Bear in mind that any test in this course will attempt to evaluate the student's understanding of the topics and issues within a given unit. Although memorization of any facts or details involved will often be essential for a correct answer, memorization is not all that is required. Questions are not often designed to allow the student to recite a class note in the appropriate place, but rather to apply the knowledge contained within a note in a new and, at times, abstract manner.

A student's opinion on a topic or issue will be given due consideration, but will be considered of little value if it is not supported by facts. Opinions are expected to take the information learned within the course into consideration - not to replace this information.

Furthermore, the course instructor will not assume any understanding, guess any meaning, or extrapolate any points which are not clearly stated within a student's answer.

Finally, an answer which contains any particular word or phrase which, by way of coincidence, is a word or phrase associated with the correct answer, will not automatically receive a mark. Answers are graded by the virtue of their meaning - not by the vocabulary they may contain.

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