Primary ciliary dyskinesia is a disorder characterized by chronic respiratory tract infections, abnormally positioned internal organs, and the inability to have children (infertility). The signs and symptoms of this condition are caused by abnormal cilia and flagella.
Apart from the writing sections, all the five sections contain a total of 48 questions. Out of these 48 questions, 40 contribute towards the score in PCAT, while the remaining 8 questions are experimental questions that are not scored. Out of the two writing sections, one section is for experimentation.
The Technician license exam is comprised of 35 questions selected from a pool of 426 questions contained in ten subelements (T0-T9). Each subelement is divided into topics. One exam question is randomly selected from each topic to make up the license exam.