UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
May/June 2025
AME2603
Introduction to Agribusiness Management
HOMEMYEXM
100 Marks
Duration: 3 Hours
First examiner: Dr DL Mthombeni
Second examiner: Prof SS Tekana
This paper consists of five (5) pages.
Instructions:
• This is a closed-book examination.
• Answer all the questions and make sure that your handwriting is neat and easy to read.
• Submit the examination answer script within 3 hours after downloading it from myExams module site.
• The examination scripts should be submitted on myUnisa module site in a single PDF format (answer scripts must
not be password-protected or uploaded as “read-only” files).
• Incorrect file format and uncollated answer scripts will not be considered.
• No emailed scripts will be accepted.
• Preview your submission (answer scripts) after submitting to ensure legibility and that the correct answer script
file has been uploaded. Wrong answer files that are uploaded (i.e. any file other than the exam answer script) will
not be marked and no opportunity will be granted for resubmission.
• A mark awarded for an incomplete submission will be the student’s final mark. No opportunity for resubmission
will be granted.
• A mark awarded for an illegible scanned submission will be the student’s final mark. No opportunity for
resubmission will be granted.
• Only the last answer file uploaded within the submission duration period will be marked.
• Students who have not utilized invigilator or proctoring tools will be deemed to have transgressed Unisa’s
examination rules and will have their marks withheld. If a student is found to have been outside the invigilator app
for a total of 10 minutes during their examination seession, they will be considered to have violated Unisa’s
examination rules and their marks will be withheld. For examinations which use the IRIS invigilation system, IRIS
must be recording throughout the duration of the examination until the submission of the examination script.
• Students have 48 hours from the date of their examination to upload their invigilator results from the invigilator
App. Failure to do so will result in students being deemed not to have utilized the invigilator or proctoring tools.
• Students are permitted to resubmit their answer scripts within the stipulated submission duration, should their
initial submission be unsatisfactory.
• Submissions will only be accepted from registered student accounts.
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• Complete the honour pledge by clicking on the add honour pledge.
• Students suspected of dishonest conduct during the examination will be subjected to a disciplinary process.
Students may not communicate with any other person or request assistance from any other person during their
examinations. Plagiarism is a violation of academic integrity and students who plagiarise, copy from published
work or Artificial intelligence Software (eg ChatGPT) or online sources (eg course material), will be in violation of
the Policy on Academic Integrity and the Student Disciplinary Code and may be referred to a disciplinary hearing.
Unisa has zero tolerance for plagiarism and/or any other forms of academic dishonesty.
• Listening to audio (music) and making use of audio-to-text software is strictly prohibited during examination
session unless such usage of the software is related to student’s assistive device which has been so declared.
Failure to do so will be a transgression of Unisa’s examination rules and the student’s marks will be withheld.
• Students are provided with 30 minutes to submit their answer scripts after the official examination time. Students
who experience technical challenges should report the challenges to the SCSC on 080 000 1870 or their College
exam support centres (refer to the Get help during the examinations by contacting the Student Communication
Service Centre [unisa.ac.za]) within 30 minutes. Queries received after 30 minutes of the official examination
duration time will not be responded to. Submissions made after the official examination time will be rejected
according to the examination regulations and will not be marked.
• Non-adherence to the processes for uploading examination responses will not qualify the student for any special
concessions or future assessments.
• Queries that are beyond Unisa’s control include the following:
a. Personal network or service provider issues
b. Load shedding/limited space on personal computer
c. Crashed computer
d. Non-functioning cameras or web cameras
e. Using work computers that block access to the myExams site (employer firewall challenges)
f. Unlicensed software (eg license expires during exams).
Postgraduate students experiencing the above challenges are advised to apply for an aegrotat and submit
supporting evidence within ten days of the examination session. Students will not be able to apply for an aegrotat
for a third examination opportunity.
• Students experiencing technical challenges, contact the SCSC 080 000 1870 or email
or email module lecturer Only communication from your
myLife account will be considered.
