PwC fined over exam cheating involving 1,100 of its auditors
The point of an auditor is to provide accountability, a person who can say "I took an honest look at these financial docs and they are a reasonable picture of this business". The person needs to be believable, so someone qualified who understands the technical points, but also someone who would raise the red flags if they existed.You can have that authority while being unable to answer silly exam questions, and you can lack it while scoring perfectly.What we don't want is a society where we think people are competent and disinterested based on how well they did on some test. That leads to people cramming for tests, cheating, and avoidance of difficult choices.