Undergraduate Business and Management A1 Exam Rubrics

Foundation

N1581F - Business in Society (Foundation)

First Year

N1072 - Introduction to Business Law

N1527 - Introduction to Management Accounting

N1529E - International Business Environment (Elective)

N1560 - Principles of Finance

N1560E - Principles of Finance (Elective)

Second Year

N1039 - Information Systems

N1069 - Marketing Research

N1082- International Business Environment

N1082E - International Business Environment (Elective)

N1085 - Emerging Issues in HRM and IR (HRM)

N1503 - Managing Projects and Technologies

N1505 - Consumer Behaviour

N1507 – International Marketing

N1507E – International Marketing (Elective)

N1521 - Taxation

N1535 - Leadership Foundations (LEAD)

N1549 - Accounting for Managers

N1582 - Managing Operations

N1584 - Law for Accounting and Finance

N1589 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship

N1603 - Business Processes and the Role of IT (OIS)

N1612 - Intermediate Financial Accounting

Final Year

N1020 – Entrepreneurship and Small Firms

N1021 - Strategy

N1073 - Managing Change

N1504 - Research Methods for Managers

N1506 - Marketing Communications

N1509 - Advanced Financial Accounting

N1516 - Auditing

N1545 - Global Strategy

N1546 - Comparative Business Organisation

N1551 - Advanced Management Accounting

N1569 – Financial Risk Management

N1575 - Strategy for Finance

N1591 - Valuation of Companies

N1596 - Alternative Investment Funds

N1597 - Non-Profit Management and Social Entrepreneurship

N1601 - Strategic Brand Management

N1611 - Financial Econometrics

N1581F BUSINESS IN SOCIETYThe exam consists of one section of 32 questions.

Candidates should attempt all questions

All questions are equally weighted

Indicate your answers on the multiple choice answer sheet provided.

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1072 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS LAWCandidates must attempt ALL 50 questions

At the end of the examination the question paper and answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 1 hour

Assessment information

There are 50 Questions which all carry equal marks.

Candidates are required to answer all questions.

Answers must be indicated on the answer sheet.

N1527 INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

Candidates should attempt ALL questions from Section A THREE questions from Section B and ONE question from Section C

Answer ALL questions in the yellow answer book provided

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1529E INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT (ELECTIVE)

Candidates must attempt ANY THREE questions

All questions are EQUALLY WEIGHTED

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1560 PRINCIPLES OF FINANCEDuration: 2 hours

This exam paper is divided into three parts:

Section A: multiple-choice questions; Answer ALL questionsSection B: calculation questions; Answer ALL questions

Section C: questions requiring short written answers. Answer TWO of FOUR questions.

University approved calculators are permitted.

Handout: Formula sheet

Write your student number on the machine marked answer sheet for Section A and on the answer book containing your answers to Sections B and C.

You are advised to spend approximately 36 minutes on Section A, 36 minutes on Section B, and 48 minutes on Section C.

INVIGILATORS:Please collect:

this question paper; the machine-marked answer sheet for Section A

the answer book containing answers to Sections B and C.

N1560E PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE (ELECTIVE)Duration: 2 hours

This exam paper is divided into three parts:

Section A: multiple-choice questions; Answer ALL questionsSection B: calculation questions; Answer ALL questions

Section C: questions requiring short written answers. Answer TWO of FOUR questions.

University approved calculators are permitted.

Handout: Formula sheet

Write your student number on the machine marked answer sheet for Section A and on the answer book containing your answers to Sections B and C.

You are advised to spend approximately 36 minutes on Section A, 36 minutes on Section B, and 48 minutes on Section C.

INVIGILATORS:Please collect:

this question paper; the machine-marked answer sheet for Section A

the answer book containing answers to Sections B and C.

N1039 INFORMATION SYSTEMSCandidates must attempt ALL questions

(All questions are equally weighted)

Answer ALL questions on the Multiple Choice Answer Sheet provided

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 1 hour

N1069 MARKETING RESEARCH

SECTION A: Candidates must answer ALL five (5) short answer questions SECTION B: Answer any TWO (2) of the short essay questions

Short answer questions are worth 10 marks (10%) each and short essay questions are worth 25 marks (25%) each.

