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City & Guilds Exam
I sat my City & Guilds Photography - Level 2 exam last night; 45 multiple-choice questions in 1 hour, with only 40% required to pass. The questions ranged from the straightforward to the ridiculous, with my favourite being:
Why does a tripod only have 3 legs?
a) it costs less to make
b) it’s easier to level and adjust
c) it’s lighter
d) it’s easy to adjust
I nearly spluttered out loud when I read the question, then I saw the answers…Who wrote this thing?! For your information, I opted for answer b) it’s easier to level and adjust. I’ve still got no idea if that’s right or wrong…
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#1 Willaim C. Bert
Mark
What is a City & Guilds exam?
Bill
6:17 pm - Wednesday, June 18, 2003
#2 Mark Goldstein
Hi Bill,
City & Guilds is a vocational examination body based in the UK. They run a Photography course which has 3 levels, with each level taking 1 year to complete.
Mark
6:23 pm - Wednesday, June 18, 2003
#3 Simon F
Surely the answer is that if it had more than 3 legs it wouldn't be a "tri" pod
8:06 pm - Wednesday, June 18, 2003
#4 Mark Goldstein
Hi Simon,
That must have been secret option E !!
The question sounded more like the opening to a joke when I first read it...
Mark
8:10 pm - Wednesday, June 18, 2003
#5 Mark
Errr, the answer is becuase 4 legs would never be level. (All old English furniture has 3 legs because of the old uneven wooden floors)
10:58 pm - Wednesday, June 18, 2003
#6 Ed Garrard
So did you get your 18 questions right?
1:25 am - Friday, June 20, 2003
#7 Mark Goldstein
Yeah, I think so - I counted 25 that I *think* I definitely got right...
Mark
1:28 am - Friday, June 20, 2003
#8 Edwinek
I'd go for B as well. But I think the most important point is, that anything with three legs will never wobble.
5:48 pm - Friday, June 20, 2003
#9 Tom Morris
That exam sounds like a load of tosh - that's not about photography, it's about cameras and gear. Which are the least important parts!
Good luck though...
5:14 pm - Sunday, June 22, 2003
#10 Tony
Can overseas people take the exam?
HK also has the C&G exam but seems no photography course.
6:42 pm - Sunday, June 22, 2003
#11 Mark Goldstein
There were some parts of the course which weren't just about equipment
Although the emphasis was definitely on getting everything technically correct, rather than having to be a creative genius.
Mark
10:22 pm - Sunday, June 22, 2003
#12 Mark Goldstein
I'm not sure about the overseas exam - it might be worth checking out their website?
Mark
10:31 pm - Sunday, June 22, 2003
#13 Steve Crane
Is there any tangible benefit to having passed these examas, other than the personal growth obtained by doing the course?
12:02 am - Monday, June 23, 2003
#14 Mark Goldstein
I think that the C & G qualifications are equivalent to other vocational qualifications e.g. HND, A-Levels - at least in the UK anyway. Also passing the Level 3 C & G course allows you to obtain an LRPS (Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Association) without having to submit a portfolio of work.
I didn't take the course as a means to an end, at least initially anyway. It was more a personal growth kind of thing, as Steve said - a way of filling in the gaps in my knowledge, which had mostly been gleaned from photography magazines
2:16 pm - Monday, June 23, 2003