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May/June 2025
AME2603
Introduction to Agribusiness Management
HOMEMYEXM
100 Marks
Duration: 3 Hours
First examiner: Dr DL Mthombeni
Second examiner: Prof SS Tekana
This paper consists of five (5) pages.
Instructions:
• This is a closed-book examination.
• Answer all the questions and make sure that your handwriting is neat and easy to read.
• Submit the examination answer script within 3 hours after downloading it from myExams module site.
• The examination scripts should be submitted on myUnisa module site in a single PDF format (answer scripts must
not be password-protected or uploaded as “read-only” files).
• Incorrect file format and uncollated answer scripts will not be considered.
• No emailed scripts will be accepted.
• Preview your submission (answer scripts) after submitting to ensure legibility and that the correct answer script
file has been uploaded. Wrong answer files that are uploaded (i.e. any file other than the exam answer script) will
not be marked and no opportunity will be granted for resubmission.
• A mark awarded for an incomplete submission will be the student’s final mark. No opportunity for resubmission
will be granted.
• A mark awarded for an illegible scanned submission will be the student’s final mark. No opportunity for
resubmission will be granted.
• Only the last answer file uploaded within the submission duration period will be marked.
• Students who have not utilized invigilator or proctoring tools will be deemed to have transgressed Unisa’s
examination rules and will have their marks withheld. If a student is found to have been outside the invigilator app
for a total of 10 minutes during their examination seession, they will be considered to have violated Unisa’s
examination rules and their marks will be withheld. For examinations which use the IRIS invigilation system, IRIS
must be recording throughout the duration of the examination until the submission of the examination script.
• Students have 48 hours from the date of their examination to upload their invigilator results from the invigilator
App. Failure to do so will result in students being deemed not to have utilized the invigilator or proctoring tools.
• Students are permitted to resubmit their answer scripts within the stipulated submission duration, should their
initial submission be unsatisfactory.
• Submissions will only be accepted from registered student accounts.
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May/June 2025
• Complete the honour pledge by clicking on the add honour pledge.
• Students suspected of dishonest conduct during the examination will be subjected to a disciplinary process.
Students may not communicate with any other person or request assistance from any other person during their
examinations. Plagiarism is a violation of academic integrity and students who plagiarise, copy from published
work or Artificial intelligence Software (eg ChatGPT) or online sources (eg course material), will be in violation of
the Policy on Academic Integrity and the Student Disciplinary Code and may be referred to a disciplinary hearing.
Unisa has zero tolerance for plagiarism and/or any other forms of academic dishonesty.
• Listening to audio (music) and making use of audio-to-text software is strictly prohibited during examination
session unless such usage of the software is related to student’s assistive device which has been so declared.
Failure to do so will be a transgression of Unisa’s examination rules and the student’s marks will be withheld.
• Students are provided with 30 minutes to submit their answer scripts after the official examination time. Students
who experience technical challenges should report the challenges to the SCSC on 080 000 1870 or their College
exam support centres (refer to the Get help during the examinations by contacting the Student Communication
Service Centre [unisa.ac.za]) within 30 minutes. Queries received after 30 minutes of the official examination
duration time will not be responded to. Submissions made after the official examination time will be rejected
according to the examination regulations and will not be marked.
• Non-adherence to the processes for uploading examination responses will not qualify the student for any special
concessions or future assessments.
• Queries that are beyond Unisa’s control include the following:
a. Personal network or service provider issues
b. Load shedding/limited space on personal computer
c. Crashed computer
d. Non-functioning cameras or web cameras
e. Using work computers that block access to the myExams site (employer firewall challenges)
f. Unlicensed software (eg license expires during exams).
Postgraduate students experiencing the above challenges are advised to apply for an aegrotat and submit
supporting evidence within ten days of the examination session. Students will not be able to apply for an aegrotat
for a third examination opportunity.
• Students experiencing technical challenges, contact the SCSC 080 000 1870 or email
or email module lecturer Only communication from your
myLife account will be considered.
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