Oh I agree that google is the ultimate open book! Perhaps certain subjects are better suited to having broader questions. I still think it would be _possible_

Oh I agree that google is the ultimate open book! Perhaps certain subjects are better suited to having broader questions. I still think it would be _possible_ to create CS questions that would not be helped by having access to a search engine. As an analogy, it's a little like the difference between a unit test and an assembly (integration, etc) test. The unit test question is just a simple one like "When did this King die?" or "What is the area of this triangle?". An assembly test is more like "What was the legacy of this King's reign?" or "What is the area of this shape that is the intersection of various other shapes?". I mean, Wolfram Alfa is only so powerful, right? Of course websites add features all the time, so it's always possible that the day the exam comes out they add a new "What is the area of this shape?" feature.