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Last question WRONG after the first 75, still Pass?

I've read many "opinions" on this issue, but has anyone ACTUALLY finished the NCLEX-RN exam at a number greater then question #75, and less than #265, gotten their final question wrong, and still passed? The reason I ask is because if you your above the "passing line" when your test cuts off at #75, it is programmed to shut down regardless if the last question you answered is correct or not. After #75 its a different ball game, because at this point, if the test continues, your still in the game until your able to reach the "passing line" as each answer brings you closer to the either of the two boundaries.

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i have heard of people passing w/ 76 questions. i heard the last question wheter right or wrong dosen't matter. i wish you luck and hope you passed. please keep me posted. i am sending good thoughts your way.

i took my exam for the 2nd time on the 10/17 and im pretty sure i got it wrong... i was told that it doesnt matter if you get it right or wrong.. guess ill see soon... does anyone know if i did pass.. would my name have showed up on the brn website today?

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Took the NCLEX-RN on 10/16/2007 & got my results by mail on 11/01/2007......failed. If you get the last question wrong anywhere between questions 75-265...you failed. It's mathematically impossible to pass when that happens.......here is proof in black and white. https://www.ncsbn.org/1230.htm

Click on "example-pass".

I'm a student, so I have never taken the NCLEX, however, I have read alot of threads on it, and this is why I think the "last question myth" is indeed a myth....but only if it shuts off at 75.

From what I have read, they include questions on every exam that are not calculated into results...they are questions that they are testing for future exams...so if you happen to get one of these questions (because they appear randomly throughout the exam) as your last one, then that would explain how you could get the last question wrong and still pass...but it seems like the test questions appear within the first 75.

If you go beyond 75 questions, then the last question wrong=fail would have to be true b/c the test appears to decide on the difficulty of your NEXT question based on how you answered your LAST one...so if your last question was wrong, and the test shuts off, then it doesn't seem like you would pass.

Not sure if that makes sense or not.

I passed at 100 questions

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