For the development of an international standard of certification, a diverse Examination
Panel representing the international community is necessary for the creation and
delivery of examinations. The Examination Panel responds to requests for questions
testing specific subject content. Questions will be developed both for use during
both the Part 1 and Part 2 examinations and must adhere to guidelines for good question
development adopted by the IBCSOMS Directors. Each question is reviewed for suitability
by the Directors before acceptance into an item bank. As each question is used during
subsequent examinations, specific statistics characterizing the question’s performance
will become part of a question’s profile. Good questions can be used repetitively
while questions that fail to distinguish passing candidates from failing candidates
are discarded.