Meeting Notes - Practice Exams - 6C

2022-02-03 (Intro Meeting)

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Overview of the practice exam structure v02. (Graham will share his screen. You can download this Excel file later.)

Create scenarios for PE1 #12 parts (a) & (b) on Landmark Legal Cases
See prior CAS exam problems for guidance. (The source text is not helpful and available only in printed from in the study kit from the CAS anyway. Googling the cases is far more helpful.)
The answer (precedent) for part (a) should be Glynn v Scottish Union
The answer (precedent) for part (b) should be Sansalone v Wawanesa

I chose these cases because they are often asked so the students should definitely know them.
Your scenarios should be straightforward (no tricks) but try to make the them interesting and a little different compared to past exams.

Create scenarios for PE1 #26 part (b.i) & (b.ii) on Subsequent Events
See prior CAS exam problems for guidance and the source text for guidance. (The source text has 8 good examples.)
The scenario for part (b.i) should be for a late-reported catastrophe.
The scenario for part (b.ii) should be for a reinsurer failure.

Again, you can see from the BattleTable for that wiki article that these scenarios are frequently asked so the students should definitely know them.
Your scenarios should be straightforward (no tricks) but try to make the them interesting and a little different compared to past exams. (For example, change the ice-storm to a hurricane and change the calculation date, report date, and date of the event.)

Download the BattleActs Practice Exam Template.
Insert your questions in the appropriate numbered tab.
If necessary, you can insert rows & columns if necessary. The "Point Grid" sheet should adjust automatically, although that's not yet a concern for you since I will be inserting your questions into the final version of the practice exam file.
You have to be more careful about delete rows & columns because you might get a #REF error on the "Point Grid" sheet. (But again, you don't have to worry about that for now.)
Be very precise when you name this file and send it back to me. This is so I can keep track of multiple submissions. The naming convention is as follows:

(The "BA_PET" in the name stands for: BattleActs Practice Exam Template)

For example, if Xuan submits her question to me on Feb 10, 2022, the file name would be: BA_PET_2022_02_10_(v_01)_(Xuan)
The version number will usually be "v_01" unless you made a second submission on the same day. Then it would be "v_02", "v_03",... for subsequent submissions.

Once practice exam #1 is finished, we'll proof-read it for typos and such, then begin work on practice exam #2.
At this point, you'll be more familiar with the process for creating practice exams, so I will give you much more of the work.
Since this is the first time we've contracted for outside help on practice exams, I don't know how long all of this will take. We're planning for roughly 10 hours of work for both of you, so 20 hours in total. Once we further along, we'll have a better sense for how long various tasks take.