Timeline for True, false, or not given: there are three main kinds of identity theft
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| Jul 23, 2017 at 21:56 | comment | added | Ben Voigt | @FedericoPoloni: Unfortunately these types of problems with standardized exams are very real. True story -- when taking the Principles and Practice of Engineering exam, I opted not to take the one in my specialty but a different one within my field, specifically because I knew that within my specialty, I had learned advanced methods the exam authors were unaware of (they were developed after the publication date of the recommended reference materials), while for the one I selected, I would be using the same approach as the authors and target audience: the one taught to undergraduates. | |
| Jul 23, 2017 at 11:19 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | "Correct from the perspective of the test" means nothing. Either the answer in the solution sheet is correct or it is wrong. In this case the instructor is wrong, and instead of admitting it you are strenuously defending them and trying to shift the blame on the student for 'not thinking like the instructor' and not compensating for the instructor being incapable to follow the rules of logical reasoning. I hope I never have to take tests under people like you. | |
| Jul 23, 2017 at 10:38 | comment | added | mattdm | +1 to this, because "think like the test writer" is a more important life skill for most people than "find logical holes in the way the test was written and try to argue for an answer based on that". | |
| Jul 23, 2017 at 5:22 | comment | added | JBH | @James K, you can argue semantics with the instructor who provided the test until you're blue in the face. He/She won't be impressed. Your failure to understand the nature of the test would justify a failing grade. Had the question read, "There are three kinds of identity fraud" the answer would have been "not given" because "identity fraud" had, indeed, not been given in the sample paragraph. I'm sorry that neither you nor the OP can use the answers provided here to attack the instructor's decision, but there it is. The OP's answer to the test was wrong. | |
| Jul 23, 2017 at 4:39 | comment | added | user2617804 | They could easily have said there are are "Only one type of identity theft" or words to that effect. I don't feel for the instructor- they should have chosen a better question- it is not rocket science. The whole thing reads like it was written by three lazy writers. | |
| Jul 22, 2017 at 21:09 | comment | added | James K | I don't follow your reasoning on why "not given" is incorrect. The fact that identity theft is mentioned doesn't imply that we are given all information about it. If the question was "There 200 cases of identity theft per day in the UK (T/F/NG)" The fact that identity theft is mentioned doesn't stop the answer being "not given". Can you clarify? | |
| Jul 22, 2017 at 19:49 | history | answered | JBH | CC BY-SA 3.0 |