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winterbadgerOK, well, my exam is done. For once, I have to say, I am not comfortable with or confident in my chances.
There are four questions, and you have to get a pass in three of them to pass the exam. If you pass all four and get a pass with distinction in three of them, you graduate "with distinction".
My problem was that I did not manage my time at all well. In fact, I lost track of time while working on the first question (after reading all four) and spent about half the exam time on that one! I think I will certainly pass that one, perhaps with distinction. I'm fairly confident with my answer on the second question; I should pass that, too, I think. At that point, though, I had only about an hour to do the last two questions (out of an original six for all four), so I cribbed together a response to one from some similar exam questions I had had earlier in a previous course, massaging them a bit to fit together. If I'm lucky I may pass that one--not sure.
Then it came down to the last question and about 20 minutes. Without going into what it was (I think that's probably a no-no for an open post), it wasn't my best subject (one reason I'd left it for last--I didn't want to get all wrapped up around it and burn up time--instead I did that on a topic I could handle! arrgghh!) So I wrote up a very short, very vague reply. I doubt I will pass on that answer, especially as it's the examiner's pet topic (I should have known it would be on there and swotted up!)
So, I'm guessing that makes 2-3 passes overall. Fingers crossed! We are supposed to have exam result back within a week. If I don't pass at least three questions, I can re-sit the exam once (only), but I would be very disappointed with myself.
Well, nothing I can do about it tonight. Now for some dinner...
There are four questions, and you have to get a pass in three of them to pass the exam. If you pass all four and get a pass with distinction in three of them, you graduate "with distinction".
My problem was that I did not manage my time at all well. In fact, I lost track of time while working on the first question (after reading all four) and spent about half the exam time on that one! I think I will certainly pass that one, perhaps with distinction. I'm fairly confident with my answer on the second question; I should pass that, too, I think. At that point, though, I had only about an hour to do the last two questions (out of an original six for all four), so I cribbed together a response to one from some similar exam questions I had had earlier in a previous course, massaging them a bit to fit together. If I'm lucky I may pass that one--not sure.
Then it came down to the last question and about 20 minutes. Without going into what it was (I think that's probably a no-no for an open post), it wasn't my best subject (one reason I'd left it for last--I didn't want to get all wrapped up around it and burn up time--instead I did that on a topic I could handle! arrgghh!) So I wrote up a very short, very vague reply. I doubt I will pass on that answer, especially as it's the examiner's pet topic (I should have known it would be on there and swotted up!)
So, I'm guessing that makes 2-3 passes overall. Fingers crossed! We are supposed to have exam result back within a week. If I don't pass at least three questions, I can re-sit the exam once (only), but I would be very disappointed with myself.
Well, nothing I can do about it tonight. Now for some dinner...
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