03-10-2012, 08:46 PM
I think you are about right. My information is that "it depends"
I understand that if the route were similar in nature and it was thought to be a genuine mistake, the examiner may mark the paper twice
a) on the assumption the answer was for the requested route, and
b) on the basis that the route which had apparently been done had been the one requested.
Initially mark a) would be utilised when calculating the candidate's overall score, but if a borderline F/NM or NM/P then mark b) would be looked at to see if this move the candidate over the threshold.
However a lot would depend on whether the wrong route seemed to be the sort of error that can occur in exam conditions and therefore whether it was considered reasonable to give the candidate the benefit of the doubt. Clearly if there was something specific about the route that had been asked for, such as a flashing aspect, which did not apply to the route actually undertaken, then those potential marks would just have to be regarded as lost.
Moral is always to double check!
I understand that if the route were similar in nature and it was thought to be a genuine mistake, the examiner may mark the paper twice
a) on the assumption the answer was for the requested route, and
b) on the basis that the route which had apparently been done had been the one requested.
Initially mark a) would be utilised when calculating the candidate's overall score, but if a borderline F/NM or NM/P then mark b) would be looked at to see if this move the candidate over the threshold.
However a lot would depend on whether the wrong route seemed to be the sort of error that can occur in exam conditions and therefore whether it was considered reasonable to give the candidate the benefit of the doubt. Clearly if there was something specific about the route that had been asked for, such as a flashing aspect, which did not apply to the route actually undertaken, then those potential marks would just have to be regarded as lost.
Moral is always to double check!
(02-10-2012, 12:26 PM)reuben Wrote: We don’t know how the examiners treat this situation.
• Certainly you won’t get any direct credit for a correct answer to the wrong question.
• One school of thought argues that if 25% of the question is not answered, the maximum you can score is 75%, even if the remainder is answered perfectly
• An alternative argument could be that you have already demonstrated knowledge of how to specify all the different control functions in other parts of the question, only leaving features unique to the part you missed – such as controls unique to call-on class routes. In this case, you might be able to score 90% (say) despite your omission.
I suspect that the actual view taken in marking is somewhere between the two extremes expressed above.
Good work - good luck for the exam!
Reuben
PJW