Greetings All!
Perhaps a bit off-topic for us, but I reckon it's a
good place to ask the question.
I've been repeatedly hearing/seeing teasing news items
about the "unanswerable" AS-level exam questions set by
different exam boards:
A maths question which was impossible to answer
because not enough information was given (OCR)
A business studies question which did not give enough
information (AQA)
A multiple-choice biology question which gave several
possible answers but not the correct one (Edexcel)
(descriptions quoted from the BBC News website).
I say "teasing" because I'd love to know the details of
these questions, just to see how "goofy" they really are.
But nowhere have I come across citations of the actual
questions themselves, nor any detail much more specific
than the above.
So can anyone provide full citations, or pointers to where
they can be found?
My interest is aroused because I've set (and seen) a good
few exam questions in my time, and therefore have an eye
for the "warning signs" of a dodgy question. I'd like to
be able to see how blatant these were in the above cases!
With thanks, and best wishes to all.
And apologies if I have set an unanswerable question.
Ted.
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