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REGULATION VI.

MARKING OF EXAMINATION PAPERS.

1. As soon as practicable after an examination the papers of the competitors shall be marked and the general average of each ascertained.

2. A competitor, after receiving notice of his grade, may, in person or by duly authorized agent, in the presence of an examiner, inspect his examination papers, and, if in his opinion injustice has been done him, he may, within 30 days after the receipt of notice, appeal to the Commission, specifying particularly and in detail the cause of the complaint. The Commission will promptly decide all such appeals, and, if necessary, revise the marking of appellant's papers, or otherwise do justice in the premises.

3. All examination papers shall be marked under the following rules: Mark every correct answer..

Mark every faulty answer according to its value on a scale of 100 and ascertain the value of a faulty answer as follows: Mark each error in an answer (error in spelling, capitalization, computation, punctuation, or by omission, addition, substitution, transposition, etc.) as herein specifically directed, and deduct the sum of the error marks of each answer from 100.

ORTHOGRAPHY.

100

The difference between the sum of the error marks of each answer and 100 will be the mark of the answer.

(1) For each error in orthography when the exercise consists of 20 words.
(2) For each error in orthography when the exercise consists of 10 words
(3) For each error in capitalization .

(4) For each failure to use the hyphen when required in a compound word..
(5) For each wrong use of the hyphen.....

From 100 deduct

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(7) For each failure to use period to denote an abbreviation when the exercise consists of 10 words...

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(6) For each failure to use period to denote an abbreviation when exercise consists of 20 words..

COPYING.-Writing from dictation.

In this exercise no word or date shall be abbreviated.

(1) For each error in orthography, but no charge to be made for the repeated misspelling of the same word in the same manner

(2) For each word omitted.......

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(8) For each failure to use the period at the end of a sentence, and for each grossly improper use of a punctuation mark

(9) For each failure to use the hyphen when required

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(2) For each word or figure † omitted: Provided, That a deduction of 10 shall be made for the omission of two or more consecutive words, if the words omitted do not constitute more than one printed line of the copy; that a deduction of 20 shall be made for the omission of two printed lines or more than one line; and that a proportionate deduction shall be made for the omission of a greater number of printed lines..

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*No charge shall be made for the omission of the word or words in place of which the substituted word or words have been written.

+ The cipher is considered as a figure.

From 100 deduct

(3) For each word inserted or added..

(4) For each word or figure substituted

(5) For each transposition.....

(6) For each abbreviation not in the copy...

(7) For each failure to capitalize according to copy.
(8) For each failure to punctuate according to copy.
(9) For each failure to paragraph according to copy.
(10) For irregularity in left-hand margin..

(11) For misdivision of a word at the end of a line...

(12) For each omission of the hyphen in dividing a word at the end of a line..

(13) For failure to indent as in copy (only one charge to be made in the exercise)..
(14) For each variation from the printed copy in the use of parentheses, brackets, or the
hyphen

PENMANSHIP.

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(1) Mark penmanship* according to its value on a scale of 100.

ARITHMETIC.

Notation and Numeration.

(1) For each improper use of the sign $, £, or other denominations of quantity, or for the omis-
sion or the substitution of one for the other..

(2) For error in denomination of decimal; for each place not exceeding three.
(3) For a required decimal expressed as a common (or vulgar) fraction..
(4) For each numeration point placed to the right of the decimal point..

(5) For each use of the comma where the decimal point should be used.
(6) For each use of the period where the comma should be used..

(7) For each figure substituted...

(8) For each figure inserted..

(9) For each figure prefixed or suffixed

(10) For each figure omitted

(11) For incorrect pointing

(12) For omission of the hyphen in compound words, when the omission leads to ambiguity.. (13) For use of superfluous cipher or ciphers at the left of an integer....

(14) For writing cents and mills as a decimal part of a dollar when an amount of United States money is required to be expressed in words....................

