"Why are case studies and questions worded so weirdly?!"

I get this question a lot from accounting students. Why can't they just be more 'simple' and transparent about what they want from me? Why do they have to complicate the way they ask questions and phrase information in the case study. I chatted to Claudia Hazelwood CA(SA) about this, as part of a chat we had about a particularly tricky question in a past Board exam. I think you'll find our chat interesting!