Half-exam pass ratios vs. Full-exam pass ratios

[Ceej]

I'm pretty sure 5A + 5B = 5 questions, high level judging by Bobby's thread on all the questions on reserving were what I saw for 5B. Plus, from an operational cost standpoint it just wouldn't make sense to have two sets of questions.

(I've always thought the grading was to be as tommie described above.)

[doop]

Originally Posted by JasonScandopolous

I dont think that any questions were different. Regarding your Alternatively section, you're thinking of it backwards... they wouldnt set a full 5 pass mark of 70% and then use that on both A and B; they'd set 5A and 5B pass marks, and then combine them for full 5. This prevents any difference in section A/B difficulty from mattering.

Got it, that way is much better than what I described. Does this mean that the people who took the full exam are not considered at all when setting the pass mark?

[Vorian Atreides]

Originally Posted by doop

Got it, that way is much better than what I described. Does this mean that the people who took the full exam are not considered at all when setting the pass mark?

Final determination of setting the pass mark for 5A includes all candidates who took that portion of the Exam--that is, summary statistics includes candidates sitting for both 5A and 5.

Analogous situation for 5B.

[doop]

Originally Posted by Vorian Atreides

Final determination of setting the pass mark for 5A includes all candidates who took that portion of the Exam--that is, summary statistics includes candidates sitting for both 5A and 5.

Analogous situation for 5B.

so really, that means the passing "grade" for each exam will indeed be different, with the full exam being somewhere between 5A's and 5B's (if 5A's and 5B's are different). interesting.