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Subject Comment Recommendation
Engineering dimension is given in the Imperial A benefit of the doubt
Technology system, namely 1/2 inch. should be exercised where
(MET) students were challenged by
the conversion and may
have used inaccurate
dimensions.
POA Q2a (i) The use of term ‘Non-current CSEC students have not
Asset’ in row 4 of the table is not one been exposed to elements of
students are familiar with at the CSEC this question. The relevant
level and should not be used. parts of the questions needs
to be struck out or great
Q2a (ii) This table is confusing especially leniency should be
since 03 May has five entries in the exercised
General Ledger. The instruction asks for
a narrative for each transaction. This
means that 03 May should have two
narratives. The table given for answers
has 4 rows but is awarded 5 marks.
Students would need to figure out that 03
May requires two narratives.

Q2 (b) Is a Cash flow question.
However, Section 1 Objective 5 on The
POA syllabus says ‘Teachers are not
expected to teach how to prepare the cash
flow statements but it should be
identified as one of the financial
statements which must be prepared by
corporations’. A student would need to
know how to prepare the cash flow as the
debits and credits form two columns
each, one for cash and one for bank. The
table could have been improved by
putting ‘bank’ and ‘cash’ at the top.
Technical a. Drawing a sectional drawing at a scale A larger scale should be
Drawing of 1:50 does not highlight or show given or sectional details
Exams details drawn properly.
should be requested.
(Paper 2) b. The reference to the term “50 mm
purlins”, is not a term found in the This may have caused some
revised syllabus.
confusion among students.
Laths is identified in
syllabus

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