Wednesday 22 January 2014

National 5 Business Management Command Words


Command words are the words that tell you what you have to do with the content or knowledge you have. How you communicate it back to the examiner.

Below is the table of the SQA command words for National 5 Business Management.

Command Words

Compare
Identify similarities and differences between two or more factors.
 
Define
Give a clear meaning.
 
Describe
Provide a thorough description
 
Distinguish
Identify the differences between two or more factors. Remember to use where/but/however.
 
Explain
Give details about how and why something is as it is.
 
Give
Pick some key factors and name them.
 
Identify
Give the name or identifying characteristics of something.
 
Name
Identify or make a list.
 
Outline
State the main features. This needs more detail than just a list.
 
Suggest
State a possible reason or course of action (no development required).