Writing essay questions with abbreviated words?

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To anyone that knows: Are we allowed to write these essay questions using abbreviated words in order to save time? I understand our answers should be concise and bullet points however can we use abbreviations? Schweser has just stated that you should write to where the exam grader can understand what you are trying to say.
Common abbreviations I use:
b/c (for becuase)
inc. (for increase)
Govt. (for government)
etc…
Is this kosher? Or must we write out every word?
 
So if there is a question like “stated the appropriate return measure”, could I write “this is the TWRR” instead of “this is the time weighted rate of return”?
 
I think TWRR would be fine as that is used repeatedly in the curriculum…isn’t there a list of abbreviations and acronyms etc on the CFAI site? I would imagine anything on that list is definitely fair game to use.
https://www.cfainstitute.org/progra...nts/cfa_program_level_III_common_acronyms.pdf
Just looked and TWRR isn’t on it actually, but I still think anything abbreviated in the curriculum would be ok to use.
 
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