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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
May/June 2022
CMY3701
EXPLANATION OF CRIME
75: Marks
Duration: 4 Hours
First examiner: Dr M Zitha
Second examiner: Mrs. E Joubert
External examiner: Dr A Maree
This paper consists of seven (7) pages.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR A TAKE-HOME EXAM ON MYEXAMS
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE ANSWERING THE
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS.
1. The examination question paper counts 75 marks.
2. Section A consists of ONE compulsory question of 50 marks. Section B consists of two
questions of 25 marks each. You must answer any ONE of the two (2) questions.
3. The duration of the examination is four (4) hours. Your answers must be submitted via
the myExams platform on 15 June 2022 at 18h00 (South African Standard Time).
4. This is an open-book examination. You may consult your prescribed study material and
additional sources during the examination. While the examination is in progress, you may
not assist another student in answering any of the questions contained in this question
paper.
5. This examination is proctored via the Invigilator App.
The QR code is below:
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6. Your exam file must be uploaded on the myExams platform on Moodle.
6.1 You are advised to preview your submission (answer script) to ensure legibility and that the
correct answer script file has been uploaded.
6.2 Once the official examination time per the examination timetable has expired, you are
provided one hour to submit your answer script. Submissions made after the submission period has
lapsed will be rejected per the examination regulations and will not be marked.
7. The cover page for your take-home exam must include your name, student number, and
the module code.
8. It is preferred that your take-home exam is typed. However, handwritten submissions will
also be accepted. If the take-home exam is typed, the maximum length is eight pages (which
includes the cover page and the table of contents). If the take-home exam is handwritten, the
maximum length is ten pages (which includes the cover page and the table of contents).
9. Whether your answers are typed or handwritten, your submission on the myExams
platform on Moodle must be made in the form of one PDF document. Only the last file uploaded
and submitted will be marked.
9.1 The exam answer file that you submit must not be password protected or uploaded as a
“read-only” file.
9.2 Your examination answer file will not be marked if:
9.2.1 you send your examination answer file via email.
9.2.2 you submit the incorrect examination answer file. A mark of 0% will be awarded.
9.2.3 you submit your exam answer file on an unofficial examination platform (including the
invigilator cellphone application).
9.2.4 you submit your examination answer file in the incorrect file format.
9.2.5 you submit a password-protected document.
9.2.6 you submit your examination answer file late.
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9.2.7 you submit your answer file from a registered student account that is not your own.
9.3 Incorrect answer scripts and/or submissions made on unofficial examination platforms
(Including the invigilator cellphone application) will not be marked and no opportunity will be
granted for resubmission.
9.4 The mark awarded for an illegible examination answer file submission will be your final
mark. You will not be allowed to resubmit after the scheduled closing date and time of the exam.
10. If your answers are typed, ensure that the following requirements are adhered to. Items
10.3 to 10.6 applies to written assignments as well.
10.1 The text must be typed in Arial font, size 12 with single line spacing within the paragraph,
and double line spacing after the paragraph.
10.2 The text must be justified.
10.3 All of the pages must be numbered in the right-hand corner at the bottom of the page.
10.4 All margins must be 2.5cm, but the left margin must be 3cm.
10.5 South African English and not American English should be used. For example, the correct
spelling is “Labour” and not “Labor”.
10.6 Do not use abbreviations or SMS language.
10.7 All quotes that are two lines long (or less), must form part of the main text, be written in
italics, and be bracketed by quotation marks. Where a quotation is longer than two lines, it must be
typed in a separate paragraph in italics in size 11 font and must be indented by 1 cm. No quotation
marks are required when the quotations stand alone. Use quotations very sparingly. In this take-
home exam, a maximum of 5% of the text may be quoted.
11. When answering the take-home exam questions, remember that an open-book exam is a
test at a higher level than the usual type of exam, where memory is tested as much as insight. In an
open-book exam, you need not memorise any information. You are expected to prove that you can
use information, rather than merely repeat it. In brief, what is being tested is factual knowledge,
understanding, and the correct application thereof, not memory skills. For this reason, you do not
earn marks by merely detailing a list of all the information that you think might be relevant to a
particular question. You are expected to identify precisely what information is applicable and
then explain it in a specific context.
11.1 Also, because you have the guide available when answering questions, we do not give
marks for direct quotations from the guide. You are therefore assessed on your level of
understanding and application of the theories.
11.2 PLEASE DO NOT CUT AND PASTE ANSWERS FROM THE STUDY GUIDE (OR ANY OTHER
SOURCE).
12. The arguments that you make must be logical, well-structured, and substantiated by
relevant examples. You are given four hours (not 2 hours) to complete the take-home exam. Use
the time given wisely.
12.1 You are required to have read and interpret the case scenario provided in Section A. The
summaries in the Study Guide are not sufficient for this exam. Section B must be answered in detail
(no structure expected)
12.2 A number of students lose marks because they do not approach problem-type questions
correctly. When answering such questions, it is important to first clarify for yourself the area of
work where the answer must be sought. Deal only with theories that relate to the given facts. This
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