Well the examiners did certainly hint strongly that it would be unlikely that a standard level crossing question would be asked again this year, so perhaps should not have been too surprising.
I think that I might have made the assumption that it was a private road and described motorised user work gates.
However it could actually be an open crossing, probably protected with lights.
I suppose that a CCTV monitored level crossing where the barriers are usually down and only opened when a road user requests to cross would also have fitted the description, but I don't think that was really what was wanted.
Certainly an AHBC does not seem a sensible option to describe.
Not a question I think I would have chosen- feel that I'd have been struggling talking about interface options with the train driver.
A useful summary of UK crossing types is on NR web site . You can also find some videos showing road users with a death wish.
I think that I might have made the assumption that it was a private road and described motorised user work gates.
However it could actually be an open crossing, probably protected with lights.
I suppose that a CCTV monitored level crossing where the barriers are usually down and only opened when a road user requests to cross would also have fitted the description, but I don't think that was really what was wanted.
Certainly an AHBC does not seem a sensible option to describe.
Not a question I think I would have chosen- feel that I'd have been struggling talking about interface options with the train driver.
A useful summary of UK crossing types is on NR web site . You can also find some videos showing road users with a death wish.
(08-10-2012, 02:26 PM)Rich Wrote: felt the exams were mostly ok. did 1,3,5 and 7. Don't think I did particularly well on Mod 7 but 1 and 3 went ok.
My only real surprise was the level crossing question on Mod 5. Expected to to be based around a MCB or AHB but to me it read like it wanted details of a MKCB-On call. Not a very common crossing but I had a go at it I know others answered with regards to an MCB and a AHB so feedback and that question from the 'exam board' would be appreciated.
PJW