The maximum points per category for non-mandatory hours is which value?

• A. Five Points
• B. Ten Points
• C. Fifteen Points
• D. Twenty Points

Answer: (B)

The idea behind the scoring is that each category has a limit on how many points can come from non-mandatory hours. This keeps the overall score fair by requiring some breadth across categories rather than piling up many points in one area. In this scheme, a category can contribute up to ten points from non-mandatory hours. Once you reach that ceiling, additional non-mandatory work in the same category won’t increase the score. That’s why ten points is the maximum. If it were five points, the per-category contribution would be too small; if it were fifteen or twenty, it would overweight a single category and unbalance the scoring.