What is the full UMS cap?

So some of my friends were talking about something called the full ums cap, where in the A2 units with 150 ums if you pass a certain mark or a certain ums you are awared the full 150 ums

i dont really understand this and was wondering if anyone knows about it?
Thnaks

So some of my friends were talking about something called the full ums cap, where in the A2 units with 150 ums if you pass a certain mark or a certain ums you are awared the full 150 ums

i dont really understand this and was wondering if anyone knows about it?
Thnaks

In an exam, you are awarded a raw mark out of how many marks are available for that exam. For example, let's say someone is awarded 80/100 raw marks in an exam.

Each year, difficulty of the exam changes. Raw marks are converted to UMS marks to make this fairer on students. The 80/100 raw mark someone acheived might equate to 83/100 UMS marks for one year, or if the exam was much more difficult, then perhaps 90/100 UMS marks for one year. This means that you can get a certain raw mark, let's say 95/100, and still be awarded the full 100/100 UMS mark.

This is a simplified explanation, as UMS boundaries mostly change each year.

Hope this explanation helps, ask any questions if you are still unsure

Can you ever get less UMS than raw marks?

So some of my friends were talking about something called the full ums cap, where in the A2 units with 150 ums if you pass a certain mark or a certain ums you are awared the full 150 ums

i dont really understand this and was wondering if anyone knows about it?
Thnaks

Yes, of course.

So there are situations where it is actually impossible to get 100 UMS?

Nopes.

But... You just said that there are papers where you can get less UMS than raw marks...