How much do you use the rear brake?

Yep, point taken, but he did specifically say to me that I was slowing down, even with just engine, that I should press the rear brake so the cars behind me can see that I am slowing down!

I understand what you're saying hongman. That when slowing just by using engine braking he was telling you to apply your rear brake just enough to put your brake light on and not give you any more stopping power just so that the people behind you would be able to recognise that you were slowing down at a rate much greater than they would expect without seeing your brake lights come on

Yes, that.

Fair call by the examiner. Were you penalised for it?

I see. If you had said you were told to apply the rear brake to activate the rear light whilst engine braking only I would have understood.

Haha, sorry, head's a bit of a mess more than usual today. Lack of sleep.

Luckily it wasn't the examiner - DAS instructor.

Examiner just told me I'd passed, didn't hear anything after that my head was swimming from relief!