Boy am I glad I live in Alaska! I work for a Borough Fire Dept. that provides ambulance service, here we have a 98% pass rate for State of Alaska EMT and for the ones that opt for the NR-EMT (50-75% of the class) we have 100% pass rate, so obviously the test isn't that hard! Maybe they should study a bit harder rather then ask for the test to be basically handed to them in open book format!