Chris wrote:
> "tony sayer" >
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> wrote . . .
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>>Not that well written questions IMHO......
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> I agree. In one of my research classes we spent a short time on how to ask a
> good question vs. a bad one. One of the rules states that if the question it
> self is not clearly stated, in reference to the range of possible answers,
> then the question is bad. It leaves too much open to interpretation as to
> exactly what is being asked. This question is asking about the "functions"
> of the motherboard while the possible answers are all offering ideas about
> the functions of the "components" on a motherboard. I would have failed my
> class if I came out of it writing questions like this.
>
>
>>Among the different functions of a computer's motherboard,
>>
>>A. The bus is temporary information storage that is either static or
>>dynamic.
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> The bus is "a component" of the motherboard - not a "function" of the
> motherboard.
> Providing a bus would be a "function" of a motherboard.
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>>B. Random access memory (RAM) circuit boards are the plug-in
>>connections inside the computer on the motherboard.
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>
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> RAM is "a component" of the motherboard - not a "function" of the
> motherboard.
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>>C. The central processing unit (CPU) is a powerful microprocessor that
>>represents the brain of the computer.
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> The CPU is "a component" of the motherboard - not a "function" of the
> motherboard.
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>>D. The basic input-output system (BIOS) is usually contained on a
>>single silicon chip and is the motherboard's major component that
>>executes software instructions and performs arithmetic operations for
>>the computer's operating system.
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>
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> The BIOS is "a component" of the motherboard - not a "function" of the
> motherboard.
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>>E. Expansion slots are grooves in the circuit board that allow the
>>internal components to expand when overheated.
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> Expansion slots "are components" of a motherboard - not a "function" of the
> motherboard.
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> While "C." is, for the most part, a correct "statement" it is not a correct
> answer to the question that was asked.
>
> To be a valid question, at least one answer would have to be about the
> "functions" of the "motherboard" and in this case NONE of them are.
>
> A correct answer to the question as asked would be something like . . .
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> F. none of the above.
> or
> C. its primary function is the control of the flow of data through out a
> personal computer.
>
> A better question for the answers provided would be something like . . .
>
> When considering the various aspects of personal computer hardware, which
> statement is the most accurate?
>
> Unfortunately, as a society we are becoming more and more dependent upon
> tests like this to prove our knowledge of a given topic(just look at the
> MCSE, CCIE or A+) but, there seems to be little if any safeguards to insure
> that the tests them selves can prove accurately just how knowledgeable a
> person is on a given subject. It seems like the tests are most often written
> by people who, them self's, could not pass them if they were written
> correctly and accurately. Writing a test that can assess a persons knowledge
> accurately is a skill that takes a LOOOONG time to hone. It requires the
> writer to know MUCH, MUCH more than the test taker and it requires the
> writer to know how to write questions that DO have at least one correct
> answer. It requires someone to be able to look at the question and interpret
> it from MANY different view points and adjust the questions / answers to
> accommodate all possible interpretations of that question. It requires a
> person who can think! However, a lot of the tests now-a-days seem to be
> written by someone who follows the idiom of, "those who can't do, teach" or
> those who's noses are brown enough to make the UPS brown look like, "a
> lighter shade of gray."
>
> Just my 00000010 bits worth.
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>
Unfortunately, you are correct.
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