In article , "Kim W5TIT"
writes:

And you obviously can't regognize that taking a series of written exams
proves probably more interest in ham radio than one single CW test.

That depends on the written exams, doesn't it? Big difference between a
nobrainer exam and one that requires real understanding of the material.

For example, one problem could show a known voltage source and two resistors of
a given value, and ask what the current flow is. Another problem could show a
complex network of sources and resistors, some known, some unknown, and ask
what value(s) of certain components are needed to cause certain voltages and
currents to appear elsewhere in the network.

And that's just ONE question. Imagine an exam full of questions of that
complexity.

Q&A pool? No biggie - just have a couple hundred network problems of the type
described above, all with different topologies, values and solutions.

How about Smith Chart questions? Same principles apply.

But the current writtens aren't like that.

The key point is that most prospective hams have to learn code from ground
zero, but don't have to learn the written material that way.

Then again, there could be questions like

"what is the air-speed velocity of an unladen sparrow?"

73 de Jim, N2EY

WWHD