"Robert Casey" wrote in message
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Data point: The General written I took for Technician in 1958 included 5
"draw a diagram of X" questions. The General study guide from ARRL at
the
time included 14 diagrams that might an applicant might be asked to draw.
I memorized all 14 diagarms.

That means that the exam grader needed to know the material.
as well. Someone of that skill level costs more to hire than
someone who just uses an answer key to a multiple
choice test.

In 1958, the exam grader was always an FCC official...not a ham.
Even when you took the test administered by a ham,
it was not graded by the ham, the test was
sent pack to the FCC who graded it.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK