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Klystron · November 3rd 07, 06:20 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.moderated

wrote:
[...]
I think the main criticism is not of the VEC system itself, but
rather the fact that prospective licensees can see the exact
questions and answers that will be on the test.
[...]

If the size of the pool were increased, would that satisfy your
objection? Given a finite body of information, there are only so many
questions that can be formulated from it to test an applicant's
knowledge. I have a number of the old Ameco Q&A books from the days
before question pools (for the commercial tests). If you compare the
Ameco questions, that is, the questions that the author MADE UP, with
the later FCC questions, you don't find a great deal of difference.
I have always found that a decently written test preparation guide,
in Q&A format, for a test like a New York State Regents exam, an SAT, a
GRE or a GMAT is just about as good as a published test pool, especially
if the pool is large. That is particularly true when the questions tend
to be similar from one year to the next (For example, one year, they ask
you to solve for x when 3x=6. The next year, the question is changed to
4x=8. The test prep guide has a sample question of 5x=10.)

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Klystron