Comments on the new practice test format

[KH6TS]

The practice tests on QRZ are a wonderful study aid, but I'm finding the new format very awkward. Many of the questions have to be scrolled ... and some which need scrolling don't have the scroll buttons. Being unable to read the entire question at once is distracting, and having to select-and-drag to read it at all is quite annoying.

Personally, I'd happily skip all the bells, whistles, colors and blinkies, if I could just read the questions and answers without constantly messing with the interface. Does this bother anyone else? Is there a way to access the OLD practice test format? Anybody know?

73 ...
KH6TS

[KN8K]

I just passed the Extra exam today I used the practice tests and I found by taking the time to pull down the answers helped me to go slow and read all of the questions and answers. I think they're great the way they are.

[KH6TS]

kd6ke, I can see your point and it's a valid one; and congratulations on passing your Extra! I hope to do the same tomorrow. :) However, as I've worked my way thru the tests, I've come up with more glitches and I think they should be addressed.

Consistently through all the tests I've taken (10, some several times), it does not score the answer to the final question in any readable way … it just says “Done” no matter which answer you choose, no indication of wrong or right. I seriously doubt I've gotten every one of them right!

Beginning with test #9, if I choose an incorrect answer, it goes ahead to the next question as if I had chosen a correct answer. This happens on almost every question; before I realized what was happening, I actually chose a wrong answer in the following question (losing credit for that question) while trying to click on a second choice for the missed answer.

I think the coding is buggy and needs to be tested further by the programmers; it's enough of a challenge to get the right answer, without having to worry about what the interface is going to do next.

KH6TS

[KB5FSV]

Before starting a test, you are selecting the option to "WAIT FOR CORRECT ANSWER" right? I have no problem with the online exam and that is on 3 different computers. If you select that option, when you choose a wrong answer it tells you, and will sit there until you make the correct selection. Then you still have to manually click the next question button to move on.

[KH6TS]

Thanks for your response. Yes, I'm using the "Wait for correct answer", and in tests 1 - 8 it did just fine. However in both 9 and 10, I had the abovementioned issue. I haven't gone past test #10 so not sure of the others.

I'm using the latest version of Firefox on a Mac computer. I'm going to try it again with IE to see if that is the problem; I know occasionally Firefox has Java issues, and I believe the new test is Java-driven. Will report back.

73 from Teddi, KH6TS

[KH6TS]

Aloha Jimmy ...

I did Test #9 using IE; the 'wait for correct' issue disappeared, so that must be a Java problem with Firefox.

The multiple-line questions with no scroll tabs, and the lack of feedback on the final question still exist in IE. I did find that if you click other answers on the final question, it will produce the "three grey bars / one white bar" response when you find the right answer. Not very clean, but at least useful.

Thanks again for your response.

Teddi, KH6TS