FAQ-BIT Exams

• Usually, 2 months before the semester exams, EDC will announce the calling of Exam Applications, through the BIT web site and the VLE.
• Students are necessary to fill the Online Exams Application through the Link available, by selecting the required semester, exam papers and the preferred centre to sit for the exams.
• Once completed the Online Exam Application, print the (system generated) Payment Vouchers, then make the payments to any branch of Peoples Bank and upload the scanned or clear photo image of the Payment Voucher (endorsed by the bank) to the system. Thereafter, the system allows you to print the Exam Application. All the students are required to send the printed and signed Exam Application and the Payment Voucher to EDC before the closing date.
  

• It is not necessary to complete all courses of a semester at once. Though you have not attempted (did not apply or sit or absent for the examination) a particular course, it is considered that an attempt is exhausted. You can use only remaining attempts to complete the level. There are only three attempts for a course.
• But, remember that, to obtain the Diploma in IT, you need to pass all Level I courses.
• And, to obtain the Higher Diploma in IT, you need have completed the DIT and pass all Level II courses.
  

Please note that the following marking scheme will be applied to the BIT MCQ examination papers.

Type 1: Each question has 5 (five) choices with ONLY ONE correct answer.

• If a student selects only the correct choice, he/she will be able to obtain a +1 mark (full mark).
• If a student selects any other choice or choices, he/she will be given a 0 mark.

Type 2: Each question has 5 (five) choices with ONE or MORE correct answers.

• If a student selects all correct choice(s), he/she will be able to obtain a +1 mark (full mark).
• If a student selects any incorrect choice will be given a penalty.
• The mark given for a question will vary from -1 (All the incorrect choices are marked & no correct choices are marked) to +1 (All the correct choices are marked & no incorrect choices are marked). However, the minimum mark per question would be zero.

Students must read the instructions clearly to identify the type of the MCQ examination paper.

From Level I to Level II

No candidate shall be eligible to proceed to or register for, the Level II (Year 2) of the BIT Degree Programme unless he/she has obtained at the Level I (Year 1) Examination (Semester 1 and Semester 2)

1. a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.00;
2. a Grade Point of 2.00 or above in Courses totalling not less than 20 GPA Credits;
3. a “PASS” Grade for all Enhancement Courses; and,
4. has not obtained a Grade Point of less than 1.00 in any of the Courses (This includes any candidate who has obtained an "E" grade, Absent (AB) for a course examination, or has not applied/registered for a course examination.)
   

From Level II to Level III

No candidate shall be eligible to proceed to or register for, the Level III (Year 3) of the Degree Programme unless he/she has obtained at the Level II (Year 2) Examination (Semester 3 and Semester 4)

1. a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.00;
2. a Grade Point of 2.00 or above in Courses totalling not less than 20 GPA Credits;
3. a “PASS” Grade for all Enhancement Courses; and,
4. has not obtained a Grade Point of less than 1.00 in any of the Courses (This includes any candidate who has obtained an "E" grade, Absent (AB) for a course examination, or has not applied/registered for a course examination).
   

You cannot proceed to the next Level. It is a MUST that you fulfil all the progression conditions to move to the next Level.
You are only allowed to re-registered for the same Level.

The maximum number of attempts allowed to complete a particular Level is three (3) attempts. Therefore, a student MUST complete each Level within a maximum of 3 consecutive years, failure to do so will result in automatic cancellation of the candidature.

You will not be allowed to do any Level I exams in the 4th year. Therefore, you may not able to complete Level I as well as the degree. This will result in the automatic cancellation of the candidature.

Past papers have been published in the BIT VLE. MCQ past papers are published with their answers and Structured past papers are published with the model answers.

Yes, you can.
However, when calculating the GPA, a grade that you obtained will be considered and the maximum of a 'C 'grade is taken for the calculation of Class GPA.

Yes, Software Development Project in the Level III is a compulsory course needed to complete the BIT degree.
You must obtain at least a “C” grade for the course, in order to obtain the BIT degree.

• To pass a GPA course you need to get a minimum of a "C" grade.
• To pass an Enhancement (EN) course you need to get a "PASS".
• EN courses are given only PASS or FAIL.
• If you have obtained a grade lower than a "C" grade (e.g. C- or below) for a course you are required to repeat that course to obtain the Diploma or Higher Diploma Certificate.
  

If you have obtained a Grade inferior to a "D" grade of which the Grade Point Value (GPV) is 1.00, you cannot obtain the BIT degree.

Furthermore, you are also not allowed to proceed to the next Level.

• Yes, at the first registration, you are given the registration for Level I.
• Whether you do or not the semester 1 exams, you are allowed to sit for the semester 2 exams.
• However, note that if you get Absent (AB) for a particular examination, or do not register for the particular examination, you are not allowed to proceed to the next Level even if you fulfil other progression conditions.