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I got 4/7 but also pulled a rabbit out of the hat too 
I got the Queen, the French one and the rabbit one wrong
I got 6/7.
I got the rabbit one wrong and I correctly guessed the Queen one.
5/7 - quite proud of meself.
(several were utter guesswork) 
5/7....I had brain freeze with the binary, I've forgotten how do it, I'm the same with hexadecimals brain freeze. I also got the rabbits wrong but who cares
velvet donkey posted:I'm an apprentice welder
The test must be flawed, cos you're as bright as a button
velvet donkey posted:I'm an apprentice welder
you are so not 
Clever Bunny - 7/7
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Clever Bunny - 7/7
Teacher's Pet!
Only kidding, Fluffs.
I did this earlier today and got 6/7. The binary one I didn't have a clue about.
Of course the slight advantage one might have over an actual GCSE candidate is that we (or many of us) are answering these questions with the added knowledge that we have likely garnered SINCE our GCSE (or equivalent) years.
I got 5/7 - a couple of guesses in there. The last question had me as I am **** at maths.
Ironically, I nailed the Binary question as I recently had exams which featured binary in the course.
I can't speak a word of French merde! But I managed to work out what was being said some how! Got the question right.
Far from pulling a rabbit out of the hat, I could not see the hat or rabbit.
The binary question was the easiest question of the seven and I solved it in my head without using any calculator within one second of looking at it without spending any time in trying to work the answer out. Just think logically. If you think about it and spot something you will see why it's so easy.
State the denary representation of the binary number 10111010
The numbers given to choose from were:
157
143
186
El Loro posted:The binary question was the easiest question of the seven and I solved it in my head without using any calculator within one second of looking at it without spending any time in trying to work the answer out. Just think logically. If you think about it and spot something you will see why it's so easy.
State the denary representation of the binary number 10111010The numbers given to choose from were:
157
143
186
I still don't get it El 
In binary if the rightmost digit is a '1' then the denary equivalent is odd, if the rightmost digit is a '0' then the denary equivalent will be even, no matter what the other digits are. There was only one even choice given, so that had to be the answer as the rightmost digit in the binary sequence given was a zero.
Some vet gadjie was asking Kemp and Cotton the same questions on their R2 prog. I answered them all. As El Loro said the binary one was fairly obvious.
I also believe that you pick up more info as you become older. Having said that I can remember 10 'O' levels as being a huge deal without even bothering about grades 1-9! It is tempting to think that they may be easier now!
In my day you required 5 including English and Maths. I've you passed a couple of A levels then that was a huge bonus!
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:In binary if the rightmost digit is a '1' then the denary equivalent is odd, if the rightmost digit is a '0' then the denary equivalent will be even, no matter what the other digits are. There was only one even choice given, so that had to be the answer as the rightmost digit in the binary sequence given was a zero.
Exactly
Missed this when I was on holiday, so have come back to it now and got:
Clever rabbit - 7/7 
I was the same as El Loro in that I found the binary question the easiest, but that's only because (as EFFT explained) there's a bit of a "trick" to it, which you either know or don't, and binary has always been one of my "things": I still occasionally find myself helping work colleagues with binary/hexadecimal problems. As the old joke goes:
"There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't."
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Of course the slight advantage one might have over an actual GCSE candidate is that we (or many of us) are answering these questions with the added knowledge that we have likely garnered SINCE our GCSE (or equivalent) years.
Well, I think it works both ways. The "added knowledge" argument is often cited in situations like "University Challenge" when teams with older members like the Open University do well, but the counter-argument is that for things like GCSEs the pupils would be actually studying these subjects. The questions are designed to test their knowledge and understanding of a specific curriculum, so they're not going to be hampered by all the extraneous information that us old 'uns have picked up over the years. Looking specifically at the test, I would expect that I would have found the Biology, Classical Civilisation, Chemistry and (possibly) Geography questions easier if I was a teenager actually studying them. The others would probably have been about the same.
Speaking personally, the only questions I can definitely say I relied on "adult" knowledge to answer were the Biology and Classical Civilisation ones, as I didn't study either of those subjects to any significant level at school. The Biology one was a bit of an educated guess for me, but the Classical Civilisation one I could work out because I've learnt a bit about Rome and Carthage over the years. Although I didn't recognise the quote, I knew Dido was the founding Queen of Carthage, and the reference to "Libyan waves" was a clue that we were (literally) heading in that direction. I think I was also vaguely aware that Hecuba was to do with Troy (she was the mother of Hector, Paris and Casandra).