There are precise numbers behind the skill test bands. One (Practiced) test might require 40, another might require 50. You get the note about having completed a skill test band when you complete a lesson which raises your unboosted skill to beat the hardest test the band could pose.
I believe these are the thresholds, though I haven’t 100% tested the harder ones:
- 10: Basic
- 30: Student
- 50: Practiced
- 70: Graduate
- 90: Expert
- 100: Grandmaster
An Expert test means the test requires a skill of at least 75, 80, 85, or 90.
If adding multiple skills or testing a category, it’s scaled based on the number of skills involved. A Spirituality + Galactic Relations (Practiced) test could be testing as high as 100, or testing as low as 65.
Easier than Practiced is easy to flex. Harder than Practiced requires a deep commitment to the category. Practiced itself, depends on what the underlying value is.
An efficient 45 will cover almost all (Practiced) tests. An efficient 40 (two days of study and a friend/pet/cute outfit) will cover most. But there are a few important checks which need the full 50. 50 needs either commitment to the category, or accepting inefficient/wasteful lessons.