The Test

[Camron Rust]

Originally posted by stripes
I have never understood why this had been such a big deal each year. If your motives are not good, you will still find a way to get the answers. If you have the answers and someone else wants them to aid in their rules study, why not give it to them?

Why all the drama every fall?

Why? Because several of us try to maintain an ethical standard not only for ourselves but our avocation. I believe it is as unetical to knowingly provide the means to cheat as it is to cheat. Sure, cheaters might find the answers anyway but that doesn't make it right. Plus, if we don't make them available freely, they might actually have to open a rulebook to pass the test on their own.

While it is certainly true that the test doesn't indicate a quality official, it does create a minumum standard. The passing score is usually a 70. Being a T/F test, you would score about 50 if you simply marked the answers randomly...without ever reading a question. So, to pass the test, you only have to know about 40% of them and guess on the rest.