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1082 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTCandidates must attempt ANY THREE questions

All questions are EQUALLY WEIGHTED

Duration: 2 hours

N1082E INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT (ELECTIVE)

Candidates must attempt ANY THREE questions

All questions are EQUALLY WEIGHTED

Duration: 2 hours

N1085 EMERGING ISSUES IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Candidates should attempt THREE questions: ONE question from Section A, ONE question from Section B and ONE question from Section C

Answer all questions in the yellow book provided(All questions are equally weighted)

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1503 MANAGING PROJECTS AND TECHNOLOGIES

Candidates must attempt ALL questions.

Section A is worth 30 marks. Write your answers to section A (questions 1-15) on the Multiple Choice answer sheet provided. For each multiple choice

question, there is only one correct answer. Choosing two or more answers will result in receiving no mark for that question.

Section B is worth 70 marks. Write all your answers to Section B in the answer book provided.

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room.

Duration: 1 hour

N1505 CONSUMER BEHAVIOURCandidates must attempt 2 questions

All questions are equally weighted

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1507 INTERNATIONAL MARKETINGCandidates should attempt TWO questions.

All questions carry equal marks.

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1507E INTERNATIONAL MARKETING (ELECTIVE)

Candidates should attempt TWO questions.All questions carry equal marks.

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1521 TAXATIONCandidates must attempt ALL questions in Sections A and B.

Please write your answers to Section A on the MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWER SHEET provided.

Write your answers to Sections B in the YELLOW ANSWER BOOKLET.

HANDOUT: Selected tax data are provided at the end of this question paper. No other reference materials are to be used.

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1535 LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONSCandidates should attempt ALL questions from Section A

and ONE question from Section B.

Section A twenty multiple choice questions scoring 1 mark each, Section B one long answer question scoring 30 marks.

Candidates must attempt all answer 21 questions.

Answers for Section A should be recorded on the multiple choice answer sheet.

Answers for Sections B should be recorded in the yellow answer booklet.

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1549 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERSCandidates must attempt only THREE questions

All questions are equally weighted

You should include all your workings and essential calculations in your answers.

At the end of the examination the question paper and any answer books/answer sheets, used or unused, will be collected from you before you

leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1582 MANAGING OPERATIONSCandidates must attempt ALL questions in Section A and must attempt THREE

questions from Section B (40% of the marks are allocated to Section A and 60% to Section B)

Write all your answers to Section A (questions 1-20) on the Multiple choice answer sheet provided

Write all your answers to Section B in the yellow answer book provided

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1584 LAW FOR ACCOUNTING AND FINANCECandidates must attempt ALL 50 questions.

All questions are equally weighted.

All answers must be written on the multiple choice answer sheet.

At the end of the examination the question paper and answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room.

Duration: 1 hour

N1589 INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIPOPEN EXAM

Candidates may bring paper copies of the case study which may be annotated.

Students are not permitted to bring any other materials.

Candidates must attempt ALL questions

(All questions are equally weighted – 5 X 20)

Duration: 2 hours

N1603 BUSINESS PROCESSES AND THE ROLE OF IT

OPEN BOOK EXAMINATION

Candidates must attempt ALL questions

This is an open note exam, candidates can use their notes (a double-sided A4 sheet of their own notes) but they are NOT allowed to use the course book,

the academic readings, the lecture and seminar slides or any electronic devices.

Answer SECTION A on the multiple choice answer sheets provided. Answer SECTION B in the yellow answer books

Duration: 2 hours

N1612 INTERMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTINGCandidates should attempt all questions from Section A and two questions

from Section B

At the end of the examination the question paper and any answer books/answer sheets, used or unused, will be collected from you before you

leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1020 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL FIRMSCandidates must attempt THREE questions in total

Candidates should attempt TWO questions from Section A and ONE question from Section B

(All questions in Section A are weighted 30%. All questions in Section B are weighted 40%)

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1021 STRATEGYCandidates MUST attempt both Questions 1 AND 2,

and EITHER Question 3 OR Question 4

Handout: Case Study

Duration: 3 hours

N1073 MANAGING CHANGECandidates must attempt ALL questions

Please indicate your answers on the answer sheet provided

All questions carry equal marks

Only one answer is required to address each question

Duration: 1 hour

N1504 RESEARCH METHODS FOR MANAGERSSection 1 is multiple choice and worth 20 marks – please attempt ALL

questions.

