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Indianaref Wed Dec 09, 2015 01:32pm

Test Question
 
Guards, casts and braces must meet the following guidelines, EXCEPT:
a. Hard and unyielding items (guards, casts, braces, etc.) on the upper arm or shoulder must be padded
b. Knee and ankle braces which are unaltered from the manufacturer's original design
c. A guard, cast or brace made of a hard and unyielding substance may not be worn on the elbow, hand, finger/thumb, wrist or forearm.
d. All of the above
According to 3-5-2, you would think that c might be the answer as the rule reads "shall".

BigCat Wed Dec 09, 2015 01:55pm

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Originally Posted by Indianaref (Post 972238)
Guards, casts and braces must meet the following guidelines, EXCEPT:
a. Hard and unyielding items (guards, casts, braces, etc.) on the upper arm or shoulder must be padded
b. Knee and ankle braces which are unaltered from the manufacturer's original design
c. A guard, cast or brace made of a hard and unyielding substance may not be worn on the elbow, hand, finger/thumb, wrist or forearm.
d. All of the above
According to 3-5-2, you would think that c might be the answer as the rule reads "shall".

Another goofy question. It says Guards casts and braces MUST meet following guidelines EXCEPT….(which one isn't a requirement)

Rule says knee and ankle braces which are unaltered from original design do not have to be padded or meet color restrictions. Implies that altered braces can be worn if padded etc. so B is best i can come up with.

The fact that c says "MAY not" instead of "SHALL not" isn't enough. Both make clear you can't do it.

Nevadaref Wed Dec 09, 2015 08:58pm

My answer is D.

BigCat Wed Dec 09, 2015 09:10pm

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Originally Posted by Nevadaref (Post 972291)
My answer is D.

D is all of the above. I'm reading the question as asking which are not guidelines because it says Except. D to me means none of the listed items are guidelines. What is your line of thought on it? Thx

Nevadaref Wed Dec 09, 2015 09:19pm

You make a good point. I think I'll change my answer to B.

BigCat Wed Dec 09, 2015 09:27pm

Just another dumb question...

pfan1981 Wed Dec 09, 2015 09:36pm

This is a terrible question. It can't be D.

Indianaref Thu Dec 10, 2015 08:11am

We tested the question, the answer is D. Correct on another dumb question...

BigCat Thu Dec 10, 2015 08:35am

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Originally Posted by Indianaref (Post 972316)
We tested the question, the answer is D. Correct on another dumb question...

They screwed themselves up with their own question. They likely meant D to be none of the above. Or the "except" word confused them. They ought to test knowledge and not try to be "clever." Leads to screw ups.


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