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(15) For expressing in figures and signs quantities required to be expressed in words, according to gravity of error

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(16) For expressing in words quantities required to be expressed in figures and signs, according to gravity of error

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(19) For use of the comma where the decimal point should be used.

(20) For error in copying figures from printed question...

(21) For error in copying figures from work, wrong result being obtained..
(22) For error in copying figures from work, right result being obtained.
(23) For indicating wrong process, but performing correct process..

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* In determining the value of penmanship legibility, formation of letters, and general appearance must be considered.

Fractions and Problems.

From 100 deduct

(Above charges for fundamental rules apply also to fractions and problems.) (24) For wrong process, producing incorrect result....

100

(25) In problems involving more than one step or operation, for each wrong process, according to gravity of error.....

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(27) For complex process or method, right result being produced..
(28) If, when "work" or "operation in full" is required, the correct answer is given, but no
"work" is shown...

(29) For fractions in answer not reduced to lowest terms.......

(30) In denominate numbers, for errors in quantity of one denomination contained in a unit of a higher denomination or for failure to express the answer in the several denominations, beginning with the highest, according to the gravity of the error....

(31) If part of a work is correct and part incorrect, or if problem is incomplete, credit in proportion to correct work done.

(32) For error in subtraction of dates in problems in interest, discount, and partial payments.. (33) For omitting days of grace in problems in bank discount, or in other problems when specified

(34) If, when "work" or "operation in full" is required, the correct answer is given and the process is clearly indicated, but not written in full..

(35) If no attempt is made to answer....

(36) For failure to indicate the answer in problems by the letters: Ans., or otherwise.
(37) For each failure to use the sign $ or £, or any other monetary or commercial sign, or any

sign by which the relations of quantities are expressed, when the use of such is required
in the statement or solution of a problem..

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(38) In multiplication, for each failure to use a figure of the multiplier, or for treating the cipher as a unit in the multiplier .

(39) For transposition of figures in process.. (40) For giving proof instead of solution....

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(41) For copying a decimal as a whole number, but treating it correctly as a decimal in the solution..

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(42) For giving an algebraic solution of a problem in arithmetic.

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BOOKKEEPING AND ACCOUNTS.

(1) For omission of heading or for wrong heading..

(2) For reversed items (every item that should be a debit being made a credit, and vice versa)....... (3) For every misplacement of credits or debits (where the preceding rule does not apply)... (4) For omission of date or item......

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(5) For omission or misplacement of balance.

(6) For failure to bring balance down when required..

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PRACTICE OF BOOKKEEPING.

(1) For each error in the daybook, journal, or journal-daybook

(2) For each omission of an item in the daybook, journal, or journal-daybook..

(3) For failure to foot the daybook, journal, or journal daybook.

(4) For each error in the ledger

(5) For improper closing of each account in the ledger showing loss or gain..

(6) For each omission of an account required to be kept in the ledger.....

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The different subjects in the practice of bookkeeping are weighted as follows: Daybook 1, journal 1, ledger 1, balance sheet 1; total, 4. Whenever the daybook and journal are combined, the journal day book is given a weight of two out of the four points.

The daybook and journal or journal daybook will be marked upon a basis of 100. (The difference between the sum of the error marks and 100 will be the credit mark upon each of these two subjects.) Each account in the ledger will be marked upon a basis of 100, and the sum of the credits obtained, divided by the number of accounts required to be kept, will be the credit mark on this subject.

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For each wrong use of the hyphen..

For each omission of the hyphen in dividing a word

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(3) No definite directions can be given for marking the style and matter of the letter, and the judgment of the examiners must therefore determine the value of each.

(a)In determining the mark on style, it will be proper to consider: (1) The mode of expressing the thought or facts; (2) rhetorical expression; (3) choice of words and their arrangement (not including grammatical construction).

(b) In determining the mark on matter, it will be proper to consider: (1) adherence to the subject; (2) intelligence and ability shown.

