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Passing your 17th Edition Wiring Regulations 2382 exam
The City and Guilds 2382 17th Edition exam is probably the most popular electrical qualification to date and, as there are no pre-entry requirements, the qualification is attractive to those who are new to the industry and also practising electricians who need to update their knowledge.
The qualification is required to demonstrate that you have a good working knowledge of the IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition.
Whether you intend to sit the 2382-10 full exam or the 2382-20 update exam (for those who are already up to date with the 16th edition wiring regulations and can demonstrate this), there are certain steps you can take to improve your chances of success.
First off, you will certainly need your own copy of the IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition to help with your revision. Keep the book ‘clean’, that is do not write any notes on the book or mark any pages, at least until you have passed your 2382. The reason for this is that the 2382 exam is an ‘open book’ exam, meaning you will need to take a ‘clean’ copy of the wiring regulations into the exam room with you. Many examination centres will lend you a clean copy to take into the exam, but many won’t and if your copy has notes written inside, the exam centre could request you purchase a new copy off them in order to sit the exam.
So, you’ve got your own copy of the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations and...now comes the fun part - you’ve got to read it!
Whilst it’s not the most engrossing book you’ll ever read, you’ll certainly need to know your way around it to get through the 2382 exam. There’s no need to memorise any of it and I’d suggest you don’t even try, however skip reading through the publication several times will certainly help you get a feel for the layout and where specific regulations can be found. Take some time to familiarise yourself with the contents on page 3 and use it to reference particular regulations within the publication as you’ll be doing a lot of this during your exam. I’d also suggest paying particular attention to figures 2.2 to 2.6 on pages 32 to 34 as you may well encounter questions on these in your 2382 exam.
Your 2382 exam will be taken on the City and Guilds online GOLA exam system. This is a simple system, but it can take a little getting used to. You are given around 10 minutes before your exam to go through an online tutorial to get you used to the GOLA interface, however any practice you can get beforehand on a 2382 Exam Simulator will be of major benefit to you during the actual exam.
If you are sitting the 2382-10 exam you will encounter 60 questions in 2 hours or 30 questions in 1 hour for the 2382-20 exam. This basically means you have 2 minutes in which to answer each question. Bearing in mind that you will more than likely not know the answer and will have to refer to the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations to find it, 2 minutes does not seem such a great length of time to find the correct answer.
It is important therefore, not to spend too much time on a question of who’s answer you are unsure of. If you cannot find the answer, use the ‘Flag’ button to mark it as a question you need to come back to and move on to the next question. Remember if you don’t answer a question you’re guaranteed to not get any marks for it, but taking an educated guess gives you at the least, a 1 in 4 chance of getting a mark, so never leave a question unanswered if possible.
The order of the questions usually follows the order of the IEE Wiring Regulations, so a good tip is that usually questions that you encounter early on in the exam will be relating to regulations appearing early on in the Wiring Regulations publication. As you progress through the questions, you will be progressing through the publication.
After reading the question, use the index of the Wiring Regulations to locate the relevant section that relates to the question.
Certain questions will relate to diagrams or ‘exhibits’ that will appear with the question. Look closely at the exhibit as information that can supply the answer to the question can usually be found within the exhibit.
Keep a check on how the time is going (a warning will flash on the screen when you’ve got 5 minutes remaining) and remember that it’s important to answer every question if possible. If you reach the end screen before your time has run out, click the ‘Review’ button to go back to any unanswered questions or questions that you have flagged. There will also be a ‘Continue’ button but do not click this unless you are completely happy that you have finished and answered all the questions, as clicking ‘Continue’ will end the test.
Be careful of the ‘Quit’ button in the real exam and on the 2382 Exam Simulator . If you choose ‘Quit’ you will be given the option of ending the test. Don’t think you can do this, even if you have answered all the questions as selecting ‘Yes’ will end the test and you will may lose your results. You cannot go back after clicking ‘Quit’ and then confirming by clicking ‘Yes’.
So, to summarise, the more familiar you are with the layout and index of the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations and the more practice you get on the 2382 GOLA Exam Simulator, then the more likely you are to achieve the necessary 80% pass mark and gain your 2382 qualification.
Good Luck