The quiz will be based on the material covered in  Lectures 1 – 4. Although the submission portal will remain open from 2pm – 8pm, the quiz is designed to be completed in 1 hour; the 6 hour time span is to accommodate the range of commitments and needs of students.  It will consist of 20 multiple choice questions some of which will be based on a hypothetical problem question. When a student accesses the quiz they have 1 hour in which to complete it.  The questions and responses available to each student will vary as they will be allocated from a bank of questions, with the order of the responses presented to each student also varying.   Answers will be automatically submitted at the end of the hour. 

 NOTE VERY CLOSELY: It is a student’s responsibility to ensure that they can complete the quiz during the allotted time. No special consideration will be given for computer or browser problems.  

The hypothetical problem question will be based on the material in lectures 1 - 7 inclusive and will require a response to a hypothetical problem question involving property law.

1. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR HYPOTHETICAL PROBLEM QUESTIONS

    

    FAIL (49% AND BELOW)

• fails to identify  and discuss relevant issues of law raised by facts;

• contains incorrect statements of law;

• does not provide relevant authorities for propositions of law;

• inappropriate and/or irrelevant content, including circumstances in which the student has uploaded the incorrect file to the ilearn submission point;

• plagiarism, use of other students’ work, ‘recycling’ own work from other units;

• difficult to read and/or understand through poor grammar, expression or structure

• fails to comply with formatting or submission instructions.

   

             

  PASS (50% - 64%)

• correctly identifies and discusses a limited number of issues of law raised by the facts

• contains no significant errors of law;

• provides correct authorities for propositions of law;

• attempts to apply relevant law to the given facts;

• adequate expression and compliance with formatting and submission instructions.

   

  CREDIT (65%-74%)

• correctly identifies and discusses most of the issues of law raised by the facts;

• contains no errors of law;

• provides correct authorities for propositions of law;

• successfully applies relevant law to the given facts;

• identifies differences between facts in the question and fact patterns in cases, and attempts to discuss relevance of this to the solution;

• identifies discrepancies/inconsistencies within the law, and attempts to resolve these where they are relevant to the given facts;

• attempts to explain which outcome is more likely where there is more than 1 possible solution to the problem;

• has clear structure and clear expression

   

  DISTINCTION (75%-84%)

• well structured, clearly communicating the expected outcome

• correctly identifies and discusses all of the issues of law raised by the facts;

• contains no errors of law;

• provides correct authorities for propositions of law;

• identifies differences between facts in the question and fact patterns in cases, and successfully discusses the relevance of this to the solution;

• identifies discrepancies/inconsistencies within the law,  and successfully resolves these where they are relevant to the given facts; 

• gives reasoned argument in favour of policy outcomes where the issue is raised by the question

   

  HIGH DISTINCTION (85% and above)

• satisfies all the criteria for a Distinction;

• is exceptionally well written and exceptionally well-structured.

• demonstrates superior and original analytical skills. 

The University Examination period in the first half of 2014 is from Monday 16 June to to Friday 4 July 2014.

 You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable. The timetable will be available in Draft form approximately eight weeks before the commencement of the examinations and in final form approximately four weeks before the commencement of the examinations.  

 The only exception to sitting an examination at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these circumstances you must apply for Special Consideration. Information about unavoidable disruption and the special consideration process is available under the Extension and Special Consideration section of this Unit Guide.

You are advised that it is Macquarie University policy not to set early examinations for individuals or groups of students. All students are expected to ensure that they are available until the end of the teaching semester, that is the final day of the official examination period.