Scoring & Assessment

Negative marking

A scoring rule that takes marks away for each wrong answer.

What is negative marking?

Under negative marking, a wrong answer reduces the total score by a set fraction of the marks for that question. Unattempted questions usually lose nothing.

The rule discourages blind guessing, so candidates need to decide when an answer is worth the risk.

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