In marking style and matter, the judgment of the examiners determines the mark on each.

GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND GOVERNMENT.

In marking these subjects, each answer shall be marked, in the discretion of the examiners, according to its value on a scale of 100.

When the question requires in the answer a specified number of States, countries, persons, places, locations, or things, the quotient arising from the division of 100 by the number of States, countries, etc., required, shall be the credit to be given for each State, country, etc., correctly named; if a greater number is given in the answer than is required, the additional number of States, countries, etc., shall be added to the number required by the question, and the quotient arising from the division of 100 by the number thus obtained shall be the credit to be given for each State, country, etc., correctly named.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

1. For using the pencil in performing any work required to be written in ink a charge of 10 should be made.

2. Any error not covered by the foregoing rules will be marked in the discretion of the examiners. 3. The examiners having satisfactory evidence that an answer has been borrowed or otherwise improperly obtained, the question will be marked 0, and the examination papers, with the evidence, referred to the Commission.

4. The examination papers of every competitor must be marked by the board of examiners, and each examiner shall initial every paper marked by him. Should a review by another examiner be neces sary, he also shall initial every paper reviewed by him. Each examiner who marks a subject shall mark and initial with pencil or ink of different color from that of the pencil or ink used by any other examiner marking the same subject.

5. All errors noted must be indicated by underlining or otherwise. The charge for each error must, when practicable, be noted on the margin of the sheet.

6. In finding the average of the marks on any subject by dividing the sum of the credits by the number of questions, the unanswered questions must be counted in obtaining the divisor.

FOR MARKING THE "READING OF ADDRESSES."

(Railway Mail and Postal Services.)

Two marks are given for this subject-one for accuracy, the other for speed. The sum of the marks for accuracy and for speed, divided by 2, gives the average for the subject.

The mark for accuracy will be determined by the following rule: Count all the errors on the cards which were read within the ten minutes allowed for the exercise and count two errors for each address not read within the ten minutes (if there be any such). If the sum of all the errors thus found is more than an average of 2 to each address (i. e., to each card) reject the excess. Subtract the sum of these errors, thus found, from 100, and the result will be the mark for accuracy.

To ascertain the mark on speed the following table should be used. The first column indicates the number of minutes used in reading the addresses, and the second column the mark for speed:

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The above table shows the mark for every half minute, when the competitor reads all the addresses in ten minutes or less. If all the addresses are not read within ten minutes the mark will be determined as follows: For each card not read within ten minutes a charge of 1.2 (one and two-tenths) will be made, and the sum of these charges substracted from 60 will give the mark for speed.

SPECIAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS.

The examiners must, when rules for marking the technical, special skill, or practical test parts of any examination have not been prescribed, determine upon their own judgment the value of the answers in such parts of any examination; but, as far as practicable, the papers of special and supplementary examinations must be marked under these rules.

EXAMINATION IN TYPEWRITING.

The examination in typewriting consists of four subjects, all of which are practical tests. 1. Tabulating--arranging in tabular form certain data given in the question. 2. Transcribing rough draft. 3. A copying and spacing exercise, intended to test the applicant's knowledge of the use and adjustment of the machine. 4. A dictation exercise. Speed and accuracy will be considered in marking all the subjects of this examination, each being marked on a scale of 100. The average on the subject is determined by dividing the sum of the marks on speed and accuracy by 2.

1. Tabulating exercise.

In marking the tabulating exercise, errors in spelling, and the omission, substitution, and transposition of figures, and errors in the use of words, will be charged, under the following rules:

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For each abbreviation contrary to instructions (total charges not to exceed 35).

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For each unnecessary run-over to following line......

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For each word or item omitted, added, or changed (for the omission of a whole line 10), and for each transposition of items..

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For each error in the name of an individual, State, or place, and for each error in other entries (only one charge to be made for the full name of an individual or for a single column entry or for the repeated misspelling of the same word)..

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