" It takes 16 hours to do the job properly, then the test will be simple, but sadly most turn up and haven't got a clue!"
It's over 30 years since I sat the radio test. It was at the end of my PPL revalidation course.
Surely the candidate has many more than 16 hours practical radio use. The emergency calls would seem to be the only ones he hasn't used several times.
Is the test now different from real-life radio?