{"id":8418,"date":"2015-12-19T23:38:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T07:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/?p=8418"},"modified":"2017-11-16T03:48:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T11:48:45","slug":"from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/?p=8418","title":{"rendered":"From Bango-Bongo-Bingo to Led Zeppelin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s interesting to me the ways in which Computer Science exams attempt to deceive students.  The trick that sometimes gets me is the <em>unnecessary-answer-inversion modification<\/em>:  start out with a mostly straightforward question and make the correct answer the opposite of what would be expected.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/?attachment_id=8430\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8431\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8431\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/?attachment_id=8431\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000001-formatted.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,386\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000001-formatted\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000001-formatted-300x232.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000001-formatted.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000001-formatted.jpg\" alt=\"from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000001-formatted\" width=\"500\" height=\"386\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8431\" srcset=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000001-formatted.jpg 500w, http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000001-formatted-300x232.jpg 300w, http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000001-formatted-389x300.jpg 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The example above contains a second artificial layer of difficulty through the use of nonsense words in an inheritance hierarchy.  After reading the code, any reasonable person would question the name <code>Bango<\/code> and how it relates to a <code>Bingo<\/code> and <code>Bongo<\/code>.  It&#8217;s at this point that one must accept the game that&#8217;s being played between the educator and the learner.  Sadly, induced cognitive stutterings are one particular result of the malformed educational transaction that is occurring.<\/p>\n<p>Another trick that works on me 100% of the time is the <em>unnecessary-details-about-awesome-rock-and-roll-band modification<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/?attachment_id=8428\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8429\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8429\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/?attachment_id=8429\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000000-formatted.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,442\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000000-formatted\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000000-formatted-300x265.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000000-formatted.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000000-formatted.jpg\" alt=\"from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000000-formatted\" width=\"500\" height=\"442\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8429\" srcset=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000000-formatted.jpg 500w, http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000000-formatted-300x265.jpg 300w, http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/from-bango-bongo-bingo-to-led-zeppelin-000000-formatted-339x300.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this case, I started thinking about how I would much rather be playing bongos along to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=led+zeppelin+houses+of+the+holy+album\" target=\"_blank\">Houses of the Holy<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon-external-link-12x12.png\" alt=\"icon-external-link-12x12\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/unwisdom.org\/chadspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/icon-search-12x12.png\" alt=\"icon-search-12x12\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" \/> than taking this stupid test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s interesting to me the ways in which Computer Science exams attempt to deceive students. 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