“Assess” — what the examiner wants
How to answer a Cambridge Computer Science question that starts with Assess (9618): Cambridge's definition, what a full-mark answer contains, the mistake that loses the mark.
Cambridge's definition
“make an informed judgement”
What earns full marks
Judge how good, effective or suitable something is, giving evidence for the judgement.
What loses the mark
Judging without evidence, or giving evidence without a judgement.
A question that uses it
Assess the suitability of a bus topology for a network of 200 workstations.
In real past papers
None of the current-syllabus questions in the bank opens with this word yet — it is in the syllabus list, so it can still be set.
Don't confuse it with
The definition follows the command-word table in the Cambridge syllabus; the guidance is ZAK's. Statistics come from the real past-paper question bank (command words are read from each question's wording). Command words and past papers are © Cambridge Assessment International Education.