Reviving a quiet thread, but I've finally dared recall the events of November 5th
I can't even remember the exact context of the question, but I really
loved (not!) when they forced us to use 'Redeployment of Resources' as a strategy to respond to KPIs in a case study somewhere in the exam.
That was literally the running joke for our class in the entirety of our revision period, and it comes up on the exam! I doubt many of us lost marks on it, but I really dislike the way that question was structured. What's the point of forcing students into explaining that one strategy when we learned eight?
I think this exam really did favour the people who were able to memorise definitions word for word, and had a really good case study for the Leadership/Change management. Many of the more detailed concepts we learned in the theory were left out, and several of the questions seemed to double up on content without asking for higher order responses other than the 10 marker, which from my vague recollection seemed fair enough. It certainly felt like one of those exams that could've covered a lot more content and allowed students to 'show off their knowledge' more, and didn't.