tonights 2391 exam....(10th march 2011)

[lynj]

one thing to say and that is did c&g forget how to be staightforward? felt like some of the questions were half thought......

anyone else take it?

 

[benjo]

I did it last night I'm not sure if i passed it, in fact i'd rate it at 50/50! Found it hard but answered all the questions. This exam was nothing like the numerous mock exams we did in the run up to the real thing, it was much harder! I wish City and Guilds would just ask the question rather than trying to trip you up by wording it a difficult way!

 

[honda127]

i did test for 100ma rcd, was i correct i did di for 3oma as i felt it didnt ask for it , but seen alot of the boys in the class done 30 and 100

 

[honda127]

yes i took it , the way they ask the questions is a b,lls .easy question just made not so easy

 

[honda127]

500 ma i put down for my answer ,

 

[kenny5522]

anyone know how many marks you need to pass?

 

[honda127]

think i could be doing with some past papers davy if you wouldnt mind some of them question just shook any confidence i had of passing awayyyyyyyyyyyyy, roll on june

 

[honda127]

im new and feeling much better after reading all these posts , i thought it was only me who found it hard to understand ,ill be a bit more prepared for there silly question next time around, good luck guys

 

[honda127]

i wrote type of earthing arrangement and suppliers rating of protective device i really was stumped on this one , think it was question 2 and it ****ed my head up , and gave up lol

 

[B6 7BU]

i wrote type of earthing arrangement and suppliers rating of protective device i really was stumped on this one , think it was question 2 and it ****ed my head up , and gave up lol

Thats 2 marks for Q2 (a)

 

[paulanderson22]

Thats 2 marks for Q2 (a)

I put down rating of suppliers cut out but couldnt think of another one.
would earthing arrangements be correct. question was 2 bits of info that could only be found out by enquiry.
if you were unsure of the earthing arrangements surely you could test to find out???

 

[Paul.M]

This paper has got a lot of people talking by the looks of things. Let's hope that someone can find a copy of it quick so we can all go through it again and see where we went wrong and also people on here (like IQ, Widdler all all the other lads) can see what our problems were.

 

[lynj]

i think c&g are learning that past papers get leaked on the internet and thought "we'll make this one a tricky one!"

 

[Steve_Wilson]

I too took the exam last night. The wording was bad enough to confuse even Giles Brendeth! I was told by my boss today that he knows electricians of 20 years experience that couldn't pass the previous papers he's seen so to fail this is no bad thing, you just need to think that the re-take can't be any worse. I've seen a lot of answers for the same questions and unfortunatly, there is sod all we can do about it now but wait....eeerrrggghhh..... Good luck to everbody who is chewing their fingernails to their elbows (like me). We all know our trade, it's just proving it in a 2.5 hr written exam thats the hard part. If I wanted to do paperwork, I'ed have become a teacher...no offence to tutors.

 

[Paul.M]

I like Steve already. First post and he talks sense and he's got ANIMAL as his avatar pic. Welcome along Steve, good luck with your results.

 

[LlandrilloSpark]

500mA Rcd? , is for Fire protection and not shock protection, BS7671 requires special locations I.e marinas to be additionally protected by 30 ma or possibly tine delayed 30ma, I went for 30, I'm not sure if I'm right