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minimum number of questions (20) for each rating component and the minimum number of questions specific to each endorsement, as required by this chapter, Chapter 6 (Endorsements). Examination questions must be chosen randomly for each candidate from a pool of possible questions. The pool of questions must be maintained by the ATS Certificate holder, and must be reviewed, with the intention of updating, at least every two years. The questions should also be reviewed for the same purpose whenever procedural or technological changes judged by the ATS Certificate holder to be significant are introduced.

6.1.4.10            The holder of an Air Traffic Controller Licence shall not perform the duties that they are authorised to perform by a rating annotated on that licence unless they meet the rating currency requirements at paragraph 6.1.4.8 above, and the currency and recency requirements of relevant endorsements held under that rating.

6.1.5                     Endorsements

6.1.5.1                Subject to CASRs and these Standards, an endorsement annotated on an Air Traffic Controller Licence remains in force for the period for which the licence and the rating to which the endorsement is linked remains in force, or the period specified by the ATS Certificate holder, (no longer than six months), whichever is the less.

6.1.6                     Endorsement Examinations

6.1.6.1                For renewal of an endorsement to be annotated under a rating in an Air Traffic Controller Licence, the licence holder shall pass a written examination in the subject matter specific to the particular endorsement. These examinations must be administered by the ATS Certificate holder.

6.1.6.2                The overall pass standard must be 100 percent.

6.1.6.3                The minimum acceptable initial response for each group of questions must be 80 percent.

6.1.6.4                An average of 80 percent over the whole examination, including any questions failed, shall not in itself be an acceptable initial response.

6.1.6.5                Failure to obtain at least 80 percent for each group of questions shall necessitate supplementary written examination.

6.1.6.6                Where 80 percent or greater, but less than 100 percent is attained for any group of questions, the examinee must provide additional correct responses to oral examination to attain the required 100 percent.

6.1.6.7                An examination for the renewal of an endorsement which has not lapsed, may be conducted without supervision and with reference to any documents, maps, charts, or other reference material — i.e. it may be an 'open book' examination.

6.1.6.8                There must be no time limit on this examination. However, the examination must be completed within 12 months of the previous examination if the endorsement is not to lapse.

6.1.6.9                The minimum number of questions pertaining to each endorsement must be 20, except that where examinations for more than one endorsement are conducted concurrently, the minimum number of questions must