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It made me think of how courses take test questions straight from the class materials. And let's say I'm a big procrastinator, and I run out of time, studying the night before the test, and I decide only to go through the odd pages of my materials, and also let's imagine that the test writer, just by accident, took most (or at least, enough) questions from those odd pages, did I now cheat? (I think not...)

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You cheated yourself out of knowledge acquisition by treating a course of education as only a means to get a certificate.

That's cheating.

You're supposed to study the whole course, the examination is a statistical test to see if it's likely that you studied, and can apply, the whole course. If you didn't study the course, you're misrepresenting yourself by during the exam.

That's cheating (in a different way to the first one).

Examinations are imperfect, they usually can't cover an entire course without being too onerous.

In this circumstance you cheated, but did not break the rules for taking the exam. You will be less competent on the course material than is intended for those who pass.

I highly doubt anyone will learn every bit of information in the book. I highly doubt anyone will remember every bit of information in the book. Which parts of it will be necessary are very dependent on one's future.

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