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by the Certification and Prior Learning Assessment Team
1 Only a certain number of candidates can pass the exam at any given session.
Myth! Every exam has a "pass mark", which is the total percentage score you must reach to pass. Anyone who achieves this mark passes the exam, and there is no limit to the number of candidates who can pass. If everyone who writes the exam reached the pass mark, then everyone would pass!
The pass mark, which is set by the Angoff method, varies from exam to exam depending on the difficulty of that particular exam. You can find a detailed explanation of the Angoff method inside the Examination Handbooks located on our website.
2. The exam is easier in some provinces/cities than in others.
Myth. Exam candidates from each discipline, write the same exam, on the same day, from Newfoundland and Labrador to British Columbia.
3. If you pass the MLA Certification Exam, this automatically makes you eligible to write the MLT exam.
Incorrect. There are only two ways to be eligible to challenge the MLT exam:
* To be a recent graduate of a MLT program that is accredited by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). To see...