Currently, most accountancy exams – apart from computer-based ones – have to be answered in booklets which are then scanned and marked by humans on a computer. Examiners and markers alike constantly criticise the layout and quality of students’ scripts.

最近機(jī)考以外的考試中，所有的卷面書(shū)寫(xiě)都要被掃描到計(jì)算機(jī)中進(jìn)行人工批改?？脊僖矔?huì)評(píng)判卷面的整潔程度和考生的答案質(zhì)量。

Accountancy exams are professional and therefore answers need to look professional, but with time pressure in exam conditions this key requirement is often lost.

It is essential to follow a few easy rules which will help the marker when marking your script:

在權(quán)威的ACCA考試中，對(duì)答案的專業(yè)程度要求也很高，但是由于時(shí)間壓力，作答中會(huì)在一些重要但不起眼的要求上丟分。以下是非常重要但卻簡(jiǎn)單易行的幾條方式，來(lái)幫助你在作答中拿到更多分。

Always use a black ballpoint pen. This is because all scripts are scanned and the best colour to show up is black. A number of students insist on using gel pens but once scanned the marks made by them can smudge and even go through pages, affecting what’s underneath.

總是用黑色圓珠筆。這是因?yàn)樗械膭”径急粧呙?，最好的顏色是黑色的。許多學(xué)生堅(jiān)持使用中性筆但是一旦他們做的標(biāo)記可以涂抹甚至通過(guò)網(wǎng)頁(yè)掃描，影響下面的。

Never write in the margins. One side is cut off by the scanning machine and the other side is where the marker annotates the allocation of marks awarded.

Abbreviations are totally acceptable in workings, but workings themselves need to be followed, so a little narrative is required to make them logical. Ensure you space them out sufficiently, and all workings should be numbered and answers crossed referenced to them.

If for some reason you have not left enough space for something, then help the marker by cross referencing to the page where you have completed the rest of the answer

All questions should start on a new page and you should aim to start each part of a question or each issue (if applicable to the question) on a new page.

Make use of subheadings. This makes your answers automatically more logical and much easier to mark. If the requirement or the question numbers different parts, eg a), b) or (i), (ii) then use the same numbering in your answer

If your handwriting is small you need to aim to write as large as you can. When your script is scanned it is reduced in size to accommodate the marking package which takes up a third of the marking screen. Yes, the marker can zoom in, but then they are unable to view a complete line of text.

If you know you have untidy handwriting then write using double spacing (that is write on alternative lines).

The key to success in exams is to have answers that look professional – that is include structure, space and subheadings.