Two weeks ago I attended the annual meeting of CEIPI tutors. The announcement of the very high pass rate in the EQE pre-exam caused some surprise. There was a 99% pass rate with 72% of candidates achieving a mark of 80-100/100.

Does this mean that the exam was too easy and failed to achieve its declared objective of filtering out unprepared candidates,? Or does it mean that well-prepared candidates can achieve a high pass rate if confronted with questions that are set at a realistic level?
 
In any event, the pre-exam had a subsidiary objective of improving the quality of results in the main EQE by encouraging candidates to begin their exam preparations earlier. In my opinion, it is very likely that this subsidiary objective will be reached. To what extent, we should find out in the next couple of years.