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by SyrupThinker 884 days ago
Seems about right for "Science and Technology", a variant of this question also shows up in German IHK (chamber of commerce) exams for software developer certifications, with a similar expected answer.

Although you do sometimes get weights… the important part is explaining that you evaluate some weighted sum and take the best result.

How much impact would this question have on the final result for the licensure exam?

IIRC during my own IHK examination this was worth around 5pp, which is almost enough to drop you an entire grade.

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> How much impact would this question have on the final result for the licensure exam?

Fun fact: I have no idea!

Basically all I know is that (1) tests are scored on a scale from 400 – 600, (2) the minimum passing score is 520, and (3) the test is not graded on a curve. But I don't know why they even bother sharing these numbers, because they don't divulge any information on how they're calculated.

https://www.nystce.nesinc.com/content/docs/NYSTCE_ISR_Back_M...

> Although you do sometimes get weights… the important part is explaining that you evaluate some weighted sum and take the best result.

To be clear, this is a multiple choice question. You need to select (A) Company 1, (B) Company 2, (C) Company 3, or (D) Company 4.