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Isn't this just the sort of stuff students do in a first year discrete math class? This question is hardly scandalous.
by povertyworld 8y ago
Isn't this just the sort of stuff students do in a first year discrete math class? This question is hardly scandalous.
- ggggtez 8y agoI agree. Looking at the same sample questions, these are not difficult questions if you know the relevant field of study. The sample questions cover amortization, memory allocation, finite state machines, formal logic... If you just studied enough to pass a whiteboard interview, I'd hazard that you probably can't answer half of these questions without looking up what the symbols mean. Sure, most people here may be able to figure out the PIN question, but it's not about whether any single question is easy or hard, but whether the test can sort the students according to ability. A good student may misread one or two, but a bad student is going to miss a lot more.
- rightbyte 8y agoThere is a general description of some nomenclature and symbols in the appendix which I assume the student get. What this really measures is corricilum. And pressumbly it's more stuff like this in the US then Russia?
- bfrydl 8y agoI didn't mean to say this question is scandalous. It is a needlessly confusing question. No PIN I've ever heard of requires unique digits, and the question does not actually have anything to do with PINs. If a CS student taking this test does not get “tricked” by this question, they should definitely be able to answer it.