Options/recommendation questions
With options/recommendation questions, you are given two options and you must make a recommendation on which one you choose. You then use the sources to justify your choice. The best answers link information both within and between sources.
To achieve full marks you must say why you chose your option and why you rejected the other option. If you only deal with one option the maximum mark you can achieve is eight out of ten.
You can achieve up to three marks for each detailed point that you make. This means you could make four detailed points if you want to get full marks allowing for some mistakes or inaccuracies. By the time you have finished the question you should have used each source at least once.
Example answer
A good format for answering these types of questions is:
Answer: I recommend that the government should abolish short prison sentences as Source One says "Quote from Source One". This backed up by Source Two which says "Quote from Source Two".
Your points can link two sources to back each other up to gain two marks or sometimes you can use a single quote on its own for one mark. A third mark for analysis can be gained by expanding on the information you have provided.