17-09-2015, 02:22 PM
Alasdair,
In life, we suffer pressure and stress but we do not have the luxury to ask for latitude. I empathise of course but people are not being tested purely on the end answer but the journey and justification for the interpretation of the question.
On the basis the exam is vocational and designed to test the candidate, plus reading time is given, the request seems inappropriate. Good exam technique and deep knowledge of a subject should permit an answer with the candidate's method of why they answered in the way they did. That may not be the reason the examiner asked the question in the way they did but does explain why the two versions differ.
In life, we suffer pressure and stress but we do not have the luxury to ask for latitude. I empathise of course but people are not being tested purely on the end answer but the journey and justification for the interpretation of the question.
On the basis the exam is vocational and designed to test the candidate, plus reading time is given, the request seems inappropriate. Good exam technique and deep knowledge of a subject should permit an answer with the candidate's method of why they answered in the way they did. That may not be the reason the examiner asked the question in the way they did but does explain why the two versions differ.
Le coureur