F in Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers

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1. 112 of 118 people found the following review helpful

   
   Hilarious Collection of Totally Wrong Test Answers, March 11, 2011

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   Dr. Bojan Tunguz (Indiana, USA) –
   
     
   
     
   
     

   This review is from: F in Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers (Paperback)

   Over the years as a college Physics professor I’ve given out (and graded) and untold number of student exams, tests, quizzes, and homeworks. Sometimes exams were too hard, sometimes students were inadequately prepared, and sometimes they just didn’t have enough time to finish answering all the questions appropriately. In those situations I would often get silly or puzzling answers to some of the questions that I had posed. I had always enjoyed those answers (but I still marked them as wrong), and sometimes I would deliberately assign a question or two on an exam that was intended to elicit quirky responses. Therefore, when I came across “F in Exams” I knew this was the kind of book that I’d enjoy. All of the examples in this book (to the best of my knowledge) have been taken from actual student exams, down to the handwritten responses in the blue ink. This level of realism adds to the amusement factor. A few of these test answers (such as the one on the cover) have previously circulated around online, but majority of the answers were new to me. The answers cover most of the major disciplines and subjects – math, physics, psychology, chemistry, biology, etc. The answers were actually funny, and not merely amusing. The book is relatively short, but it is very well designed. I highly recommend it.

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2. 45 of 47 people found the following review helpful

   
   Laughed so hard, I cried, April 2, 2011

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   Suzanne Jackson “Suzanne Jackson” (St Louis, MO United States) –

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   I purchased this book because my school is currently going through the madness of state exams. I thought it would be a nice book to share with the faculty to relieve some of their test-associated stress. I am sure they will enjoy it because there were many “laugh out loud” moments. One example from the book had me in tears as I tried to read it to a family member (mostly because I couldn’t get through it without bursting into laughter).

   I would recommend reading this book in small doses. A page or two, here and there, to lighten your mood. Otherwise it does get a bit repetitious.

   The book also would make one think about test question creation. Some of the questions are so poorly worded the snarky student answer is almost expected.

   I would highly recommend this book to any teacher.

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3. 65 of 72 people found the following review helpful

   
   Construct A Banana Car…, March 25, 2011

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   Robert I. Hedges –
   
     
   
     
   
     

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   “F in Exams” is a small collection of bizarre and wholly incorrect answers to scholastic test questions. Richard Benson has collected these and broken them down into various categories such as physics, math, chemistry, and psychology. The book takes less than half an hour to read cover to cover, but produces quite a few snickers along the way. Some of my favorite questions and answers include:

   What instrument do you use to measure temperature? A trombone.

   Name an environmental side effect of burning fossil fuels. Fire.

   Explain the word “genome.” It is an abbreviation of the two words: Gender and Gnome.

   Name the wife of Orpheus, whom he attempted to save from the underworld. Mrs. Orpheus.

   Who was Solomon? He was a very popular man with 700 wives and 300 porcupines.

   What was the main industry in Persia? Cats.

   Claire used good body language at a job interview. Can you think of three examples of good body language that Claire may have used?
   1. Pole dancing
   2. The Moonwalk
   3. The Bolero

   Finally my favorite question is found in the math section where the teacher had written “Construct a rectangle with sides Y and ends Z.” This not being to the taste of the student, he (or she) scratched out all but the first two words of the question and rewrote it to read: “Construct a banana car.” What followed was a very interesting drawing of a banana car and the line “I want to retake this test.” I’ll bet.

   The questions and answers in the book vary in humorous content, and there are many examples circulating on the Internet that I consider to be at least as good as most of these. Still, for anyone who has ever been dumbfounded by a test question and decided to give a ludicrous answer, or especially for teachers who have seen more ridiculous answers than they can count, this book is worth a quick read.

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