Does the reuse of test items to a greater extent mean that there will be no questions, or fewer questions, covering recent journal articles?
Recent retrospective analysis indicates that the 2005 Exam contained 41.6% new questions, the 2006 Exam contained 23% new questions, and the 2007 Exam contained 25.5% new questions. The advice given on the ACLAM website this year was that “Roughly 66% of the questions are derived from the test data base. This allows for 33% of the questions as new. Often these new questions are drawn from current literature and recent publications. Additionally, new questions may also be added from standard laboratory animal resources (i.e., textbooks and regulations). Prior to 2005, exams were considerably longer with a higher percentage of new questions. The current exam format of less questions and therefore less new questions may have given the impression that current literature was not important or necessary to review. This is not true. Questions are still generated from current literature but we attempt to focus all questions to the important topics of laboratory animal medicine as highlighted in
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