anybody want to buy an indexing quiz answers sheet?

so we give this quiz to new abstractors here at ebscoland. it is meant to help them cement in their minds the tools they will need to get around the indexing database. first, they play around on the product. then they look at the writing system. then they read the manual.

then they get The Indexing Quiz.

this quiz, of course, is not graded. it's not about how well they did. they can use the manual or the writing system to figure out the answers. it helps the abstractor understand principles. it helps them see what they might need to go over again. it alerts them to special problems they might come across.

i suggested to the other Team Leader that we print off the answers to the quiz so that the new abstractors could look them over and compare and have a reference sheet. she responded that if they had the answers they might end up sharing the information with people who would want to cheat on the quiz.

i find this ridiculous; very The Office. first of all: we write the correct answers on their quiz, which they get to keep. so they could, theoretically, give that away. second: who would think of that!? it's not like this is the SAT or something. this isn't about learning information for a grade. it's about learning the tools they will need to do their job every day. and therefore who would want/think to A) give the answers away and B) ask someone to help them cheat on the answers???

so if anyone wants a copy of the Indexing Quiz answers, i would be happy to oblige. but you're gonna have to pay, because this is serious business.