[David B]

Originally posted by Camron Rust

The purpose of any test is to determine what you know by sampling the various topics. The point of having a closed book test is to encourage you to study the entire set of topics, not just the answers to the test.

If a person has a copy of the test they only need to study the content of the test...if even that. They could also just memorize certain answers if they don't know or understand them. They may not even bother studying or learning.


A lot of people simply want a copy of the answers so they don't have to put in the work themselves.

(These are the same kind people who slept through algebra in the 9th grade...or never even took algebra...and are now complaining because, without skills or knowledge, they can't land a decent job.)

Also note that, since it is a T/F test, a monkey (read coach if you wish ) could score 50% on the test by plotting their team's hit/miss pattern as his answers.

So, someone scoring 60-70% really doesn't know very much.

Surely there might be some guess work, but I've found that in a closed setting, the ones who missed them on test 1 are going to miss the same type of question in Test 2 because so
many of the questions have a little twist.

So, I like to have the answers to be able to see what I'm missing because many times, the same situations will come up in the ballgames that we officiate.

Practice might make perfect, but only when its perfect practice.

Many many officials miss the same things night after night after night simply because no one corrected their mistaken interpretation.

I personally think the test make the officials get in the book because they usually cover just about every section of the rules in some manner.

Since we use Test 2 for our grading test 1 is a very good help.

Thanks
David