i took the online test a few years ago when i turned 12 , 15 now and the course online does help alot because where i live there was never a local course going on. I mean there will always be a way for the lazy person to cheat who doesn't want to learn and just get his licence but i took the time to read the book and follow the study guid with the online test and it was very educational and from it now i have soup in the pot now with a nice early season white-tail doe i got last weekened with the bow.