yay!

[winterbadger]

I tried the sample test from this site that markets guides to the 'Life in the UK' test and got an 83% (I like to think that if I had studied I would have given a correct answer to at least one of the two questions I missed).

It sounds as if the revised version of the test they are doing from this autumn onwards is slightly less full of ridiculous statistical trivia (if I were to fail, if and when I get to take this for real, and had to retake it, I shudder to think the obloquy which would be heaped on me...)

Of course, I was a sucker and bought the study materials for the old test, just for fun, back when it was announced. But I have no sorrow in knowing they will be obsolete.

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[silme.livejournal.com]

No, I want to do it in August when I'm off work. Not all of the centres have Saturday hours, and I have a feeling they're like the driving test centres -- the Saturday appointments book quickly. I remember having to wait for a Saturday driving test time! (Sheesh -- that was back in 2001. :) My closest centres are in Poole, open for four hours on Saturdays, and Portsmouth, not open on Saturdays. Both centres are about 30 miles from home.

Apparently, you can tell the test centre which book you've used. The second edition is supposed to be much simpler.

I should buy the bloody book this week and call the test centre as well to book a test for later this month, or I'll never get around to it.

[winterbadger]

Ah, right you are. I had not read carefully enough. There's an overlap, and they urge you to bring the book you studied with to show to the test administrators.