Annual Assessments

Done the Pages one last couple of years . Some confusing questions . One that sticks in my mind is a picture of the brake pipe scraper tool that comes on the Tecalemit MOT testing tools wall board . Is it an approved bit of kit ? In hindsight ... NO.... It is acceptable .... But not approved .

As we bought our whole kit from Tecalemit less than a year ago and the board has the three triangles on it I clicked on the approved option ...

It was the only question I got wrong .

And the questions were set up before the 21 may & september updates to manual

We bought training and exam from CVTS. As with others, ambiguous phrasing of some questions, but on the whole not too bad. To be honest, with the complete overhaul of the manual, and all the subsequent corrections, I might have expected them to forget that for this year, as we have had enough to keep us occupied, just trying to keep our testing in line with a fluid manual.

Spot on mike617.

One exam has a question regards a worn parking brake lever pivot.

The answer options include minor & major.

The manual states minor, unless the lever can disengage.

One of my students scored 97%.

Woking back through his questions, he had two on brakes, one on 3 axle class 7 brake performance, and the second on the pivot.

We knew the class 7 answer was correct as we had covered it in training.

He gave his answer to the pivot mechanism as minor (checked the manual). Others with the same question answered it as major & scored 100%.

Theres also a misleading question on a daytime running lamp found to be "damaged" - however the defect description is "defective".

In my opinion a lens can have slight damage but still be "effective" - another badly worded question designed to mislead imo.

Surely the wording of the questions should be consistent with the defect description to give you guys a level playing field.

FYI I've raised the above points via email to the relevant exam boards.

Ive not worked with the City & Guilds exam lampy but the IMI exam now shows you which questions were answered incorrectly at the end of the exam. The RMI gives a score sheet for each of the topics. For example you may get two questions on brakes, the score will be under the Manual section (IM reference) so if you get one wrong your score will show 50% under that heading. Not as clear as the IMI as you will need to recall the questions you had & work back on the answers you gave, but it does point you in the right direction.

100% agreed

From what you have said stealth i will be taking mine with IMI next year and not with abc awards

Am I right in thinking that the questions & answers are approved by DVSA stealth?

No doubt they will be. As for proof reading & accuracy it seems as well organised & slick as the release of the new Manual went....🙄