What do people think of the LOTG exams in general?
I've just done one for the 6-5 promotion and I have to say that once again, I struggled to decipher the wording of some of the questions more than I struggled to recall the applicable law. With 3 possible multiple choice options, it can't be easy to write nuanced questions (especially when the question often has to include the words careless/reckless/with excessive force and the 3 options are DFK, DFK+YC and DFK+RC!), but at the end of the day, I'd rather just be asked straightforward but "difficult" questions, rather than ones that try and hide the correct answer in wordplay.
Without wanting to go into too specific details, one question today appeared to hinge on the question of if an assistant "must", "may" or "shouldn't" involve themselves in the placement of a wall for a DFK, while another required quite a few re-reads to clarify if a replacement goalkeeper had come on as a sub or simply swapped with an outfield player - I knew what the appropriate action was in each situation, but in the writer's efforts to not make the answer too obvious, I thought the phrasing could have been interpreted either way.
Does anyone else recall having similar issues with these tests in general, or is it just the way my slightly tired brain was reading the questions tonight?
I've just done one for the 6-5 promotion and I have to say that once again, I struggled to decipher the wording of some of the questions more than I struggled to recall the applicable law. With 3 possible multiple choice options, it can't be easy to write nuanced questions (especially when the question often has to include the words careless/reckless/with excessive force and the 3 options are DFK, DFK+YC and DFK+RC!), but at the end of the day, I'd rather just be asked straightforward but "difficult" questions, rather than ones that try and hide the correct answer in wordplay.
Without wanting to go into too specific details, one question today appeared to hinge on the question of if an assistant "must", "may" or "shouldn't" involve themselves in the placement of a wall for a DFK, while another required quite a few re-reads to clarify if a replacement goalkeeper had come on as a sub or simply swapped with an outfield player - I knew what the appropriate action was in each situation, but in the writer's efforts to not make the answer too obvious, I thought the phrasing could have been interpreted either way.
Does anyone else recall having similar issues with these tests in general, or is it just the way my slightly tired brain was reading the questions tonight?
