chapter 11 Review of solution to practice exam and marking guide
Chapter learning objectives
After completing this chapter you will understand the way the case study is marked so that you can formulate your responses in the exam to score more highly.
1 Introduction
As we have already explained in previous chapters, the case study examination is marked against a series of competencies. It is important that you understand this process to ensure you maximise your score in the exam.

Once you have reviewed chapter 10, attempted the exercises and reviewed the suggested solutions this chapter takes you through the detail of how these exercises would be marked. We have also a sample student script to show some possible strengths and weaknesses which you may recognise in your own answer.
The official marking guide for the practice exam is given as follows:
| Competency | Section/task | Marks | Total marks available for competency |
| Technical skills | (1) Arnold(2) Valuation models(3) Adverse publicity and share priceIntegration | 416 5 2 | 27 |
| Business skills | (1) Identifying stakeholders(2) Valuation models(2) Governance responsibilitiesIntegration | 13 4 6 3 | 26 |
| People skills | (1) Arnold(3) Ethics(3) Adverse publicity and share priceIntegration | 413 6 2 | 25 |
| Leadership skills | (1) Identifying stakeholders(1) Arnold(2) Governance responsibilities(3) Adverse publicity and share priceIntegration ... |
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