WSET LEVEL 2 COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Examination Format - ✔✔A closed-book examination lasting 60 minutes with 50
multiple-choice questions worth one mark each.
✔✔Results Issuance - ✔✔WSET Awards issues an electronic all-candidate grade list
within two weeks of receiving completed scripts.
✔✔Pass with Distinction - ✔✔A mark of 85% and above.
✔✔Pass with Merit - ✔✔A mark between 70% and 84%.
✔✔Pass - ✔✔A mark between 55% and 69%.
✔✔Fail - ✔✔A mark between 45% and 54%.
✔✔Fail Unclassified - ✔✔A mark of 44% and below.
✔✔Special Examination Requirements - ✔✔Candidates with special needs must notify
the examinations officer at their APP at the time of enrolment.
✔✔Resits - ✔✔Candidates may apply to resit the examination if unsuccessful, with no
limit on attempts.
✔✔Tawny Port - ✔✔Sweet, with dried fruit and nutty aromas.
✔✔Ideal Service Temperature for Sweet Wine - ✔✔Well chilled.
✔✔Outstanding Quality White Wines - ✔✔Produced from the Riesling grape variety in
both Germany and Australia.
, ✔✔Fermentation Temperature for White Wines - ✔✔Generally lower than that for red
wines.
✔✔Tawny Port Description - ✔✔Golden in colour, with yeasty flavours.
✔✔Chablis - ✔✔A wine region where a wine could be labelled Grand Cru.
✔✔Vouvray - ✔✔A wine region that is not classified as Grand Cru.
✔✔Hermitage - ✔✔A wine region that is not classified as Grand Cru.
✔✔Minervois - ✔✔A wine region that is not classified as Grand Cru.
✔✔Proof of identity - ✔✔Photographic ID must be supplied to the invigilator at the start
of the examination.
✔✔Examination duration - ✔✔The examination is to be completed in a maximum of 60
minutes.
✔✔Permitted materials - ✔✔Candidates may only have pens, pencils, erasers, and
drinking water during the examination.
✔✔Communication prohibition - ✔✔No communication of any kind between candidates
is permitted until they have left the examination room or the invigilator has announced
the end of the examination.
✔✔Photography prohibition - ✔✔It is prohibited for candidates to take any photographs
of the examination room or examination materials.
✔✔Electronic devices prohibition - ✔✔The use of electronic devices of any kind is
prohibited during the examination.
✔✔Mobile phone policy - ✔✔Mobile phones must be switched off and placed out of
sight, not on the examination desk.
✔✔Dictionaries prohibition - ✔✔The use of dictionaries of any kind is prohibited during
the examination.
✔✔Audible alarms prohibition - ✔✔The use of audible 'alarms' on any clock or watch is
prohibited.
✔✔Leaving the room - ✔✔Candidates may not leave the room until the first 15 minutes
of the examination time have elapsed.
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Examination Format - ✔✔A closed-book examination lasting 60 minutes with 50
multiple-choice questions worth one mark each.
✔✔Results Issuance - ✔✔WSET Awards issues an electronic all-candidate grade list
within two weeks of receiving completed scripts.
✔✔Pass with Distinction - ✔✔A mark of 85% and above.
✔✔Pass with Merit - ✔✔A mark between 70% and 84%.
✔✔Pass - ✔✔A mark between 55% and 69%.
✔✔Fail - ✔✔A mark between 45% and 54%.
✔✔Fail Unclassified - ✔✔A mark of 44% and below.
✔✔Special Examination Requirements - ✔✔Candidates with special needs must notify
the examinations officer at their APP at the time of enrolment.
✔✔Resits - ✔✔Candidates may apply to resit the examination if unsuccessful, with no
limit on attempts.
✔✔Tawny Port - ✔✔Sweet, with dried fruit and nutty aromas.
✔✔Ideal Service Temperature for Sweet Wine - ✔✔Well chilled.
✔✔Outstanding Quality White Wines - ✔✔Produced from the Riesling grape variety in
both Germany and Australia.
, ✔✔Fermentation Temperature for White Wines - ✔✔Generally lower than that for red
wines.
✔✔Tawny Port Description - ✔✔Golden in colour, with yeasty flavours.
✔✔Chablis - ✔✔A wine region where a wine could be labelled Grand Cru.
✔✔Vouvray - ✔✔A wine region that is not classified as Grand Cru.
✔✔Hermitage - ✔✔A wine region that is not classified as Grand Cru.
✔✔Minervois - ✔✔A wine region that is not classified as Grand Cru.
✔✔Proof of identity - ✔✔Photographic ID must be supplied to the invigilator at the start
of the examination.
✔✔Examination duration - ✔✔The examination is to be completed in a maximum of 60
minutes.
✔✔Permitted materials - ✔✔Candidates may only have pens, pencils, erasers, and
drinking water during the examination.
✔✔Communication prohibition - ✔✔No communication of any kind between candidates
is permitted until they have left the examination room or the invigilator has announced
the end of the examination.
✔✔Photography prohibition - ✔✔It is prohibited for candidates to take any photographs
of the examination room or examination materials.
✔✔Electronic devices prohibition - ✔✔The use of electronic devices of any kind is
prohibited during the examination.
✔✔Mobile phone policy - ✔✔Mobile phones must be switched off and placed out of
sight, not on the examination desk.
✔✔Dictionaries prohibition - ✔✔The use of dictionaries of any kind is prohibited during
the examination.
✔✔Audible alarms prohibition - ✔✔The use of audible 'alarms' on any clock or watch is
prohibited.
✔✔Leaving the room - ✔✔Candidates may not leave the room until the first 15 minutes
of the examination time have elapsed.
