Originally Posted by Pinchanickled

The issue isn't preparing, it's questions that are unneccesary and unrelated to the required knowledge, from two wildcard examiners who are trying to stump the dummy in unrealistic scenario based questions, that are frankly 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.