2009 Q1 SAFE & EFFICIENT OPERATION OF RAILWAY DURING WORKS

[cmcvea]

At the beginning of the year I tried to see whether there was any interest amongst those who had not passed the exam last year to reattempt some questions and get comments on their answers; at that time there clearly wasn't much.

I know there are a couple of British Study Groups and several individuals from abroad (both pretty near and very distant and also in-between) have been in contact re starting to study module 1 for the first time. There is now only just over 5 months to the exam so if you are serious about sitting then you really should be getting stuck in and having a go at questions.
My challenge then is for those who are interested is to attempt 2 questions from the 2009 exam by 20th May and then we'll discuss the offerings. For those who are just starting then you may need to study matrerial in parallel with attempting your answer to be able to do so, but the practice of constructing an answer to fill those daunting blank sheets of paper is the first hurdle to overcome.

Peter i have attempted Q1 from the 2009 paper. it took slightly more than the 30 minutes to complete.... about seven days more! please let me know your thoughts on my approach

[Peter]

Peter i have attempted Q1 from the 2009 paper. it took slightly more than the 30 minutes to complete.... about seven days more! please let me know your thoughts on my approach

You have done well in the sense that you have clearly read the question. It asked for a range of options for each of the three sets of problems and you have generated a good range. Moving the signal might be seen as drastic action, but it is only when you have considered other possibilities that you will find out whether it is the only credible option.

Your generic process is very concise which is good. You have not waffled and you have used lots of key words correctly involved with stages of a risk assessment, which at the end of the day is what this question seems to be aiming at without actually saying it! It is good that you mention both risk and cost. You put the diagram in but did not explain it. It is unlikely to earn you any marks for your effort unless you say what it is (you do not score for merely reproducing rules or diagrams, you get marks for using them!).

I find it difficult to give a mark for questions like this, but having passed the exam and being in the position that I would not have done much different to what you have done, I think you are somewhere near the mark. What do others think?

Peter

[dorothy.pipet]

Question paper FYI