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1. Exam Registration and Application• If you want to write an exam, you must do the following:• Ensure you are registered with the ICB as an ICB learner.• Apply for exam entry before the exam entry closing date.• Ensure your yearly ICB student registration fee is paid to the ICB.• Ensure your ICB exam / assessment fees are paid to the ICB.

• This means you need to:• Submit the learner details form• Complete the assessment entry form, and submit it• Pay the correct assessment fee to the ICB• ICB Assessment and Exams• If you have not already completed these registrations and

payments, then you cannot write your ICB exam in November. The next exam session is in February 2017. See here for the details: ICB Exam Dates 2017.

2. Exam dates and centers• Once you have registered make sure that you know what day

you are writing on. The ICB exam dates for the November 2016 session is here: • http://institute.co.za/icb-exam-timetable-2016

• Before your exam, make sure to find out where your exam center is, and how to get there. • Leave yourself plenty of time so that you do not arrive late. • Don’t forget to set your alarm if you have a morning exam.

3. Know how your exam will be marked• 30% of your final mark comes from the ICB Assignments and

Tests you do during your course.• Your Portfolio of Evidence (PoE) is a folder given to you once

you’ve registered for an exam with the ICB. You’ll need to put any ICB Assignments given to you as well as the ICB Tests you did, in it. Your PoE is complete when your final exam paper is added to it at the end of your course.

• When you sit down to write your final exam – which counts for the remaining 70% – you include it in your PoE, which an ICB-registered assessor will then check to see if you know your stuff!

• You need to get at least 50% for this exam to pass, regardless of your overall mark.

4. Know your stuff• The most important thing you need to do to be prepared for

your ICB exam is to study, study, study!

• Successful students typically space their work out over shorter periods of time and rarely try to cram all of their studying into just one or two sessions.

5. Bring the right equipment and documentation• Check that you have the right booklet, and the correct version

of the exam paper.

• Make sure you have brought your PoE (Portfolio of Evidence) before the exam begins.

• If you have any queries, raise your hand and an invigilator will come to you.

6. PoE – Portfolio of Evidence• Since you get to do the Portfolio of Evidence before the exam,

it is a good way to get some points before you even get to the exam!

• You want to make sure you get your PoE as soon as possible, so that you have the maximum amount of time available to work on it, before the date on which you must hand it in at the exam.

7. Know what to put in your PoE• When you get your PoE from the ICB, it will contain the

Administration Book, which tells you exactly how to complete your PoE.

• You hand all of it in at your final exam, and the assessors (examiners) marks all of it to determine if you pass or if you have to redo the work.

• If your PoE is incomplete, that can mean that you fail that subject.

8. How to gain points and present answers• It seems obvious, but answers must be appropriate to the

requirement in terms of form, length and depth.

• Ideally, answer questions using clear and relatively short sentences.

• Although answer length does depend on the instructional verbs used in the requirement.

9. Time management• If you discover an error in a calculation or on a financial

statement, only correct the initial error. If you finish your paper early, you can then go back and fix the rest of the calculations.

• Only make as many points as there are marks available. For example, if five marks are available for discussing a theory, only make five (or possibly six) separate points.

• If you are struggling to get to grips with a requirement, move on to the next requirement, or even question, leaving enough blank pages in your answer booklet to complete it later.

10. Don’t PANIC!• More students fail because they panic, than students who don’t

know enough of their work.

• You will always feel that you could have prepared better.

• Don’t discuss how much you have learnt with other students outside the exam centre.

• Sit down.• Take a few deep breaths. • Do your best.

• If you fail, then you can try again in three months.

Best of luck with your ICB exam!