MPE781 Final Assessment Task

Description/Requirements

• The final assessment will be an Open-book Timed Online
• 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
• The exam can be found under:
  • Content (from the navbar)
  • 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
• Save your work regularly while responding to the exam
• 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
• 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 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 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
• 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 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

Structure and formatting

• Where appropriate and asked for, include a diagram to explain your 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
• 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

Topics/Revision guidance

• The Open-book Timed Online Exam assesses all topics covered in the

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 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 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
• 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:
  • Internal phones: 888

o Off-campus: 1800 463 888

• 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 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
• 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 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
• 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 No late submissions will be accepted.
• Once the exam is released the unit team is not permitted to answer any further questions about 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
• 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
• 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://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

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 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 Exam results are not normally released.
• Written feedback is not provided on
• You can make an online appointment with the unit chair to receive general feedback on your exam following the final results release.