One important way that all tests are removed from reality is that the direct motivation for solving the test problem is to score well on the test rather than to

One important way that all tests are removed from reality is that the direct motivation for solving the test problem is to score well on the test rather than to understand the problem better. In real life we are sometimes motivated by factors such as curiosity or survival which marshalls our internal resources more helpfully. (And maybe evolution gave us curiosity to save on battery power with the new knowledge it produced!)