The findings of the independent inquiry into the RACP’s registrar exam meltdown is not the last word on the issue.

Yes, we were given a fairly inglorious account of what went wrong: the computer glitches that resulted in 1200 registrars having to re-sit their five-hour, make-or-break exam, the lack of testing of the system and the exam-day fiasco itself that left candidates distraught.

But there is another report still to see the light of day — known as the BDO report — which provides an insight into what has been one of the big, unanswered questions.

Why did the RACP contract Pearson Vue, the much-maligned global company embroiled in so many previous stuff-ups, to develop and run computer-based testing for the exam in the first place?