This is likely the result of an overworked and underpaid academic being asked to quickly draft a few questions for the online exam tomorrow. It is definitely a sign of insufficient quality control.
If you want to change a question or add a new priority, you might make one of your stakeholders angry because that was their favorite topic and they have strong opinions.
The rollout has to be planned so that people currently studying the material are not caught off guard when they take the test.
I have a lot of empathy for the people involved, but it's still a bad product.