the modern question pool is multible choice to prevent just such
abuses

I know. Unfortunately, it didn't work and didn't prevent the types of
abuse it was intended to prevent.

That's why I'm now in favor of reinstating the rule that only FCC
officials are allowed to be the test examiners and graders.

I know not all ham radio operators are like that.

But what went on in my area and does go on in my area is proof that
the current system of allowing the ham radio operators theirselves to
be the test examiners is flawed.

The only ways I can think of to actually prevent this kind of abuse of
the system is to either

1. Reinstate the rule that only FCC officials are allowed to be the
examiners, so that the ham radio operators don't have any control over
who does and doesn't get onto ham frequen cies or

2. Deregulate ham radio entirely, so that the ham radio operators
theirselves don't have any control over who does and doesn't get onto
ham frequencies.

As it curently stands, they're able to get their friends in by passing
them even if they don't know anything about ham radio or morse code at
all, and preventing knowledgable people from getting in even if they
got every answer correct on the written test and passed the morse code
test.

I never expected to pass the morse code test anyways, even though I
studied it and tried to. But after what went on with the written test
and other things, I now suspect that I might have actually passed the
morse code test also even though they told me I got everything
completely wrong on all of the tests, written and morse.

As long as the FCC allows the ham radio operators theirselves to be the
test examiners, the abuses can and will go on.