[CW] Dissing the ARRL

[W2AGN]

On Saturday 10 January 2004 12:51, Jay Eimer wrote:
> And back to the standards - the question pools are getting harder.  The
> tech pool size was TRIPLED in the last revision.  Another thing you guys
> may not be aware of - VE groups can make their own tests.  I have a
> computer database of all the questions and answers.  They are all multiple
> choice, but the program picks one question from each group (required topic,
> as laid out by the FCC).  There are dozens of questions to each topic, of
> which a testee will see only one - but that one can be further complicated
> by the fact that the program "scrambles" the order of the choices.


So,now they have 3 times the questions to memorize? Whatever happened to 
LEARNING the theory, so you don't have to memorize the questions? What you 
are doing is whining because basically, it is harder to cheat. And yes, it is 
cheating to have the questions and answers to memorize. I suppose you got 
your 4 degrees taking that kind of exam? Maybe you did.

I strongly believe the questions and answers should NOT be available, but the 
candidate should have enough knowledge of theory, regulations, etc, to pass a 
REAL test.


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John W2AGN
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