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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Key-Spread-7513 • 12d ago
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Yeah and that also doesn’t account for the process of elimination, there is often an answer you may know is not correct, so really depending on how the test is written, it could be quite a bit easier to pick wrong answers
17 u/jon110334 12d ago edited 12d ago This. Most multiple choice questions are 50/50 with two throw away answers. If you want to get a zero it's actually pretty easy because you just pick a throw away answer for each question. The teacher doesn't know that the student knows any of the material, but he/she does know that this person most likely deliberately got a zero. 1 u/Main_Cauliflower5479 11d ago Student didn't even know which were the throw away answers, though. 1 u/BalfazarTheWise 12d ago I thought they’re talking about randomly picking an answer, not actually trying to get it right 1 u/OberonDiver 12d ago What if there's a guy there wants to give you a hunnert bucks if you change your answer to B? 1 u/Callahammered 12d ago Deal.
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This. Most multiple choice questions are 50/50 with two throw away answers.
If you want to get a zero it's actually pretty easy because you just pick a throw away answer for each question.
The teacher doesn't know that the student knows any of the material, but he/she does know that this person most likely deliberately got a zero.
1 u/Main_Cauliflower5479 11d ago Student didn't even know which were the throw away answers, though.
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Student didn't even know which were the throw away answers, though.
I thought they’re talking about randomly picking an answer, not actually trying to get it right
What if there's a guy there wants to give you a hunnert bucks if you change your answer to B?
1 u/Callahammered 12d ago Deal.
Deal.
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u/Callahammered 12d ago
Yeah and that also doesn’t account for the process of elimination, there is often an answer you may know is not correct, so really depending on how the test is written, it could be quite a bit easier to pick wrong answers