[Boatanchors] Upgrade question

[Grant Youngman]

It's like taking the TAKS test here in Texas (the one that lets high  
school kids who can't read and can barely write a complete  
intelligible sentence get a good test score so the Federal money won't  
stop coming in.

All you need is a middling "fact memory".  You don't really have to  
know or (heaven forbid) actually understand much of anything  ...


Grant/NQ5T


On Sep 12, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Glen Zook wrote:

> The Amateur Extra Class examination these days is second only to the  
> Novice Class examination that I took in February of 1959 in being  
> easy.  The Advanced Class that I took in 1968 was harder.  But, the  
> General Class examination that I took in October 1959 was, by far,  
> the hardest.  There were very few "multiple guess" questions but  
> there were all sorts of "fill in the blank", draw schematics, and  
> calculate the correct answer (and you had to "show your work" on  
> scratch paper provided).
>
> The commercial radiotelephone exam I took in August 1962 was on par  
> with the General Class exam.  Well, the "2nd phone" portion was, the  
> "1st phone" was a breeze!
>
> Also, today the pool questions show the correct answer and every one  
> of the "wrong" answers.  The exact same "wrong" answers have to be  
> on the examination worded EXACTLY the same as in the pool.  The only  
> thing that can be changed is the order in which they are presented  
> on the examination.
>
> Also, you can completely ignore any calculations because there will  
> be only 2 or 3 on the exam and you can miss them and still get a 94  
> on the test (76 is passing).  By taking the practice examinations  
> (like on QRZ.com) one automatically learns the correct answer  
> without a conscious effort.  Within  1 or 2 days of taking the  
> practice examinations for about an hour per day virtually everyone  
> can pass the Amateur Extra examination with flying colors.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> Website:  http://k9sth.com
>
>
> --- On Fri, 9/12/08, k0occ at comcast.net <k0occ at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> From: k0occ at comcast.net <k0occ at comcast.net>
>
> The Extra test that I took this year is  way, way, way easier than  
> the Advanced test I took in 1968. Not only is it easier, the study  
> materials that are available now are much better than they were in  
> 1968.
>
>
>
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