Jose Ang took the Chemical Engineering Board Examination with the following results: Physical and Chemical Principles 95%, General Engineering 49%, Chemical Engineering 89%. Did he pass or fail?

• A. Jose Ang failed
• B. Jose Ang passed
• C. Jose Ang shall retake the exam - only in the general engineering subject.
• D. Jose Ang did not take the exam

Answer: (A)

The key idea is that licensure exams require meeting the passing threshold in every subject. You can’t compensate a failure in one part with high scores in others. Here, Jose Ang scored 95% in Physical and Chemical Principles and 89% in Chemical Engineering, which shows strong performance. But the General Engineering section is 49%, which falls below the typical passing mark (often 50%). Because one subject did not meet the minimum, the overall result is fail, regardless of the high scores elsewhere. The other options don’t fit because the exam has been taken and one part did not pass, and retaking policies don’t change the fact that a passing mark was not achieved in all required subjects.