[NSRCA-discussion] Not sure who handles this

[Matthew Frederick]

I put "Stall-break" and it accepted that. I wasn't taking any chances, I
made sure to use the wording from the text. While we're on the FAI test I
seem to remember you having a problem with some of the wording as well.
Here's the issues I had:

 

Question 11 - The entries I made were reversed in the order I entered them
when I viewed the results. I would have gotten it wrong anyway because
instead of "one point per occurrence" I put "one point per event".

 

Question 30 - I used the only unacceptable variation. Given what I had seen
as possible answers on the AMA test I put "1 to 4". The only acceptable
answers were "1-4", "1 - 4", "one - four", and "one to four".

 

Question 35 - Again, the entries I made ended up being reversed when I
reviewed them. Also, again, I would have gotten it wrong because of the same
issue I had seen posted on here before, the difference between "downgraded
severely" and "severely downgraded".

 

Question 41 - Got it wrong because I said that the rolling circle should end
and the "same altitude" instead of the "same point". Nevermind that if the
radius was constant and the altitude was the same, the maneuver ends up at
the same point.

 

Matt

 

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ronald Van
Putte
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 9:46 PM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Not sure who handles this

 

Yeah, and in the question on the initiation of a snap roll, the aircraft
must demonstrate a definite ____.  I put STALL, but the "correct" answer was
BREAK.

 

Ron

 

On Jul 6, 2012, at 9:29 PM, Matthew Frederick wrote:





I just took the AMA Judge Certification test online. There were 3 questions
that I got "wrong", and looking through the acceptable answers I would like
to point out a couple discrepancies. I passed the test but I thought this
could make the test a little more friendly to those who aren't thumbing
through the certification materials to look up the answers.

Question 30 - Regarding radii of loop segments within a maneuver, I put
"equal" and the acceptable answer was "identical".

Question 31 - Regarding major variations between radii and the downgrade. It
is a fill-in-the blank that finishes <blank> points or more. Now the
instructions stated each individual box will contain only one word, and
since I was typing my numbers instead of using the numeral, I typed "two".
Acceptable responses were "2-3", "2 to 3", and "two to three". First, to me
each of those responses contain multiple words. Second, to me the phrase
"two or more" means the same thing as "two to three or more"?

Question 32 - Regarding the continuation of the radius of a loop during the
snap in an avalanche, I put that the model should maintain the "track" of
the loop. Acceptable responses are "circularity" or "radius". Track seems to
mean the same thing to me.

 

Matt

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