Mike Coslo wrote in message ...
N2EY wrote:
In article , "Phil Kane"
writes:


On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 11:53:58 -0400, Scott Unit 69 wrote:

For example, take a simple question like "what is the length of a half-wave
dipole cut for 7.1 MHz?" With multiple choice, the QPC says that one answer
(say, 66 feet) is the correct one and all others are incorrect.

But with essays and fill-in-the-blank, what tolerance do we put on the correct
answer? Is 67 feet acceptable? 68 feet? 66 feet 3 inches? The person being
tested could write a long dissertation on tapering elements, the effect of
ground, wire/tubing sizes, etc., and come up with a whole raneg of
arguably-correct answers.

Yup. Go check out rraa. There is a former member of this group involved
in a months long debate. Just as a sample of the lengths some will go to
to prove they are "right". Who would arbitrate contested answers?

- Mike KB3EIA -

Noted. Same old stuff, different year. Brian