Section 2 is worth 40 marks – please attempt ONE question.

Section 3 is worth 40 marks – please attempt ONE question.

Please complete all sections as instructed using the answer booklet provided.

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1506 MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

OPEN BOOK EXAMINATION

Questions refer to the case study: John Lewis Christmas campaign 2014

Candidates may use the following materials:

1. Paper copies of the case study which may be annotated2. Students notes prepared on the case study

3. Lecture or seminar notes and slides4. A textbook for the module

Candidates must attempt ALL QUESTIONS

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 3 hours

N1509 ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTINGCandidates should attempt Section A and TWO of three questions from

Section B

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1516 AUDITThe exam consists of two sections.

Section A: All candidates must answer the question in this section. Question 1 is worth 40 marks.

Section B: Candidates must answer two questions out of the four in this section. Each question in Section B is worth 30 marks.

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1545 GLOBAL STRATEGYCandidates must attempt any THREE questions

(All questions are equally weighted)

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1546 COMPARATIVE BUSINESS ORGANISATIONCandidates must attempt 2 questions

Section A: You must answer Question 1, which is compulsory, and from Section B: either Question 2 OR Question 3. Section A is worth 50 marks and

section B is worth 50 marks.

This is a pre-seen exam, but students are NOT allowed to have materials in the exam room.

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1551 ADVANCED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Please attempt TWO questions only

All questions are equally weighted

Duration: 2 hours

N1569 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENTWRITE YOUR CANDIDATE NUMBER ON THE QUESTION PAPER

Duration: 2 hours

Section A is worth 50 marks and consists of 5 questions. Attempt all of these.

Section B is worth 50 marks and consists of 2 questions. Attempt only 1 of these.

A calculator is allowed.

N1575 STRATEGY FOR FINANCECandidates MUST attempt both Questions 1 AND 2,

and EITHER Question 3 OR Question 4

Handout: Case Study

Duration: 3 hours

N1591 VALUATION OF COMPANIES

AND CASH FLOW GENERATING ASSETSDuration: 2 hours

This exam paper is divided into three parts:

Section A: multiple-choice questions (30 marks);

Section B: calculation questions (30 marks);

Section C: questions requiring short written answers

(40 marks).

N1596 ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT FUNDSThis paper is divided into three sections:

Section A: multiple choice questionsSection B: questions requiring short written answers

Section C: questions requiring detailed written answers

Candidates should attempt ALL questions from Sections A and B, and TWO questions from Section C

Write your answers for Section A on the multiple choice answer booklet and answers for Section B and C in the yellow answer book.

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1597 NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT & SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Candidates must attempt ALL questions

There are 20 Multiple choice questions.

Select the single best answer to each question, and record your answer on the multiple choice answer sheet provided.

This is an unseen examination – no reference to books, notes, or electronic devices of any kind is permitted during the examination.

Duration: 1 hour

N1601 STRATEGIC BRAND MANAGEMENTCandidates must attempt any FOUR questions

(All questions are equally weighted)

At the end of the examination the question paper and/or answer book, used or unused, will be collected from you before you leave the examination room

Duration: 2 hours

N1611 FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICSDuration: 2 hours

The paper consists of TWO sections - SECTION A and SECTION B.

SECTION A is worth 60 marks.SECTION B is worth 40 marks.

The total mark for the paper is 100.

SECTION A consists of six questions. Attempt ALL questions.SECTION B consists of two questions. Attempt ONE question only.

At the end of the examination the question paper and answer book, used or unused, will

be collected from you, before you leave the examination room.

Calculators allowed.Statistical tables and formulas are provided in the Appendix.