Dan/W4NTI wrote:

I believe what the gentleman was trying to convey is that the present day
tests are a total farce. The answer is readly available and it is just a
"formality" to even pass it.

Absolutely, otherwise there are a lot of hams that wouldn't be hams.
People like toddieboy, wogie and lot of others who would not be hams if
they really had to have technical knowledge to pass a test instead of
just memorizing answers.