00amtoLT32
3. Session3Reportat9.00amtoSeminarRoom1orSeminarRoom2(S204)
AtyourReportingArea
1. Reportpromptlyatyourdesignatedreportingareawhereyouwillbequarantineuntilitis
timefortheexam.
2. Youwillbeaskedtoleaveallbagsandcommunicationdevicesatthereportingarea
beforegoingfortheexam.
3. Studentsmayonlyhold:
a. Writingmaterials
b. Cheatsheet
c. Matriculationcard
d. Waterbottle
4. YouwillbeaskedtoreporttoLSLab7A,7Bor7C(pleasechecksessionnumber)where
aTAwilltakeyourattendanceandcheckyourcheatsheet.
5. Movetoexamvenuequickly.Ifyouarenotpresentatyourlabsectionatthestipulated
time,youwillbeconsideredabsentandnotbeallowedtotaketheexam.
6. OncetheSessionisready,LabTAswillopentheexamvenuetoyou.
7. Notalkinginthepracticalexamvenue.
Lablayout
Examprocedure
1. Thereare10questionstoanswerin30minutes.
2. Thespecimensarelabelledwithnumbers210.
3. Notethenumberofthespecimenyouareseatedinfrontof.Thiswillbethefirstquestion
youanswer.
4. Youwillbetoldwhentostartwriting.
5. Thebellwillringeverythreeminutesatthesound,youwillmovetotherighttositin
frontofthenextquestionwhichyoucananswerimmediately.
6. Whenyouatquestionnumbers5and10,youwillhavetomovetotherightandforward
aroundthetable.
7. Afteryouhaveansweredninequestions(210),remainatyourseatforthelastbell.You
willthenhavethreeminutestoanswerQuestion1inyourexampaper.
Procedureattheendoftheexam
1. Attheendoftheexam,remainseated,whilewecollectandcountyourscripts.
2. Bequietwhileweverifythetotalnumber.
3. YouwillbeaskedtoreturntoyourReportingAreapromptly.
4. YoumustreturntotheReportingAreatotakeattendance,elseyourexamwillbevoided.
5. Youwillbequarantineduntilthelastsessionhasbeguntheirpracticalexam.
Collectionofbelongingsafterexam
1. UponreturntotheReportingArea,beseated.
2. Yourattendancewillbetaken.
3. YouwillNOTbeallowedtocollectyourbelongingsuntillater.
4. ListentoyourTAscarefullyandfollowtheinstructionstheyprovide.
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