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Conference rusure::math

Title:	Mathematics at DEC

Moderator:	RUSURE::EDP

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2083
Total number of notes:	14613

2025.0. "Self-Referential Aptitude Test" by CSC32::D_DERAMO (Dan D'Eramo, Customer Support Center) Wed Jan 17 1996 14:30

	An interesting test from the internet....
        
        Dan
        
        
-- S.R.A.T. (Self-Referential Aptitude Test) by Jim Propp.  Highest
score wins this week's insta-prize.

 1. The first question whose answer is B is question
 (A) 1
 (B) 2
 (C) 3
 (D) 4
 (E) 5

 2. The only two consecutive questions with identical answers are questions
 (A) 6 and 7
 (B) 7 and 8
 (C) 8 and 9
 (D) 9 and 10
 (E) 10 and 11

 3. The number of questions with the answer E is
 (A) 0
 (B) 1
 (C) 2
 (D) 3
 (E) 4

 4. The number of questions with the answer A is
 (A) 4
 (B) 5
 (C) 6
 (D) 7
 (E) 8

 5. The answer to this question is the same as the answer to question
 (A) 1
 (B) 2
 (C) 3
 (D) 4
 (E) 5

 6. The answer to question 17 is
 (A) C
 (B) D
 (C) E
 (D) none of the above
 (E) all of the above

 7. Alphabetically, the answer to this question and the answer to
        the following question are
 (A) 4 apart
 (B) 3 apart
 (C) 2 apart
 (D) 1 apart
 (E) the same

 8. The number of questions whose answers are vowels is
 (A) 4
 (B) 5
 (C) 6
 (D) 7
 (E) 8

 9. The next question with the same answer as this one is question
 (A) 10
 (B) 11
 (C) 12
 (D) 13
 (E) 14

 10. The answer to question 16 is
 (A) D
 (B) A
 (C) E
 (D) B
 (E) C

11. The number of questions preceding this one with the answer B is
 (A) 0
 (B) 1
 (C) 2
 (D) 3
 (E) 4

 12. The number of questions whose answer is a consonant is
 (A) an even number
 (B) an odd number
 (C) a perfect square
 (D) a prime
 (E) divisible by 5

 13. The only odd-numbered problem with answer A is
 (A) 9
 (B) 11
 (C) 13
 (D) 15
 (E) 17

 14. The number of questions with answer D is
 (A) 6
 (B) 7
 (C) 8
 (D) 9
 (E) 10

 15. The answer to question 12 is
 (A) A
 (B) B
 (C) C
 (D) D
 (E) E

 16. The answer to question 10 is
 (A) D
 (B) C
 (C) B
 (D) A
 (E) E

 17. The answer to question 6 is
 (A) C
 (B) D
 (C) E
 (D) none of the above
 (E) all of the above

 18. The number of questions with answer A equals the number of
 questions with answer
 (A) B
 (B) C
 (C) D
 (D) E
 (E) none of the above

 19. The answer to this question is:
 (A) A
 (B) B
 (C) C
 (D) D
 (E) E

 20. Standardized test : intelligence :: barometer :
 (A) temperature (only)
 (B) wind-velocity (only)
 (C) latitude (only)
 (D) longitude (only)
 (E) all of the above

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2025.1	"A" is NOT the right answer to #1	EVMS::HALLYB	Fish have no concept of fire	`Fri Jan 19 1996 17:43`	7
2025.2	framer's intent	GEMGRP::PIEPER		`Fri Jan 19 1996 20:33`	6
	If you want answers, there are at least two schemes that work, depending on what you think the answer to #20 is. I think the author probably meant the answer to 20 to be "E". I only know one set of correct answers if that is so. The other possible answer for #20 is "A". ------------
2025.3		CSC32::D_DERAMO	Dan D'Eramo, Customer Support Center	`Fri Jan 19 1996 23:49`	28
	>If you want answers, there are at least two schemes that work, depending on >what you think the answer to #20 is. > 20. Standardized test : intelligence :: barometer : > (A) temperature (only) > (B) wind-velocity (only) > (C) latitude (only) > (D) longitude (only) > (E) all of the above Question 20 was the tough one, given that barometers measure air pressure. If you think standardized tests measure intelligence, then your answer is none of the above. If you think standardized tests measure something associated with intelligence, then since air pressure and temperature and wind-velocity are all aspects of the local weather you might want to answer "A" or "B". It seems difficult to answer with "E" because how some the answer be all of the above when each of the above is tagged with "(only)". Regardless of that... >I think the author probably meant the answer to 20 to be "E". I only know one >set of correct answers if that is so. The other possible answer for #20 is "A". I have a set of correct answers assuming the answer for #20 is "A". Dan
2025.4	my offering	TPOVC::BUCHANAN		`Sat Jan 20 1996 00:16`	8
	Hmmm. My solution has the answer to 20 as B. Maybe some one can tell me which of the questions I have not answered correctly. What is your answer? spoiler alert solution: DADBE DDEDA BADBA DBAEB Andrew
2025.5	anyone there?	TPOVC::BUCHANAN		`Thu Jan 25 1996 08:20`	7
	I was pretty sure when I did my analysis that the answer to 20 could not be A. I would be interested to see the solutions hinted at in the earlier replies, and would be happy to check them against the 20 criteria. Cheers, Andrew.
2025.6	spoiler by request	GEMGRP::PIEPER		`Thu Jan 25 1996 13:04`	3
	dadbc ddeda badba dbabe -- question 20 is E dadbc ddeda badca dbeda -- question 20 is A YMMV
2025.7	-.1 doesn't work	TPOVC::BUCHANAN		`Sat Jan 27 1996 05:46`	10
	The answers in -.1 score 80% only :-) Questions 3,5,8 & 12 have not been answered correctly. If you change the response to question 5 to e instead of c, then the first solution in -.1 becomes correct, resembling my solution except for the debatable permutation of the answers to questions 19 & 20. Has anyone found any problem with my solution? Does anyone have any other candidate solutions to propose? Andrew.
2025.8	the last laugh ?	TPOVC::BUCHANAN		`Mon Jan 29 1996 04:50`	17
	Dan sent me a mail with the following potential answers in it. > 12345678901234567890 > DADBEDDEDABADCADBEDA > DADBEDDEDABADBADBAEB > DADBEDDEDABADBADBABE I don't know how I missed the first one, but I did. Now which of them is right? It's obvious the intent of the designer is that intelligence is multi-faceted, cannot be pinned down in a single measurement, etc, etc. So as .2 says, the answer must be e, although I don't know how to interpret the 'only's in Q20, pointed out in .3. But then you read the 20 letters as a sentence... Andrew.
2025.9	typo, sorry	GEMGRP::PIEPER		`Mon Jan 29 1996 12:39`	2
	Sorry, that was a typo. Should have been "e" for Q5, not "c", as you point out. ----------------