Fantastic Test: Civic Literacy Exam - Fun Too!!!

STEED · 05-21-11, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Dammit, i post a link and look what happens!
Sorry guys. Advice: keep trying?!

@STEED:
how convenient, however, i've booked you in for a test once link is live again! Don't disappoint me.

10am Sunday and my mug of coffee.

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Originally Posted by papa_smurf

Looks like we crashed it

subsim power!

Power to the Subsimmers!

Platapus · 05-21-11, 03:50 PM

Strange that this civics test site is down on (cue ominous music) 21 May 2011

Platapus · 05-21-11, 10:12 PM

It finally worked.

I got 100% I did not think I would get the Plato question (I agree what does that have to do with civics. I guessed correctly to be honest.

I also thought the last question was worded awkwardly.

CCIP · 05-21-11, 10:14 PM

The Plato question was the easiest one for me, but that's mostly because all I've been doing for the last few weeks is studying for my PhD exam where knowledge of Plato, Aristotle etc. will be one of the first things I'll be tested on

Stealhead · 05-21-11, 10:58 PM

Yeah I thought the last one was tricky(or second from last); the one about the dam or something and then says national defense in (). and still you are paying for anything that government does with taxes and people often complain about what there taxes pay for.

I think it should be timed as well to keep someone from simply opening another web page and cheating.

I'd say if you get 80% or higher fair and square then you did pretty good.

Sailor Steve · 05-21-11, 11:28 PM

It finally worked for me too.

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You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

My failings were mostly the economic ones.

Stealhead · 05-21-11, 11:32 PM

Wow seems to be the average 27 or 28 correct.I should have thought to write down all the ones I missed it would interesting if most of us are missing the same ones.I bet that we are.

Platapus · 05-22-11, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

The Plato question was the easiest one for me, but that's mostly because all I've been doing for the last few weeks is studying for my PhD exam where knowledge of Plato, Aristotle etc. will be one of the first things I'll be tested on

Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?

Morons.

Good luck with your quals. Glad I have those behind me. Now all I have to do is finish my little paper and I am done.

mookiemookie · 05-22-11, 08:27 AM

Sadly the questions I missed were Econ 101!

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You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %

Incorrect Answers
Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:
Your Answer: government debt is zero
Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average

Question: International trade and specialization most often lead to which of the following?
Your Answer: an increase in a nation’s import tariffs
Correct Answer: an increase in a nation’s productivity

tater · 05-22-11, 12:38 PM

I got 100%.

Yeah, the "public good" answer was poorly worded, IMO, I agree. I knew what they wanted, so picked the right answer even though I was not technically sure it was right (I wanted to see "non-rival" and "non-exclusive").

05-21-11, 03:50 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,379 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Strange that this civics test site is down on (cue ominous music) 21 May 2011 __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-21-11, 10:12 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,379 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It finally worked. I got 100% I did not think I would get the Plato question (I agree what does that have to do with civics. I guessed correctly to be honest. I also thought the last question was worded awkwardly. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-21-11, 10:14 PM	#4
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	The Plato question was the easiest one for me, but that's mostly because all I've been doing for the last few weeks is studying for my PhD exam where knowledge of Plato, Aristotle etc. will be one of the first things I'll be tested on __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

05-22-11, 12:38 PM	#10
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	I got 100%. Yeah, the "public good" answer was poorly worded, IMO, I agree. I knew what they wanted, so picked the right answer even though I was not technically sure it was right (I wanted to see "non-rival" and "non-exclusive"). __________________ "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine

05-21-11, 10:58 PM	#5
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Yeah I thought the last one was tricky(or second from last); the one about the dam or something and then says national defense in (). and still you are paying for anything that government does with taxes and people often complain about what there taxes pay for. I think it should be timed as well to keep someone from simply opening another web page and cheating. I'd say if you get 80% or higher fair and square then you did pretty good.

05-21-11, 11:32 PM	#7
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Wow seems to be the average 27 or 28 correct.I should have thought to write down all the ones I missed it would interesting if most of us are missing the same ones.I bet that we are.