08-10-2008, 01:35 PM
Thanks, that's a very comprehensive answer. I told my friend to put down what principles he was applying, however his main concern last week was that past papers asked for controls for call-on & warning routes, and he had no idea what they were.
Still, after I explained them to him the afternoon before the exam he seems quite confident that he passed (apart from the usual problem of running out of time, but that probably deserves another post - why does module 3 test how quickly we can write rather than the extent of our knowledge?).
I think that even though a candidate can technically answer a paper based on the systems they are used to, it seems that module 3 in particular is very much biased towards the UK in asking for C & W routes.
Still, after I explained them to him the afternoon before the exam he seems quite confident that he passed (apart from the usual problem of running out of time, but that probably deserves another post - why does module 3 test how quickly we can write rather than the extent of our knowledge?).
I think that even though a candidate can technically answer a paper based on the systems they are used to, it seems that module 3 in particular is very much biased towards the UK in asking for C & W routes.