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Exam Humor

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:11 am
by Da_Higg
Well I've finished by AS exams now and just have to share a brilliant exam moment.

The question itself was about Humpback Whales and had a picture like so:
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Underneath was the caption 'Actual size, 9-18m'
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Hands up who thought the tree inch long picture was Life Sized.

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:28 am
by Exethalion
Some questions make me laugh. I had an A2 Physics one on measuring the radial force on a child's knee as his leg rotates in a circular orbit to kick a football.......inventive.

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:06 am
by Verminator
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:01 am
by Mjolnir
Exethalion wrote:Some questions make me laugh. I had an A2 Physics one on measuring the radial force on a child's knee as his leg rotates in a circular orbit to kick a football.......inventive.
Best one is an A2 physics one. How far will the Earth move if all the people in China jump at once. I nuked that one, pity we were only doing it as a practice one.

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:14 am
by Exethalion
Mjolnir wrote:
Exethalion wrote:Some questions make me laugh. I had an A2 Physics one on measuring the radial force on a child's knee as his leg rotates in a circular orbit to kick a football.......inventive.
Best one is an A2 physics one. How far will the Earth move if all the people in China jump at once. I nuked that one, pity we were only doing it as a practice one.
Just thought I'd ask, seeming you take physics. I had a past paper today, and the question was this:

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BUT the Data sheet says the muon particle is a lepton:

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Any help?

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:36 am
by Mjolnir
You can't have a Pion made from leptons, which muons definately are. Someone has fucked up there. I would guess they meant up quarks rather than muons.

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:44 am
by Exethalion
Mjolnir wrote:You can't have a Pion made from leptons, which muons definately are. Someone has fucked up there. I would guess they meant up quarks rather than muons.
Funny thing is, muon mesons were mentioned in this mark scheme, the post-exam report from the head examiner AND another question on a different paper!

They definetely meant to write muon meson, even if we all know it is a lepton.

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:32 pm
by Da_Higg
Get this: OCR (UK exam board) printed the mark scheme for the musiv paper on the back of the question paper! They sent it out, and now everyone taking OCR music will have to retake next year.

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:26 pm
by Master Chief
Not quite sure if this is relevant, but nonetheless it was to me, as I took that examination in question last year. :)

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:38 am
by Droid
This is old, but I still find it amusing.

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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:40 am
by Master Chief
I nearly fell off my chair when I saw that. :lol:

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:10 pm
by msscripting
My physics teacher gave us a quiz based entirely around those Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner sketches. It was by far the best quiz I've ever had to write, I wish I had a copy of it!

Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:28 pm
by derekiv
At a school i once went to, they had a test were the teacher said: Read the instructions to every problem before you start answering any questions. Course, half the class didn't and did all the questions. Then they got to the final questions and it says:

"Only complete the first problem, then turn this packet in."

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:39 am
by flabort
derekiv wrote:
"Only complete the first problem, then turn this packet in."
That trick, eh? that's funny. i'm guesing YOU didn't fall for it? ah.... i've heard so many story's like that. speaking of exams, my high school exams are coming up, what do you think i should do? come to school wearing a monkey suit (NOT a tuxedo, a halloween costume!), or wearing a very thick fake muchtache, and a sombrero?

Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:14 am
by msscripting
flabort wrote:what do you think i should do? come to school wearing a monkey suit (NOT a tuxedo, a halloween costume!), or wearing a very thick fake muchtache, and a sombrero?
The moustache and sombrero would be awesome.