I hope people don't study this. The answer to this question doesn't matter. The whole point of this question is to (1) gauge the clarity of the candidate's com

I hope people don't study this. The answer to this question doesn't matter. The whole point of this question is to (1) gauge the clarity of the candidate's communication when explaining complex systems and (2) have them get to a place where they simply doesn't know and must start making assumptions of how things work and weigh the various tradeoffs. That's where things get interesting.