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Posted by samhouse on Apr-08-2005 14:42:

anyone else hate opn book exams???

100 multiple choice in 2 and a half hours....
uber stressed me out

atleast its done...

any why is this mac running like its ass is chained to a fence????
sheesh

Posted by starsearcher on Apr-08-2005 14:44:

Usually during open book exams I don't even open my books...it's useless. You either know it or you don't. They make all my open book exams in a way that you can't really find the answer in the book unless you know EXACTLY where it is. But if you know exactly where it is chances are you already know the answer too...

Posted by Moral Hazard on Apr-08-2005 14:58:

quote:
Originally posted by starsearcher
Usually during open book exams I don't even open my books...it's useless. You either know it or you don't. They make all my open book exams in a way that you can't really find the answer in the book unless you know EXACTLY where it is. But if you know exactly where it is chances are you already know the answer too...

word. If you rely on your book you're going to run out of time.

Posted by samhouse on Apr-08-2005 15:02:

the index is my friend

Posted by St_Andrew on Apr-08-2005 15:34:

I for one love open book exams!

Posted by arek on Apr-08-2005 16:10:

open book. hah

those exams are a joke.

Posted by Sly_Guy on Apr-08-2005 16:28:

open book exams are a joke in highschool yes.

On open book exams in university are an excuse for a professor to repeatedly anally violate you with the 40 page exam paper, leaving you with uncomfortable paper cuts.

Posted by Durafei on Apr-08-2005 16:37:

quote:
On book exams in university are an excuse for a professor to repeatedly anally violate you with the 40 page exam paper, leaving you with uncomfortable paper cuts.

Took the words right out of my mouth !

I will never forget my hardest exam ever. CS 370 - numerical computation. It was an open book exam. Needless to say, I didn't really study as much as I usual since I thought that if I didn't know something during the exam, I would look it up in the book.

When I saw the exam paper, I wanted to cry. It was a massive 37 pages booklet with 3 hours to complete it. "OK", I thought, "If it's that long, it must be easy.". Boy was I wrong. During the first hour I was just browsing through pages trying to find at least something that I could solve with my prior knowledge. To my dismay there was none of that. Not sure what mark I ended up with, probably not more than 20%.

Thankfully I wasn't the only one who bombed; there was a massive bell curve and I ended up with a good mark.

Posted by joinT on Apr-08-2005 17:08:

Re: anyone else hate opn book exams???

quote:
Originally posted by samhouse
any why is this mac running like its ass is chained to a fence????
sheesh

any number of reasons.. if you aren't running at least OS X i won't even bother listing the possibilities.. my ex upgraded her OS to OS X.. i used to have to try and fix it before she had upgraded.. lemme tell you OS 9 is garbage..

if you do have OS X, at least you can troubleshoot the problem

Posted by nycionx on Apr-08-2005 17:21:

i could really use an open book for my bio exam its also 100 multiple choice. how hard could it be? u see a keyword in the question and look it up in the index and u get it.

Posted by bARTovsky on Apr-08-2005 17:24:

I just hate exams, period.

Testing your ability to regurgitate is hardly representative of your intelligence.

The whole educational system is a bit off kilter IMO

Posted by NuERA on Apr-08-2005 17:55:

yeah open book exams are way better.

Posted by Ix2L on Apr-08-2005 18:12:

is it just me or multiple choice has gotten more difficult.
like it involves the correct spelling and notations.
also, i have seen it try to play with your mind abit.
i remember when multiple choice used to be easy

Posted by j_spot on Apr-08-2005 18:28:

Id like to add that I hate ALL exams
easy, hard, open or closed book. exams r teh suck period

Posted by nycionx on Apr-08-2005 18:36:

well no shit, but u still gotta do them

i hate exams mostly bcuz i gotta repeat everything allll over again within such small time. i forgot alllot of stuff and i feel fukd next week. 3 exams ,mon,tues,wed
and more after that

Posted by Izra on Apr-08-2005 19:04:

I have an open book exam using The Ontario Building Code, which is tediously wordy !! I am dreading it so much, but it's not for 4 more weeks, whew.

Posted by zokissima on Apr-08-2005 19:56:

I think open book exams are fairly stupid. THey are ridiculously tedious and repetitive, and if you're not prepared, the book's not going to help you anyways. Cheat-sheet exams are pretty much the same thing. Except for anything mathematical. Sometimes I just can't remember 20 formulas for integration.

Posted by jrmacca on Apr-08-2005 21:18:

i don't get how some ppl STILL manage to fail open book tests. wtf?!

Posted by shanny on Apr-08-2005 21:21:

An open book exam doesnt really help that much, it just makes it more difficult. Instead of writting an essay you spend all the time looking for quotes that you could otherwise have just summarized in your own words.
I can't stand them.

Posted by preppie chick on Apr-08-2005 21:24:

quote:
Originally posted by jrmacca
i don't get how some ppl STILL manage to fail open book tests. wtf?!

Open book tests are sometimes way harder, and you can fail them!
Especially if you go in to write the exam somewhat unprepared and you think that it's fine b/c you'll have an open book, but looking for the answers takes a lot of time and you can a) not be able to finish the exam b) not find all the answers.

Posted by rabbitjoker on Apr-08-2005 21:25:

Open book exams are not useful unless you have unlimited time to complete them.

With a time limit - you need to know your stuff, regardless of having the book there or not.

Posted by Sly_Guy on Apr-08-2005 21:32:

I'd like to see how many of those who say open-book exams are easy are actually doing math or science at the university level.

For engineering the key is as follows:
Open Book = Death.
Cheat Sheet = Death.
Closed Book = Death.

Posted by samhouse on Apr-08-2005 21:47:

Re: Re: anyone else hate opn book exams???

quote:
Originally posted by joinT
any number of reasons.. if you aren't running at least OS X i won't even bother listing the possibilities.. my ex upgraded her OS to OS X.. i used to have to try and fix it before she had upgraded.. lemme tell you OS 9 is garbage..

if you do have OS X, at least you can troubleshoot the problem

p.o.s computers at school

actually ususally the macs here kick ass.
this one in particular sucks

Posted by ShadoWolf on Apr-08-2005 21:53:

quote:
Originally posted by St_Andrew
I for one love open book exams!

+1

Posted by trancechaos on Apr-08-2005 22:00:

quote:
Originally posted by starsearcher
Usually during open book exams I don't even open my books...it's useless. You either know it or you don't. They make all my open book exams in a way that you can't really find the answer in the book unless you know EXACTLY where it is. But if you know exactly where it is chances are you already know the answer too...

soooo true, ive had my kicked sideways by an open book exam once. not fun at all

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