Physical tests...

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

The questions you and Rut have referred to are not trick questions at all. They are probing how much you really understand the rule.

Almost anyone can be trained to know what to do in a finite list of situations (where do you put the the ball in play after XYZ happens)....but it takes more understanding to know the why and how the underlying rule applies in the general case so that you can apply it when something occurs that hasn't been explicitly covered.

Knowing the difference between "shall" and "may" or "always"/"never" and something other than always/never etc. is the essence of actually understanding the fundamental of rule. If you can get that, you don't need to remember 1000's of case plays covering every combination and permutation of the possible rules situations.

Is this supposed to be an English test or a rules test? There are much better ways to word the questions to avoid the 'gotcha'. It would be interesting to see if someone could come up with a video clip test. Have say 50 plays on a site and then "You make the call".