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Old January 29th 07, 05:21 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy
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Default Those Old Study Guides


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Want to see a summary of the old study guides, and some sample
questions? I'll post them if you are interested.

Always am.

Here's a sample - lots more to come.

From the 1976 ARRL License Manual:

Study Question #31:


Well, I can see why those types of questions are no longer being used.
It's
more about who is giving the tests than it is about who is taking it.

Every tried grading essay questions?


Yes - but you missed the point, Bob.

In 1976 the tests were all multiple-choice, same as today, except that
most of them were 5 choices rather than 4.

But the FCC-provided *study guides* were in essay format, as given
above. The exact Q&A were not publicly available - at least not
officially.


And this benefited the ARS in which way. If someone knows the task...they
know the task. To be honest with you, I've known some CB'ers who knew as
much or more about radio than ham's. However, I've not known any CB'ers
since about 1974 or so.