MPE781- Economics for Managers

Final Assessment Task – Open-book Timed Online Exam 

Description/Requirements  

• The final assessment will be an Open-book Timed Online Exam. 
• The exam will be released on the unit CloudDeakin site in the Content area, under Assessment  Resources at the date/time scheduled in the University T2 2021 Exam timetable. • You must complete the task individually.  
• The exam is similar to a normal two-hour open-book exam. It comprises 5 questions. Each  question may have parts. You must complete all parts of all questions unless indicated  otherwise on the paper.  
• It is anticipated the exam will take you 2 hours of working time. You will have 3 hours to  complete and submit your answer responses. The additional 1 hour provides you with time  to download and save the question paper as well as the blank answer sheet document (see  below), time to read through the exam question paper (we recommend 15 minutes), answer  the questions, proofread your responses, upload the completed answer sheet document in  the prescribed formats and time to cover any minor technical issues you may experience  during the upload process.  
• Please manage your time to ensure you submit your completed answer documents as your exam response within the 3-hour deadline. Late submission could result in your exam not  being marked. 
• Please check and verify that you have uploaded the correct exam answer documents as your  response to the Dropbox after submission. 

To complete the exam 

• On the day and time of the exam, log onto the CloudDeakin unit site.  
• The exam can be found under: 

o Content (from the navbar) 

o Assessment Resources 

▪ IMPORTANT Examination Information  

• T2 2021 MPE781 Exam
• Download the Exam questions paper and the blank Exam Answer sheet files from the  CloudDeakin site and save them on your computer.  
• Rename the Exam Answer Sheet file as a Microsoft Word Document using the following file  name: student ID and the unit code. For example, if your student ID were 123456789, then  the correct file name would be 123456789_MPE781. 
• Type/Insert your responses directly under each question in the answer sheet Microsoft Word  document. 
• Save your work regularly while responding to the exam questions. 
• Please keep your answers concise and to the point to avoid making them overly lengthy. If a  question specifies a word limit, please ensure that you don’t exceed it. 
• You must complete the exam INDIVIDUALLY.  
• Ensure that you have a reliable internet connection and computer hardware for downloading  the exam materials (the question paper and the blank answer sheet documents) and  uploading your completed answer sheet documents to the CloudDeakin Dropbox on the day  and time of the exam. If you do not have access to a computer or the Internet, there is limited  availability to sit the exam on campus. If you wish to sit the exam on campus you must  formally apply for this in accordance with the specified timelines, to the University using a  webform. A link to the webform will be made available on the CloudDeakin site. 
• Be careful to respond explicitly to the questions asked. Do not copy large amounts of  information from study guides, textbooks, journals, or online sources as this is unlikely to  address the questions. If you use direct quotations from external sources, ensure you cite  them correctly and put them in quotation marks. 
• Your submitted exam response will be checked by electronic or other means for the purposes  of detecting collusion and/or plagiarism, therefore it is important you respond to the  questions using your own words. 
• Do not expect to have time to look up resources during the exam as this will slow you down  and may mean you don’t respond to all questions. 
• To assist you with keeping track of time, you may find it useful to run a timer on a suitable  device. 
• Please be aware that some questions may require you to do some calculations. You will find  it helpful to use a physical calculator or use a calculator app on your computer or a smart  device. Keeping some paper and pen handy is also advisable for doing these calculations. 
• You will find it useful to keep sufficient sheets of white paper and pencils, pens and an eraser  handy when you answer the exam questions to assist you with creating hand-written  responses where required and to facilitate your thinking on the exam questions.  

Structure and formatting 

• Where appropriate and asked for, include a diagram to explain your answer. Similarly, where  required and appropriate, also include any relevant workings (such as work involving  equations to show intermediate steps taken to arrive at a final answer) in your response. You  must draw your graphs or diagrams neatly on a white paper, scan them and insert legible  images in your Answer Sheet Word document. You may follow the same process for relevant  workings as well. Information on how to scan and insert images in your answer sheet doc is  provided at the end of this document. You must practice it before your exam. 
• Include any workings in your response.
  • As this is an exam, it is not expected that you will use external references in your response.  However, if you do use external sources you need to cite them according to Harvard  referencing conventions.  

