Edexcel German - marks off for putting ticks instead of crosses?!

I done the edexcel german unit 1 and 2 exams of tuesday. We went through the papers yesterday and I realised that I probably ticked the answers for 2b. rather than putting crosses .

I asked my teacher if this mattered and she said it shouldn't. However, I have asked friends from other schools and they say edexcel are very strict with this and you won't get any marks even if all the answers are right??! Is this true?

Random bit of useless information to distract you from worrying: in Germany, no form will ever ask you to tick a box, you're always expected to put crosses. Must be some weird cultural thing, just like squeezing thumbs instead of crossing fingers for good luck. The only context in which failure to put a cross will actually make your choice invalid, though, is in elections - mainly because some extreme right-wing idiots like to use swastikas instead of crosses.

lol, really? Now in Japan, you're usually expected to put circles, and ticks usually mean something's wrong

This thread, like many other threads, is a perfect example of how most exam candidates think the examiner is there to take as many marks off them as possible and their job is to "be mean" rather than assess what the candidate has proven he or she knows in the topic area fairly. Ticks instead of crosses don't mean you don't know German.