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From: dougs@sequent.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: A test of discernment/employment
Message-ID: <2863@sequent.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 31-Aug-87 17:08:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: sequent.2863
Posted: Mon Aug 31 17:08:30 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 2-Sep-87 07:07:04 EDT
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Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, OR
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Summary: test waste of time too smart for my own good

In article <4874@utah-cs.UUCP>, cetron@utah-cs.UUCP (Edward J Cetron) writes:
> 
> 	the one I took in elementary school was subtly different.
> 
> The main instructions (not the number list of actions) had the warning
> that you should read ALL further instructions/actions first. Then it had
> the usual list of wierd things to do. And the *AFTER* the last numbered 
> actions (all of which were indented) it had a further instruction of the 
> 'just do item #x, and turn it in....'.  this solved all of the problems of 
> which number item superseded which....
> 
> -ed


Yeah, I once out-smarted myself in some test of general CS type knowledge
they gave us at OSU my senior year.  The TA's passed out a bunch of tests
and the the prof sat up front and told us to carefully read the entire test
as we probably did not have enough time to finish all of the problems.

Having been burned once in a bogus test like this in the Air Force, I read
the entire ~12 pages of code fragments and questions like "what does this
code fragment do?".

I read it all right, then I turned it in.  The whole thing took about 15
minutes and I felt pretty smug about beating the system (for once).  The
TA's and prof looked shocked as I turned in the thing so quickly.  However,
since it was voluntary, they said nothing about it being blank.  Of course,
the following week they reported the results and I felt pretty stupid for
being the only person (as far as I know) to not take the test.

Doug Schwartz
Sequent Computer
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