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Kavita, an actuary in Hyderabad, keeps a CPD record showing a webinar on machine learning, a mentoring session she delivered, and a reflection on how she applied the learning to a pricing project. Which feature of her record best shows good CPD practice?

Kavita's record shows good practice because it links varied activities to her work and includes reflection on what she learned and applied. CPD need not be formal examinations or long events, and bare attendance lists give weak evidence of development.

  1. AIt lists only formal examination-based courses
  2. BIt contains activities linked to her work, together with reflection on what she learned and appliedCorrect
  3. CIt includes only activities lasting a full day or more
  4. DIt is completed in one sitting at the end of the year without detail
  5. It records attendance but avoids stating any learning outcome

Explanation

Good CPD links activities to the member's work and includes reflection on learning and its application. CPD is not limited to formal courses or long events, and a record without outcomes or detail is weak evidence of development.

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