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Former Community Member over 4 years ago

Today I failed my pat testing exam. I was presented with questions not covered by the tutor during the course and cannot find clarification in the iet book I was hoping to get some answers.

A few of the questions where about rcd sockets outdoors, the maximum trip time and trip values as well as minimum and maximum amperage.

Another 2 was about test probe leads, the question answers had options like bs codes and gs38 and also voltage ratings like 20-200v ac and 20-200v dc. But none of this was covered in the course.

I failed by a single mark. Had these been covered or easy to find in the book I would have passed. Can anyone offer clarification in relation to this information?

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0 Former Community Member over 4 years ago

This thread isn't to debate the competency of the tutors. But as you directly addressed that matter, the tutor failed to cover topics that where likely to come up in the exam. He also stated a pass mark of 70% but is actually 80% so how competent can a tutor be if they don't know the pass mark of the exam they invigilate? The tutor in question had more interest in discussing topics not relating to the course than the course content and I dont feel I was given enough information to sut the exam with a fair chance of passing. Those 2 subjects that the tutor didn't cover at all amounts to 10% of fhe pass mark for the questions I got.

However I do agree a tutor who gives the answers to exam questions instead of addressing the topics and teaching those topics would be a bigger failure as its jist cheating. But they have to cover enough of the subject to give students a fair chance of passing
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0 Former Community Member over 4 years ago

This thread isn't to debate the competency of the tutors. But as you directly addressed that matter, the tutor failed to cover topics that where likely to come up in the exam. He also stated a pass mark of 70% but is actually 80% so how competent can a tutor be if they don't know the pass mark of the exam they invigilate? The tutor in question had more interest in discussing topics not relating to the course than the course content and I dont feel I was given enough information to sut the exam with a fair chance of passing. Those 2 subjects that the tutor didn't cover at all amounts to 10% of fhe pass mark for the questions I got.

However I do agree a tutor who gives the answers to exam questions instead of addressing the topics and teaching those topics would be a bigger failure as its jist cheating. But they have to cover enough of the subject to give students a fair chance of passing
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