I have done 2 PPL courses separated by over 25 years. On the first one, in a Tiger Moth, I certainly had to carry out a precautionary landing as part of my test. I hated doing them in the Tiger because you had to fly very close to the stall, with the nose well up so you couldn't see anything, and I never felt confident enough to do that without an instructor. I do remember that it was a frosty morning and, when I looked back after my landing the tail skid marks were satisfyingly close to the hedge.
On the second course, I never did any precautionary landings or glide approaches although I did carry out a Xcountry leg simulating low cloud. I did have to do glide approaches on the test but made a mess of them because I didn't know how to set it up at a fairly busy airport with rigid circuit procedures. Crazy really because, in my Tiger days, I only ever did glide approaches.