Hi Darren... Regarding today's Micro exam, there was a question regarding the bacterial growth equation.
It was laid out in several parts, and it read something like this....
A) You culture a bacteria which replicates every 30 minutes, and there are 100 million bacteria in the original culture.
How many would there be after
a) 2 hours
b) 3 hours
"Question A" was worth 2 marks, and a) and b) worth one mark each... But "Question A" didn't pose a question, just stated how many bacteria there were and how often they replicated.... We are concerned that this was a misprint, and therefore none of us are going to get those 2 marks, which could be the difference between a pass and a fail for some of us....
Could you please clarify with the RSPH?
Thanks Darren,
Bex
I have done just that! Not feeling great at all about the exam, still feeling anxious about it.
Hi Rebecca - could you (or any other candidates) complete the exam feedback form (link is in the cohorts password protected area) - just copy and paste your comment from here if you want. This feedback is then consolidated from all candidates for this exam and sent to me (anonymised). I will make a judgment whether to inform / challenge the RSPH if I believe the question is ambiguous, too complicated, outside the scope of the syllabus, not correct, unfair etc.
Please do this ASAP so I can check over this question.
Kind regards,
Darren