Participation: The exam was written by 209 students, although 214 had registered and paid the non-refundable fee. Among the 209 students who wrote, 208 earned a raw score of 10% or higher. All statistics that follow refer to this group of 208.
Summary: Of the 208 students discussed below, 157 earned a score of 50% or better. In other words, 73% of the participants passed the test and are eligible to claim credit at a sponsoring university. The median grade was 64.5%.
Scores of 90% or higher were earned by 24 students; scores below 30% were recorded by 26 students. There was a two-way tie for 100%.
Details: Question-by-question results are shown in the following table. To illustrate the meaning of its entries, consider Question 4. This question was worth 8 marks of the 100 marks on the paper. About 77% of all candidates earned at least one mark on this question (1/8=12.5%); 66% of all candidates got 4 marks or more; indeed, 63% got 6 or more marks.
Question | Point Value | 10% or More | 50% or More | 75% or More |
Q1 | 5 | 94 | 77 | 69 |
Q2 | 5 | 96 | 90 | 85 |
Q3 | 5 | 76 | 56 | 50 |
Q4 | 5 | 77 | 66 | 63 |
Q5 | 8 | 97 | 76 | 55 |
Q6 | 8 | 90 | 59 | 44 |
Q7 | 8 | 99 | 78 | 16 |
Q8 | 8 | 81 | 69 | 44 |
Q9 | 8 | 86 | 54 | 45 |
Q10 | 8 | 91 | 71 | 54 |
Q11 | 8 | 86 | 78 | 69 |
Q12 | 8 | 81 | 74 | 64 |
Q13 | 8 | 90 | 23 | 16 |
Q14 | 8 | 77 | 67 | 50 |
Overall | 100 | 100 | 73 | 36 |
Commentary: The Exam Questions for 2005 and the Solutions and Comments for 2005 are available elsewhere.
Scaling: Raw exam scores were used without scaling.