Early days of electronics tests

when in doubt - hack

[Tastatura]

By the time the fourth test rolled around, the teachers had finally figured out a workaround of their own: they required that students enter the last question’s answer in front of them to ensure that it was the right test and actually the last question. Of course, students were already prepared with a counter-workaround: they could simply CTRL-C to DOS, navigate to the appropriate test folder....

Shortly thereafter, River City High moved back to the paper and pencil tests.

http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/When-In-Doubt,-Choose-C.aspx

That was in '93 - I am sure those students today are productive IT system testers ;)

[edited by: tedster at 11:03 pm (utc) on Aug. 28, 2008]

[grandpa]

I recall a test I once took, pertaining to a tube operated receiver. The instructor simply clipped off one lead on the tube, rendering that circuit disabled. The tube filament leads were still intact, making the tube appear as it were operating normally.

With voltmeter in hand I began troubleshooting. In minutes I had traced the fault, and pulled the tube out of it's socket. I handed it to the instructor and proudly proclaimed, "Here's the problem, someone snipped the lead." He wasn't impressed...

[LifeinAsia]

In '81, my high school physics class had computer testing (on an Apply II+) that saved the scores to a plain ASCII file. Amazing how many students scored 100%...

Granted, it was just extra credit testing, but our class held the record for extra credit points! :)