• Topics/Revision guidance 

  • The Open-book Timed Online Exam assesses all topics covered in the unit. Submission 
  • After you have responded to all the questions and inserted any scanned images of your work  (if required) in your answer sheet Microsoft Word document, you must also save this Word  document as a pdf file. Instructions for converting Word doc to PDF are provided at the end  of this document. 
  • You must submit your completed answer sheet document both as a single Microsoft Word  document as well as a pdf document into the relevant Dropbox on the unit’s CloudDeakin  site. The most recently uploaded answer file will be marked. 
  • You will have 3 hours from the time of the release of the exam to upload your response into  the relevant Dropbox.  
  • If you experience ongoing IT issues during the exam, contact the IT Service Desk online or via  phone – please ensure you record your ticket number the IT Service Desk will provide as  evidence of technical difficulties: 

  o Internal phones: 888 

  o Off-campus: 1800 463 888 

  o International: +61 3 5227 8888 

  • If you have completed your exam but experience difficulty uploading your response to the  Dropbox on the unit site, you should email your response to the unit chair at  [email protected], before the deadline, as evidence of timely submission, as well  as contacting the IT Service Desk. Use ‘exam submission’ as the email subject. Your unit  chair will liaise with you for subsequent submission to the Dropbox.

Preparation  

• A reliable internet connection is vital for the exam. You will also need to have the appropriate computer hardware for downloading the exam materials, completing the answer sheet  documents and uploading them to the CloudDeakin Dropbox on the day of the exam. 
• If you do not have access to a computer or the Internet, subject to COVID-19 restrictions,  there may be limited availability to sit the exam on campus.  
• If you wish to sit the exam on campus you must formally apply for this in accordance with the  specified timelines, to the University using the webform. A link to the webform will be made  available on the CloudDeakin site. 

The best way to prepare for the Open-book Timed Online Exam is to:  

• Know the unit materials thoroughly. Your knowledge will be deepened through regular  attendance at seminars where you’ll have opportunities to ask questions, to test your  knowledge and to learn from others. 
• Complete the revision as recommended by the unit chair. 
• Note that you are unlikely to have access to e-textbooks provided through the Deakin Library  during your exam due to licensing constraints, therefore, you should prepare your own study  notes in advance.  
• This Open-book Timed Online Exam contains problem-based, not research, questions. You  can base your answers on the course materials as provided and you are not be expected to  look up other resources. If you do cite other sources, ensure you reference them correctly. 

Working and Submission details 

• You must keep a backup copy of the exam response you submit until results are released. • You can make multiple submissions within the 3 hour period (but you do not have to). All  submissions will be retained. The submission that will be marked will be the final submission  made by the submission due date/time. 
• When you submit your response in the Dropbox on the unit site, you will receive an email to  your Deakin email address confirming that it has been submitted. You should check that you  can see your submission in the Submissions view of the Assessment task Dropbox folder after  upload, and check for, and keep, the email receipt for the submission.  
• We expect you to take responsibility for submission. As such, late submission is not possible. If you fail to upload your response by the deadline, your response cannot be marked. No late  submissions will be accepted. 
• Once the exam is released the unit team is not permitted to answer any further questions  about it. If you feel there are errors or other issues on the exam, you should briefly explain in  your response any such issue and how you have dealt with it in your response (for example, any assumptions you have made about the information provided). 
• Discussion boards on the CloudDeakin site will be closed 24 hours before the exam. • You should not contact the unit team about the exam during or after the exam unless you  need to email your submission to the unit chair due to a technical issue uploading to  CloudDeakin.

• You may apply for Special Consideration if you think your circumstances require reasonable  adjustments via the faculty portal. Information is available from this site: 

https://www.deakin.edu.au/students/studying/assessment-and-results/special consideration. 

• Do not contact the unit team regarding any extension for this task. If you feel there are  circumstances beyond your control that have affected your ability to complete this exam,  then you must apply for Special Consideration via the faculty portal. 

Academic Integrity 

• All Deakin students are expected to act with academic integrity accordance with the student academic integrity policy and procedure. 
• This means you must submit your own work without input or assistance from anybody  else. Before or after submitting your responses to the Dropbox, you must not share your exam  questions or answers with anyone else.  
• Your submission will be checked by electronic or other means for the purposes of detecting  collusion and/or plagiarism. 
• For more information about academic misconduct, special consideration, extensions, and  assessment feedback, please refer to the document Your rights and responsibilities as a  student in this Unit in the first folder next to the Unit Guide of the Resources area in the  CloudDeakin unit site. 

Assessment Feedback 

• Final trimester results will be released as per the University calendar. Exam results are not  normally released.  
• Written feedback is not provided on exams. 
• You can make an online appointment with the unit chair to receive general feedback on your exam following the final results release.