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Practice Test Formulations at QRZ

Some folks have asked about how our practice tests are generated and so this document has been prepared to illustrate the process.

The question pool is divided into subelements, each of which covers a particular subtopic. The Technician test requires 35 questions and there are 35 sub-pools (called subelements) from which they are chosen. A given test will therefore contain one question from each of the 35 sub-pools.

Below is a copy of the Technican question pool. The chart is arranged in an array of 35 lines and a varying number of columns. A given test consists of one question from each line.

Question
 1    T1A01 T1A02 T1A03 T1A04 T1A05 T1A06 T1A07 T1A08 T1A09 T1A10
 2    T1B01 T1B02 T1B03 T1B04 T1B05 T1B06 T1B07 T1B08 T1B09 T1B10
 3    T1C01 T1C02 T1C03 T1C04 T1C05 T1C06 T1C07 T1C08 T1C09 T1C10 T1C11
 4    T1D01 T1D02 T1D03 T1D04 T1D05 T1D06 T1D07 T1D08 T1D09 T1D10 T1D11 T1D12
 5    T2A01 T2A03 T2A04 T2A05 T2A06 T2A07 T2A08 T2A09 T2A10 T2A11
 6    T2B01 T2B02 T2B03 T2B04 T2B05 T2B06 T2B07 T2B08 T2B09 T2B10 T2B11
 7    T2C01 T2C02 T2C03 T2C04 T2C05 T2C06 T2C07 T2C08 T2C09 T2C10 T2C11 T2C12
 8    T2D01 T2D02 T2D03 T2D04 T2D05 T2D06 T2D07 T2D08 T2D09 T2D10 T2D11
 9    T3A01 T3A02 T3A03 T3A04 T3A05 T3A06 T3A07 T3A08 T3A09 T3A10 T3A11
10    T3B01 T3B02 T3B03 T3B04 T3B05 T3B06 T3B07 T3B08 T3B09 T3B10
11    T3C01 T3C02 T3C03 T3C04 T3C05 T3C06 T3C07 T3C08 T3C09 T3C10
12    T3D01 T3D02 T3D03 T3D04 T3D05 T3D06 T3D07 T3D08 T3D09 T3D10 T3D11
13    T4A01 T4A02 T4A03 T4A04 T4A05 T4A06 T4A07 T4A08 T4A09 T4A10 T4A11 T4A12 T4A13
14    T4B01 T4B02 T4B03 T4B04 T4B05 T4B06 T4B07 T4B08 T4B09 T4B10 T4B11 T4B12
15    T4C01 T4C02 T4C03 T4C04 T4C05 T4C06 T4C07 T4C08 T4C09 T4C10
16    T4D01 T4D02 T4D03 T4D04 T4D05 T4D06 T4D07 T4D08 T4D09 T4D10 T4D11
17    T4E01 T4E02 T4E03 T4E04 T4E05 T4E06 T4E07 T4E08 T4E09 T4E10 T4E11
18    T5A01 T5A02 T5A03 T5A04 T5A05 T5A06 T5A07 T5A08 T5A09 T5A10
19    T5B01 T5B02 T5B03 T5B04 T5B05 T5B06 T5B07 T5B08 T5B09 T5B10 T5B11
20    T5C01 T5C02 T5C03 T5C04 T5C05 T5C06 T5C07 T5C08 T5C09 T5C10 T5C11 T5C12 T5C13 T5C14
21    T5D01 T5D02 T5D03 T5D04 T5D05 T5D07 T5D08 T5D09 T5D10 T5D11 T5D12 T5D13
22    T6A01 T6A02 T6A03 T6A04 T6A05 T6A06 T6A07 T6A08 T6A09 T6A10 T6A11
23    T6B01 T6B02 T6B03 T6B04 T6B05 T6B06 T6B07 T6B08 T6B10 T6B11
24    T6C01 T6C02 T6C03 T6C04 T6C05 T6C06 T6C07 T6C08 T6C09 T6C10 T6C11
25    T7A01 T7A02 T7A03 T7A04 T7A05 T7A06 T7A07 T7A09 T7A10 T7A11 T7A12
26    T7B01 T7B02 T7B03 T7B04 T7B05 T7B06 T7B07 T7B08 T7B09 T7B10 T7B11
27    T8A01 T8A02 T8A03 T8A04 T8A05 T8A06 T8A07 T8A08 T8A09 T8A10 T8A11 T8A12
28    T8B01 T8B02 T8B03 T8B04 T8B05 T8B06 T8B07 T8B08 T8B09 T8B10 T8B11
29    T8C01 T8C02 T8C03 T8C04 T8C05 T8C06 T8C07 T8C08 T8C09 T8C10 T8C11
30    T9A01 T9A02 T9A03 T9A04 T9A05 T9A06 T9A07 T9A08 T9A09 T9A10 T9A11 T9A12
31    T9B01 T9B02 T9B03 T9B04 T9B05 T9B06 T9B07 T9B08 T9B09 T9B10 T9B11
32    T9C01 T9C02 T9C03 T9C04 T9C05 T9C06 T9C07 T9C08 T9C09 T9C10 T9C11 T9C12
33    T0A01 T0A02 T0A03 T0A04 T0A05 T0A06 T0A07 T0A08 T0A09 T0A10 T0A11 T0A12 T0A13
34    T0B01 T0B02 T0B03 T0B04 T0B05 T0B06 T0B07 T0B08 T0B09 T0B10 T0B11
35    T0C01 T0C02 T0C03 T0C04 T0C05 T0C06 T0C07 T0C08 T0C09 T0C10 T0C11

Test:   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11    12    13    14

Test 1 consists of all the questions in columns 1, and so forth up through test 14. Note that there are some missing questions on some lines for a given number. When a gap is encountered, another question is chosen at random for that line. For example, during test number 11, questions 1 and 2 are chosen at random.

Some of the higher numbered tests (12, 13, 14) consist of mostly random questions due to the nature of the chart. All tests above number 14 are completely randomized.

We hope this has helped you to understand how our practice tests are built.

 

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