Reply to: Easy Peasy Physics

[TheFaQQer]

This lowering of the bar is filtering its way down into the media.

In the Times yesterday, some bright spark did a piece on tarring and feathering through the ages, starting with the crew on Richard the Lionheart's ships in 911.

Yep, 911.

Don't let 2uk see it - it must be a conspiracy if it was 911!

[TheFaQQer]

Then you have failed. 0% for you melad.

(on the frikkin news page containing the link to the test paper)

D'oh - didn't actually look at the article, just opened the PDF.

And got somewhere in between my original 100% estimate and your 0%

[wendigo100]

This lowering of the bar is filtering its way down into the media.

In the Times yesterday, some bright spark did a piece on tarring and feathering through the ages, starting with the crew on Richard the Lionheart's ships in 911.

Yep, 911.

[realityhack]

Where are the answers? In the absence of finding an answer paper, I must conclude that I got 100% until proven otherwise.

Then you have failed. 0% for you melad.

(on the frikkin news page containing the link to the test paper)

[TheFaQQer]

My mark, without cheating, and under 20min, was 92.5%

A few of those questions were very badly worded.

Where are the answers? In the absence of finding an answer paper, I must conclude that I got 100% until proven otherwise.

[richard-af]

I'm not one of life's great posters - but I had to find somewhere to moan about this. If I had a kid who had taken this paper I would be livid (unless of course they passed with flying colours!)

One of life's great posters is that one with the stunna scratching her arse on a tennis court.

[flatfooter]

I'm not one of life's great posters - but I had to find somewhere to moan about this. If I had a kid who had taken this paper I would be livid (unless of course they passed with flying colours!)

[hugebrain]

Our moon seems to disappear during an eclipse. Some people say that this is because an old lady covers the moon with her cloak. She does this so that thieves cannot steal the coins on the surface.

Which of these would help scientists prove or disprove this theory?

A. Collect evidence from people who believe the lady sees the thieves
B. Shout to the lady that the thieves are coming
C. Send a probe to the moon to search for coins
D. Look for fingerprints

I say A. Their evidence might have some inconsistencies so you could use it to disprove it.

Other than that I'm tempted to take a bunch of these tests so I can put 20 GCSE's at A* or whatever on my CV. Do you think it would help me get more lucrative contracts?

[flatfooter]

Maybe the answer isn't actually C, which suggests we spend £billions on a space mission to disprove the lucid imagination of some moron in an examining board...

[realityhack]

My mark, without cheating, and under 20min, was 92.5%

A few of those questions were very badly worded.

[wendigo100]

Our moon seems to disappear during an eclipse...

Strange place these examiners live on. Here on Earth either the sun disappears or the moon turns dark red.

[zathras]

Our moon seems to disappear during an eclipse. Some people say that this is because an old lady covers the moon with her cloak. She does this so that thieves cannot steal the coins on the surface.

Which of these would help scientists prove or disprove this theory?

A. Collect evidence from people who believe the lady sees the thieves
B. Shout to the lady that the thieves are coming
C. Send a probe to the moon to search for coins
D. Look for fingerprints

None of them

A. Belief is not proof

B. The lady may not hear you, absence of the lady at that time is not proof

C. All this would do is demonstrate that there are no coins there now. Maybe the thieves took 'em

D. Where?

It's daft that paper. I presume C. since the other three make no sense anyway.

[scooterscot]

http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/exampaper.pdf

.... and they want to make it easier


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2344054.ece

That is shoockkking... I guess it's foundation what do you expect.

[ElectricChair]

2007 Physics A-Level Question:

Karl is preparing to go on a shooting spree at school.
He has 5 handguns, each with 2 clips of 20 bullets.
It takes 3 seconds to reload a clip.
Karl wants to waste at least 56 fellow pupils.
He thinks he has 15 minutes to perform his task, before the Police arrive.
He has calculated that he will need, on average, to fire 3 bullets per person, to ensure a kill.
Assuming standard gravity at 9.8 m/s², how long will it take Karl to get onto Jeremy Kyle, and sell an option on a book deal in time for the Christmas market?

using a right outer join gives a result of 94 newtons per square yard.

[richard-af]

2007 Physics A-Level Question:

Karl is preparing to go on a shooting spree at school.
He has 5 handguns, each with 2 clips of 20 bullets.
It takes 3 seconds to reload a clip.
Karl wants to waste at least 56 fellow pupils.
He thinks he has 15 minutes to perform his task, before the Police arrive.
He has calculated that he will need, on average, to fire 3 bullets per person, to ensure a kill.
Assuming standard gravity at 9.8 m/s², how long will it take Karl to get onto Jeremy Kyle, and sell an option on a book deal in time for the Christmas market?