health test tips

Command terms

• Tells you how to answer a specific exam question

1. Define: State or explain the meaning of the term. Do not use the term in your definition

2. List: Use dot points. if a number of items is specified, don’t provide more examples than this

3. Outline: Provide a brief summary of the term/topic in sentence format. Consider using examples to show your understanding

4. Describe: Provide a general description to show in-depth understanding of the concepts/terms. Requires a sentence response

5. Evaluate: Address the positives and negatives or strengths and weaknesses then make a judgement

6. Compare: Identify the similarities. Identify the differences. Unpack those similarities and differences

7. Identify: Recognise/name/state key points, characteristics, terms or features