[gordon30307]

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue

Windy,

Many moons ago I was a member of Umps (An organization I have a lot of respect for) and as I recall Bill and/or Russ conducted a class in February where we did the test as a group. You are a member of Umps. Are you telling me that your members don't compare answers? You must think that the powers that be at the Fed. are stupid. They know that the answers are passed around. If they wanted to the Part 1 test could be administered as part of A Rules Interp. If it were done this way the weeping and gnashing of teeth would be unbearable. [/B]

gordon,
Bill/Russ or Mike may have taught the class that used the Part 1 test as the basis for discussion. I have attended many of these and without fail it goes something like this:

Week 1) The first twenty five questions are assigned to the rookies. They are asked to answer them and return the following week for discussion.
Week 2) Bill/Rus or Mike will randomly select members and ask the question. He/she will give their answer and the class will either agree or disagree. All rulings are cited with page number and rule number.
Weeks 3-6) These same rookies knock off the remaining questions in the same manner. The funny thing is that they are actually due the week before the last week of training. So, they will not be provided all of the answers at our sessions, prior to the closing of the test!


That's not how I remember it. I can recall sitting in a class room with about 30 guys. Starting at one end of the room starting with question 1 etc. answering them and being given the correct answer. Each one of us in turn until the test was completed. Can't cheat on an open book test that you can do at home, work etc.