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FTT1/2 Exams

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With the FTT1 exam this week how are we all feeling going into exam time?

Have you done anything different to revise this time and if it is working for you have you spread the word to your mates or keeping it all to yourself?

Good luck for Friday, remember to read the questions properly and use your Don't Knows tactically!
 
I'll tell you what we'll do.
We should have a station recall on the morning of the FTT1 exam just to **** off the SAC's and to knock morale down a little bit more.............
 
How did you all feel about the exam then?? If it was anything like the first exam then it will have been nails. I know it a bit late but i wish you all the best with your results.
 
DrillInstructor said:
When are the results due out?
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I may or may not (cannot confirm, just a rumour) be involved in marking FT1 exams next Monday/Tuesday (29/30).

FT 2 are being marked the following week if I recall correctly.

Best of British to you all, hope you remembered to tick the "Don't Know" boxes on the 4 you left in each section!
 
If you're marking, they are all buggered...

I thought you could only read As & Ps!
 
NotAnIDOYet said:
I may or may not (cannot confirm, just a rumour) be involved in marking FT1 exams next Monday/Tuesday (29/30).

FT 2 are being marked the following week if I recall correctly.

Best of British to you all, hope you remembered to tick the "Don't Know" boxes on the 4 you left in each section!
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I'm on the marking board with you mate!
 
God help'em.


Good luck everyone. It's not been an easy transition to the new FTT system but, it looks like everyone is getting their head around it.
 
FT Theory Marking

FT Theory Marking

Has anyone seen the Briefing Note from the Trade Sponsor regarding the new pass standards for FT Theory??

After feedback received from Units, the Negative Marking has been removed and the pass mark has been increased to 80%.

Sounds great on paper, however, that means that an individual can only get 2 answers wrong out of 10 now instead of a possible 4 out of 10 with negative marking - glad it isn't me taking the exam!

I guess we won't know if the new marking system has worked until after the April 08 exam, so i guess we will have to wait and see.

Good luck everyone.
 
Bingo said:
Has anyone seen the Briefing Note from the Trade Sponsor regarding the new pass standards for FT Theory??

After feedback received from Units, the Negative Marking has been removed and the pass mark has been increased to 80%.

Sounds great on paper, however, that means that an individual can only get 2 answers wrong out of 10 now instead of a possible 4 out of 10 with negative marking - glad it isn't me taking the exam!

I guess we won't know if the new marking system has worked until after the April 08 exam, so i guess we will have to wait and see.

Good luck everyone.
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Another knee-jerk reaction from our lords and masters I'm afraid chaps. £ years after we drop the pass mark in BTT we up it again for FT. 60% just means you make the paper harder in real terms, 80% in an exam like this one is going to be difficult if not impossible to achieve.

I am glad I do not have to go through this system now, most of my lads are dreading April now and I feel the deepest of sypathies for those of you that do!

If you are at the secret Northumbrian airbase and want some study/exam help then please drop me a pm.

Cheers

NotAnIDOYet (or am I?)
 
80% pass mark for FT exams!

80% pass mark for FT exams!

And theres me thinking it would be third time lucky...oh well its only promotion, more money etc .................:PDT_Xtremez_21:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all
 
The issue with the exam is clearly the way in which the questions are phrased. They do seem to be looking to catch folk out.

NotanIDOyet... See you in Jan matey, I'm up on a course.

Mess, crazy CMC, Cheap beer go!!!
 
Bingo said:
Has anyone seen the Briefing Note from the Trade Sponsor regarding the new pass standards for FT Theory??

After feedback received from Units, the Negative Marking has been removed and the pass mark has been increased to 80%.

Sounds great on paper, however, that means that an individual can only get 2 answers wrong out of 10 now instead of a possible 4 out of 10 with negative marking - glad it isn't me taking the exam!

I guess we won't know if the new marking system has worked until after the April 08 exam, so i guess we will have to wait and see.

Good luck everyone.
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Under the negative marking if you answered 4 wrong you have a maximum of 46%. The maximum number you can get wrong and guarantee a pass is 2, if you get 3 you HAVE to get the other 7 correct to scrape in with 60%, although if you have answered 7 correctly then you have a pass regardless of how many you subsequently get wrong.

So the negative marking at 60% did give a few more chances of passing than a straight pass mark of 80%.
 
Cottie said:
Under the negative marking if you answered 4 wrong you have a maximum of 46%. The maximum number you can get wrong and guarantee a pass is 2, if you get 3 you HAVE to get the other 7 correct to scrape in with 60%, although if you have answered 7 correctly then you have a pass regardless of how many you subsequently get wrong.

So the negative marking at 60% did give a few more chances of passing than a straight pass mark of 80%.
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I think the previous poster was getting slightly confused - answering 6 correct and leaving 4 blank would give you your 60%.

IMHO there might be problems with the questions, multiple choice questions are the hardest to write correctly but conversely the easiest to mark. There is a slight problem with what is being asked (we are not testing higher levels of learning objective, look up Bloom's Taxonomy on Google if you are really interested!). There is also a misconception that all multiple choice exams should be similar to the old CCS.

Look at it this way:

1. The alphabet has 26 letters, what comes after A?

a) B
b) C
c) 7
d) Goldfish

Now by the power of deduction you can reduce this to 2 possible answers meaning that the guessers amongst you now have a 50% chance of getting it right instead of 25%. To write MCQs correctly your distractors must be plausible answers.

Negative marking was supposed to stop people guessing but I think it has not, leading to the removal of the system and the introduction of the 80% pass mark. I think we doth complain too much and now it biteth us on the arse!

As I stated earlier, if you are wanting some help give me a shout!

Off TopicNever Alert, give me a shout when you are up and I may join you for a beer or seven!Off Topic
 
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