A number of students have fluncked their provisional examinations lately for the following reasons:

1) They did not know what to do when an Item does not immediately read.

If the Item doesn’t read, list for the Item by using the correct Listing question.

If the Item still does not read, here are some of the questions an auditor could ask:

“Has this Item been suppressed?”

“Has this Item been not-ised?”

“What considerations do you have about this Item?”

If the Item still doesn’t read the auditor could briefly check whether the pc is dramatizing the Item, whether the pc has had the correct concept of the Item or not, whether heat has been suppressed.

2) They did not know the correct Listing questions.

These are:

• a) “What would Oppterm bring about?” (when looking for the terminal of the same pair)
• b) “What Item would have brought about Terminal?” (when looking for the Oppterm of the next pair down)

Therefore, even though we have the complete line plot, it is sometimes necessary to list for the next Item. This immediately helps the pc to locate the Item in its position in the GPM or the pc gets rid of a few locks and the Item blows down like a dream.

3) They did not know what to do when you run into trouble on R6.

Question: What does R6 “trouble” consist of?

Answer: R6 “trouble” basically consists of

• a) Reads shut off.
• b) Pc refuses to continue on R6.
• c) Heat turns off.

Question: Why do ‘reads shut off’?

Answer: Because you are running the pc without a goal under him.

Question: So what dod you do when you run into trouble on R6?

Answer:

• 1) YOU FIND OUT WHERE THE PC IS SITTING.
• 2) Find the relationship of the material you are dealing with.

Question: Where would the pc be?

Answer: The pc is still ‘safely” sitting ‘way back’ in the last correct action.

Question: Is it OK you you to continue running the pc down the line plot after your reads have shut off ‘in the hope of reads turning on again if you go on long enough?’

Answer: NO!! DON’T GO BEYOND A NON-READING METER. (HCO B 12 June 64; page 3:- “Running a GPM out of sequence isn’t serious so long as it’s in the same series..... etc. BUT RUNNING A GPM WITHOUT NEEDLE ACTION ON ITEMS OR TA IS CRIMINAL”)

Question: What should an auditor do when an Item has not read, but the pc insists it has blown?

Answer: Check whether the Iten “Has Blown” “Not Blown”. If it reads that it has blown, ask the pc to give you the next Item, but if the next Item does not read, DON”T GO ANY FURTHER. You’ve got R6 ‘Trouble’ on your hands and what do you do when you’re in trouble? You find out where your pc is, etc.

Question: What about a Tocky Needle turning on?

Answer: If it really is a Tocky Needle, you are cleaning a clean, but the following has been observed:

- Auditor running a GPM with reads getting smaller and smaller: “Okay, let me just check for bypassed charge. In this GPM have we bypassed any charge?” Instant Dirty Read. Auditor: “Oh-oh, Tocky Needle. Well, I won’t argue with that. Next Oppterm please!”

By the way, just in case of confusion, the above is an example of how NOT to run R6! Here is another ‘Please don’t follow’ example:

Auditor: “Has the Item blown? (no read) Not Blown? (read) Blown? (no read) Not blown? (read) Blown? (no read) Not blown (read) Blown? (protest read) That reads. The Iten has blown. Next Oppterm please!”