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Sorry if they have been posted before but I am sure there are some people
out there who will enjoy them. http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-2.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-3.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-4.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-5.htm taken from http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/index.htm Adam |
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:22:28 GMT, ARWadsworth wrote:
Sorry if they have been posted before but I am sure there are some people out there who will enjoy them. What is the pass mark? -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:22:28 GMT, ARWadsworth wrote:
http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-4.htm Q.40 Cable couplers should be arranged so that the plug of the coupler is connected to 1. a circuit protected by a fuse 2. the load site of the circuit 3. a circuit having a circuit protective conductor 4. the supply side of the circuit. It says that 4 is the correct answer. Now a plug to me is a male connector. You always refer to the mating parts, not bits of the connector body when determing the sex of a connector. Male conectors have pins, which stick out, like those of a 13A *PLUG*. No way should that be connected to "the supply side of the circuit". -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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ARWadsworth coughed up some electrons that declared:
Sorry if they have been posted before but I am sure there are some people out there who will enjoy them. http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-2.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-3.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-4.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-5.htm taken from http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/index.htm Adam Hi Adam, What the pass mark? Cheers Tim |
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ARWadsworth wrote:
Sorry if they have been posted before but I am sure there are some people out there who will enjoy them. http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-2.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-3.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-4.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-5.htm taken from http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/index.htm I take it these are "open book" tests? -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:22:28 GMT, ARWadsworth wrote: http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-4.htm Q.40 Cable couplers should be arranged so that the plug of the coupler is connected to 1. a circuit protected by a fuse 2. the load site of the circuit 3. a circuit having a circuit protective conductor 4. the supply side of the circuit. It says that 4 is the correct answer. Now a plug to me is a male connector. You always refer to the mating parts, not bits of the connector body when determing the sex of a connector. Male conectors have pins, which stick out, like those of a 13A *PLUG*. No way should that be connected to "the supply side of the circuit". I don't understand what they mean by 'connected' either. Do they mean 'wired to' or 'plugged into' Ny its very nature a plug in service is connected to upstream and downstream parts of the circuit. So my answer in the old pre multiple choice days, would have been to say 'all four, if its to be useful, and safe, depending on the interpreation of 'connected'' 1. Everything should be connected to a circuit protected by a fuse, if its connected to anything, and needs to work in safety 2. A plug is generally wired to the load side of a circuit, if wired=='connected' 3. I have no idea what a protective conductor is, but if he means an earth wire, then in general a mains plug should only be connected to one of those, yes. 4. Obviously if an appliance with a plug is to do anything useful it has to be plugged into (connected to) a supply. Are you sure the question does not have a 'not' in there.. |
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John Rumm wrote:
ARWadsworth wrote: Sorry if they have been posted before but I am sure there are some people out there who will enjoy them. http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-2.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-3.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-4.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-5.htm taken from http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/index.htm I take it these are "open book" tests? They are rote learning tests. I saw no evidence of any fundamental understanding of electricity or safety issues pertaining to it in any of the questions I tried. I mean, does it help knowing the BS**%^&"£=78 is the standard applied to Caravan parks, and not public urinals?? Ye gods. |
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The Natural Philosopher coughed up some electrons that declared:
John Rumm wrote: ARWadsworth wrote: Sorry if they have been posted before but I am sure there are some people out there who will enjoy them. http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-2.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-3.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-4.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-5.htm taken from http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/index.htm I take it these are "open book" tests? They are rote learning tests. I saw no evidence of any fundamental understanding of electricity or safety issues pertaining to it in any of the questions I tried. I mean, does it help knowing the BS**%^&"£=78 is the standard applied to Caravan parks, and not public urinals?? Ye gods. Reminded me of my PAT tester's C&G - open book and 30% random terminology. |
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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message ... John Rumm wrote: ARWadsworth wrote: Sorry if they have been posted before but I am sure there are some people out there who will enjoy them. http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-2.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-3.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-4.htm http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-5.htm taken from http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/index.htm I take it these are "open book" tests? They are rote learning tests. I saw no evidence of any fundamental understanding of electricity or safety issues pertaining to it in any of the questions I tried. I mean, does it help knowing the BS**%^&"£=78 is the standard applied to Caravan parks, and not public urinals?? Don't fret.. I passed and I don't know *anything* about part P regs. |
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Don't fret.. I passed and I don't know *anything* about part P regs. So, can you recall what the pass mark is? 70%? Cheers Tim |
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Tim Southerwood wrote:
dennis@home wrote: Don't fret.. I passed and I don't know *anything* about part P regs. So, can you recall what the pass mark is? 70%? I managed about 73% just by guessing.. Cheers Tim |
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"Tim Southerwood" wrote in message ... dennis@home wrote: Don't fret.. I passed and I don't know *anything* about part P regs. So, can you recall what the pass mark is? 70%? No I don't but I got more than that and I doubt if anything aimed at electricians requires more. While they are skilled they are not expected to be rocket scientists which is why the "regs" tell them how to do things. If they come across something unusual they either ask someone else or bodge it. I prefer to think its the former but I do have enough knowledge to check most of if I need to. |
