Last question correct?

cloudydrms · Jul 20, 2005

I honestly don't know where this theory came from, but if you think about it it does make sense. But it only makes sense if you get more than 75 or less than 265 questions. If you get more than 75 and they are looking for you to show that you've definitively passed or failed the exam then in theory if you get the last one right then the computer probably just was able to determine that you definitively passed (or are competent). If you missed the last question, then the computer was probably able to just figure that you definitively failed. Now, I'm just guessing here, cuz I actually have no idea, but it does make sense to me. Now if you get 75 questions and you get your last question wrong, you could still pass because the computer could have already determined that you were competent. If you get 265 questions, then it really doesn't matter what you get on your last question. The computer just looks at the last 60 questions to determine if you're competent or not.

Now you probably didn't really want this lengthy of an answer, did you? LOL!

Cindy

Where did the theory, 'if you answered the last question correctly, then you passed', come from? I was just wondering if anyone has gotten the last question right and still failed?
I have all this time to wonder about these type of things because my results are not back yet...