Difference between Band 10 and Pass ? choice, between, question, multiple

Muddahudda

How many marks do you think this would be ?

Do you think it could come down to just 1 multiple choice question ? ( i.e 3 marks) ?

mcmc

sundevl21 Wrote:
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> I don't understand the logic of the thinking that
> "one wrong" answer shouldn't be the difference
> between a pass and fail. Of course one answer can
> be the difference between a pass and fail, how
> else would you grade it? It's not the marginal MC
> question that causes one to fail, it's the ~30%
> other questions they got wrong that sealed the
> deal.

Um. Yeah. I agree completely. How else do you grade something that is -- in essence -- pass / fail? Its all about the points anyway so i dont know how you can point to one question that is the cause of the Fail. Its all a-mixed up in the sauce.

Analyze_This

CF_AHHHHHHHHH Wrote:
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> Don't forget about the fuzziness that happens
> because of their treatment of ethics though....


Yes exactly, I thought if you were "borderline" and you had a strong ethics, they would weight this heavily. I even think I saw this somewhere on cfa website.

1 mark? really you think huh? wow, so that 1 MC question that you rack your brain over then go home and figured you should have just stuck with your first choice could pass or fail you !!! that is why I usually dont like looking over my questions on PM section, I am usually right my first time around.

well lets say 70% is a pass. This means we can lose 54 marks in the AM and can get 18 marks in the PM wrong. so if we lose 54 marks in am and get 19 wrong this would be a fail ?

what do you guys think, you lost more in AM than PM ??? or vice versa

justin88

I got in band 10 last year and was devastated, and I too flushed the 100 bucks down the drain. I am sick to my stomach thinking whether or not I passed this year.

Iginla2011

i would've paid them an extra $100 if they reversed my fail.

liangfeng

Here's a question: if you paid the $100 and it turned out that they *did* mess up your test and you actually passed after all, would they return your $100?

bpdulog

Of course the highest band ten will be 1 point below pass.

Given the thousands of takers and possible things to get wrong there will scores at every point in the distribution. The MPS cut-off will be the cutoff, and one point lower is band 10.

Zestt

Don't forget about the fuzziness that happens because of their treatment of ethics though....

Unforseen

SCT

$100 is well worth the piece of mind trust me. Obviously I wouldnt do it if I was a band 9 or below, or if I was L2 or L1. But knowing the AM is graded by people, there is still a chance for error so $100 for peace of mind is worth it for me.


I really cant think that 1 question will cause a pass or band 10, that would be cutting it too close I would think, especially since different graders grade differently based on many factors including the human element ( i.e are they pissed off that someone wrote messy, or someone didnt write point form and gives that person 1 or 2 marks less?) I would think it would be in an increment of 5% ( 5% of 360 = 18 marks /3 = 6 multiple choice ?

0-10 - Band 1
10-20 Band 2
20-30 Band 3
30-35 Band 4
35-40 Band 5
40-45 Band 6
45-50 Band 7
50-55 Band 8
55-60 Band 9
60-65 Band 10
65-70 Pass ?????????

jmh530

Less than 10 points on the scale of 360. Approx 3% I guess