"Dwight Stewart" wrote

So, in my opinion, instead of trying to meet that,
the tests today serve as a basic introduction to electronics to both allow
those basic repairs and encourage some to seek real electronics training
elsewhere.

I'd agree with that in general principle. But it strikes me that the
ability to recognize the symbols for various electronic components in a
simple schmatic and to be able to navigate an elementary block diagram would
be essential to even the most elementary troubleshooting and repair tasks
that we'd expect a General class amateur to be able to accomplish.

73, de Hans, K0HB