Originally Posted by Pinchanickled

The issue isn't preparing, it's questions that are unneccesary, unrelated to the required knowledge, from two wildcard examiners who are trying to stump the dummy in a unprofessional, unrealistic scenarios, that are irrelevant.

If the gold standard is the "oral exam guide" why do they feel the need to deviate so far from it that a photographic memory of all the manuals will not be sufficient in order to answer the trick questions presented.