Word: tested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Though a few of those interviewed found the exam, which replaced the old Morse Test in order to give veterans a chance to show aptitude instead of scientific knowledge, to be "fair," a majority found that they were required to recall too many facts studied many years...
...said that the test was "like a final exam in five different subjects," complaining that he had been asked to remember too many specific physical formulas and chemical reactions. Another said that the formerly-given Morse Test was less specific in approach than its substitute...
...Aptitude Test...
...While one veteran said that "you really have a chance to demonstrate knowledge" on the exam, others said that it was a "waste of time," that it was not really an aptitude test, and that the test should ask for information that a "fellow has a fighting chance to remember...
Favorable reaction, however, was expressed toward the morning half of the test, which dealt with general aptitude and covered a broad area of information...