Final Exam, 50-question integrated assessment

The final exam draws 50 questions from the Part 0-10 banks (113 questions in all), taking from each part in proportion to its size and at least three from every part: 6 from Part 0, 5 from Part 1, 6 each from Parts 2 and 3, 5 from Part 4, 4 each from Parts 5 to 8, and 3 each from Parts 9 and 10. Near-duplicates, such as the two questions on the tomography loop in Parts 3 and 5, never land in the same attempt. The questions and their options are shuffled, and every attempt, including Try another draw, is a fresh draw. The strip at the top of the exam shows the allocation before you start. For a shorter sitting, a quick check draws 11 questions, one from each part, and a 25-question draw takes two or three from each.

Two modes. In Practice you submit each answer and see the correct option at once, with a rationale for the correct answer and, where a tempting wrong option rests on a misconception, for that option too. In Exam the answers stay hidden until you finish; you can go back, change any answer and flag questions for review. Your place is saved on this device, so a reload, or a rationale’s link to the section that teaches the point, does not lose the attempt.

The pass mark is 75 %. The results screen gives the verdict, Pass or Rework, scores each part of the chain from Part 0 to Part 10 against the same line, and marks every part below it Rework. The review lists this draw’s misses, and any questions you flagged, grouped by part, each with your pick, the correct answer, the rationale and a link to the section that teaches it. Rework the sections of the marked parts (the per-part quizzes in Sections 11.1 to 11.11 break each part down section by section) and take a new draw. Each part is scored on only 3 to 6 questions, so one miss can move it across the line: a part marked on a single miss is worth a second draw before you rework it. Above 85 % you have a working command of Parts 0-10, and the review shows what this draw found.

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