I don’t know if the survey has changed from when I took it to when the folks above me took it, but I really don’t see any issues with the survey itself.
Different surveys serve different purposes. An exploratory survey is entirely different from from a confirmatory survey. Seems to me the survey I took was the latter and everyone above was expecting the former. Yes, you may have some very specific ideas, but do people agree with them or not is a step that cannot be eliminated. Not all surveys are for generating ideas.