The whole point of asking 20-marks worth of questions is to get the personal analysis of the candidates. Facts can be found anywhere, and every candidate can reproduce the crammed 'facts' in order to get through; this will simply equate everyone and the whole point of "competition" would be defeated. So, this is not what the examiner is looking for. He looks for original, balanced and well-argued analysis. But yes, you can quote facts to augment your personal analysis. That's the only kind of "facts and figures" which are worth something.

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