Common question types
Take a look at these sample questions, along with suggestions for how you could approach them. They represent three of the most common kinds of timed assessment questions used across different faculties, multiple choice, short answer and essay questions.
Understanding the questions
Timed assessments offer you opportunities to fully demonstrate your mastery of what you have learnt in those units. They require you to demonstrate your understanding of key concepts, your ability to analyse or evaluate these concepts, and your skill in applying your knowledge to new or ‘real life’ scenarios.
There are six different levels of understanding that the examiners want you to demonstrate: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Click on each below to reveal typical task directions, question types and an explanation of what is expected in your answers.