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On Jul 12, 7:22 pm, "ARWadsworth"
wrote: Sorry if they have been posted before but I am sure there are some people out there who will enjoy them. http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-...le-Paper-5.htm taken from http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/index.htm Adam Fcuk me! If that's all that's required, no wonder they need a medieval guild to protect themselves. MBQ |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Tim Southerwood wrote: dennis@home wrote: Don't fret.. I passed and I don't know *anything* about part P regs. So, can you recall what the pass mark is? 70%? I managed about 73% just by guessing.. Exactly my score too, without reference to anything. Which is worrying if that were a pass. Don't know about you, but I'm happy enough with domestic electrics in my own house. But there is no way I should be let loose on a farm or in a factory. I don't think the sample paper I tried covered nearly enough material and a 1 of 4 answer system encourages educated guesswork. I have a passing familiarity with the 16th Edition, but at no time have I ever made a concerted effort to read the whole book, let alone wot for an exam. Cheers Tim |
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Tim Southerwood wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote: Tim Southerwood wrote: dennis@home wrote: Don't fret.. I passed and I don't know *anything* about part P regs. So, can you recall what the pass mark is? 70%? I managed about 73% just by guessing.. Exactly my score too, without reference to anything. Which is worrying if that were a pass. Don't know about you, but I'm happy enough with domestic electrics in my own house. But there is no way I should be let loose on a farm or in a factory. I don't think the sample paper I tried covered nearly enough material and a 1 of 4 answer system encourages educated guesswork. I have a passing familiarity with the 16th Edition, but at no time have I ever made a concerted effort to read the whole book, let alone wot for an exam. Indeed. My impression was that the examination was a question of reading and memorising the regulations. Understanding them was not actually required. Cheers Tim |
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Huge wrote:
On 2007-07-13, Tim Southerwood wrote: But there is no way I should be let loose on a farm or in a factory. I wouldn't worry about farms. IME, farmers pay no more attention to the wiring regs than they do to any other laws, IOW none. LoL Doesn't seem to stop the Department for the Eradication of Farming and Rural Affairs from trying though. |
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writes On 2007-07-13, Tim Southerwood wrote: But there is no way I should be let loose on a farm or in a factory. I wouldn't worry about farms. IME, farmers pay no more attention to the wiring regs than they do to any other laws, IOW none. Ever read the farmers " 'ealth and safety" manual?.. "101 things you can repair or bodge up at harvest time with a length of baling twine" -- Tony Sayer |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Tim Southerwood wrote: The Natural Philosopher wrote: Tim Southerwood wrote: dennis@home wrote: Don't fret.. I passed and I don't know *anything* about part P regs. So, can you recall what the pass mark is? 70%? I managed about 73% just by guessing.. Exactly my score too, without reference to anything. Which is worrying if that were a pass. Don't know about you, but I'm happy enough with domestic electrics in my own house. But there is no way I should be let loose on a farm or in a factory. I don't think the sample paper I tried covered nearly enough material and a 1 of 4 answer system encourages educated guesswork. I have a passing familiarity with the 16th Edition, but at no time have I ever made a concerted effort to read the whole book, let alone wot for an exam. Indeed. My impression was that the examination was a question of reading and memorising the regulations. Understanding them was not actually required. I was more impressed by the 2391 exam, not that I got beyond reading the first page. At least it started with some open answers, which are a lot more difficult if you haven't a clue. Which I hadn't so I gave up, which is how it should be. 'course, doesn't lend itself to "cost efficient" automatic grading... Funny how saving money these days always seems to cost more in intangible ways down the line... The 2381 was very similar to my PAT exam (2377-002) which was totally multi guess AND open book. Got one wrong (which ****ed me off because I cannot for the life of me work out which one). The course was worth it though (IET in London) as the combination of the two old boys, one former sparks and the other an Engineer did make the course very informative. Mind you, even there, the "practical exam" was a bit half arsed. The sparks was a very practical sort of bloke with a wealth of useful tips (reminded me of Fred Dibnah) and the Engineer filled in with some excellent explanations of why things were written the way they were. Tim |
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"ARWadsworth" writes: Sorry if they have been posted before but I am sure there are some people out there who will enjoy them. http://www.part-p.org.uk/exams/2381-Sample-Paper-2.htm I did this one. Wasn't sure if it was open book or not when I started, so I assumed not. I got 95%. Would have done a bit better if I'd read the first question correctly before trying to answer;-). Also realised part way through it must be open book, but I didn't have book to hand so I had to guess on the external influence category questions as I don't know those off the top of my head. Was very dubious of question 12, and a few others somewhat suspect too. Also, most of these questions are well outside the scope of anything related to Part P work (or any domestic work at all). -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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The Natural Philosopher writes: I managed about 73% just by guessing.. When I did my C&G 16th edition, there were several practicing electricians on the course who would have got better scores than they did just by picking answers at random. Quite frightening really. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:31:55 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Tim Southerwood wrote: The Natural Philosopher wrote: Tim Southerwood wrote: dennis@home wrote: Don't fret.. I passed and I don't know *anything* about part P regs. So, can you recall what the pass mark is? 70%? I managed about 73% just by guessing.. Exactly my score too, without reference to anything. Which is worrying if that were a pass. Don't know about you, but I'm happy enough with domestic electrics in my own house. But there is no way I should be let loose on a farm or in a factory. I don't think the sample paper I tried covered nearly enough material and a 1 of 4 answer system encourages educated guesswork. I have a passing familiarity with the 16th Edition, but at no time have I ever made a concerted effort to read the whole book, let alone wot for an exam. Indeed. My impression was that the examination was a question of reading and memorising the regulations. Understanding them was not actually required. Given that some of these questions involve choosing precise data values from tables these assessments are open book. Therefore reading (and a broad familiarity of the regs) are the only skills required. Understanding the regs will greatly hinder your performance. -- Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter. The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html Gas Fitting Standards Docs he http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFittingStandards |
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