What's your point...? We all know there are a few bad questions on exams. I have found and challenged several questions over the years on Pearson Vue, Prometric, ProV, Block & Ass., LaserGrade. They usually call me or send me a letter after the exam thanking and thats it. However, the bad question was never enough of a factor to determine whether I would have passed the exam or not. My point is, if you needed that question to pass, then you have bigger problems than that question...LOL. If not, then you can count yourself lucky enough to have found a bad question and point it out, then my hats off to you....
The point is, this is one question where the test writer's mistake is obvious. Where are the questions where the mistake is
not obvious?
I recall taking my Master Electrician exam. I challenged eight questions outright. They were either poorly worded, contained first-year errors (one calculated the answers in Ohms Law using a parallel circuit, but showed a series circuit in the question), two referenced Code sections that no longer existed, one referenced an obsolete Article etc.
When I contacted the company giving the test, of course they were very defensive. But their stance was basically, "We don't make mistakes", despite the fact I pointed out at least eight glaring errors.
When they asked why it made a differece, I said the same as I stated before....Where are the mistakes I
cannot see?
For instance, let's say a test writer needs a calculation question. So the question is: "A 20-unit apartment building, each apartment having this, this and this, the house panel has this and this. Calculate the load on the service neutral".
Pretty straightforward, you'd think. But let's say the test writer did the calculation based on 30 units, and not 20. Now I come along and take the test, using 20 apartments in my calcs, and come up with an answer. But it's not there, because the 4 possibilities are based on 30. So I guess the closest and am considered wrong. Even though I came up with the correct answer.