STRATEGY TO ANSWER PAPER 2- Subjective questions ( 2 hours 30 minutes)

Section A

1. Section A of Paper 2 consists of 8 structure questions. You will have to answer all the 8 questions in this section.

2. The total marks in Section A is 60 marks. The marks allocated to each question vary 4 to 12 marks.

3. You are advised to spend 90 minutes on this section. Spending more than 90 minutes on this section will result in having insufficient time to answer questions in Section B and C.

4. The structured questions in Section A are usually based on diagrams, tables, graphs, or data related to a certain situation or phenomenon. It is therefore absolutely necessary for you to study the diagrams, tables, graphs or data provided before attempting to answer the question.

5. Before attempting to answer a question at least twice and highlight the key words provided so that you will not go out of point.

6. Note the marks allocated to each section of a question. A section that is allocated only 1 mark will require a short answer. It will be futile if you write a few lines for a section that is allocated only 1 mark. On the other hand, a section that is allocated 3 marks will require you to state 3 properties or characteristics associated with that particular section.

7. While answering questions that involve calculations make sure that you write down all the steps in the spaces provided in the question paper, including the formula used. Writing down the complete steps will allow the examiner to study your approach and if you make a careless mistake in a sub-section, follow through marks may still be given for other sub-sections that are correctly done. Otherwise you may loose all marks in other sub-sections as well.

Section B

1. Section B consists of two questions. You need to answer only one question from this section.

2. The marks allocated for this section is 20 marks.

3. You are advised to spend 30 minutes on this section.

4. The questions from Section B are normally preceded by a diagram that shows a certain state or situation that is related to a specific Physics concept.

5. You are normally asked to state the characteristics shown in the diagram and also to state the Physics principle involved.

6. Study the marks allocated to each section or sub-section in the question. The marks allocated in each section may be as high as 10 marks. In such cases, make sure that you have at least 10 points or properties related to the section as each point is normally allocated 1 mark.

7. Equations, diagrams, tables, graphs or other suitable methods may be used to explain your answer. However your answers should be clear and logical.

Section C

1. Section C consists of two questions but you must answer one question only from this section.

2. The marks for this section are 20 marks. You are advised to spend 30 minutes on this section.

3. Questions in this section normally require the interpretation of the data provided.

4. The questions from Section C are normally preceded by a table that is related to a specific Physics concept.

5. You may be required to plot a graph based on the data given. Make sure that you know the proper steps to plot a graph.

6. Study the marks allocated to each section or sub-section in the question. The marks allocated in each section may be as high as 10 marks. In such cases, make sure that you have at least 10 points or properties related to the section as each point is normally allocated 1 mark.

7. The questions in this section normally require you to state a certain principle or to explain certain properties or characteristics based on the information given.

8. Note that questions in Section B and C only involve the explanation of theories and do not contain questions that require you to do describe an experiment.