"N2EY" wrote in message
...
In article et, "Bill
Sohl"
writes:

When I was preparing for the old Extra test (pre-April 2000) all I did
was
keep retaking the QRZ.COM practice tests until I consistently got 90%
or better. I actually started getting concictently at 100%.

You "studied the test" - literally! Which is certainly effective, and
legal.
(SNIP)
Given the subject material at the time and my lack of any specific
use of much of that material since, I'm not sure how I'd do. Answers to
questions
on space operations (FCC notification intervals), licensing and VE
testing
rules, etc. don't stay with most people unless they have reason to
need that knowledge.

I think that depends on the person. Some folks can, others can't, etc.

Additionally, rules and regs can and do change
as we all know...so band edges, especially mode restrictions within a
specific band (e.g. novice sub-bands) change over time.

Yes - and that's one reason to take online practice tests.

Personally, keeping an up-to-date frequency/mode chart in the shack
makes more practical sense to me.

In fact, it could be argued that having a published Q&A and online
practice
tests makes it *easier* for *already licensed* hams to keep up with the
changes.

Except the question pools are only updated every 3 or 4 years, not
immediately when a change in rules happens. The only thing that
immediately happens is a question that is nolonger valid as
written gets deleted if rules change makes the question wrong.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK