Never make assumptions

[amusedofficial]

A thread has been disappeared about a request for the IAABO exam, amidst suggestions that some sort of nefarious purpose was behind the request. I was writing what follows as it went to the land of the 18 and a half minute gap.

It is not clear whether the request was made by someone in an IAABO jurisdiction, or if in IAABO jurisdiction, from board with an open book/open review approach to the test. It it entirely possible the request came from someone just looking for another set of questions to work his head around.

So to assume it's some sort of scheme to get the test in advance of taking that specific test in an examination environment may be jumping the gun and painting someone in a bad light based on assumptions that may be faulty.

Some of us are just nerdy enough to roam the web and chase down exams we will never formally take, often from places we never heard of, just to get thinking about situations as the season approaches. It works best when you use one for which the answers are available or which will eventually be available once the exam serves its purpose (such as the IAABO refresher exam).

Interpreting basketball rules requires one to think a little bit differently than one does in day-to-day life, and working out some problems and situations as the season approaches gets the brain in that sort of mode. Somehow I don't think someone with 1,900 posts here is going to think s/he's going to find a lot of support for beating the system.

"Those doofers must have stolen the wrong exam!"
--Donald "Boon" Schoenstein, 1962.