The Penultimate Word

A friend of mine who teaches middle school in the Dearborn, MI district passed this test on to me. It is a demonstration of how people with good test-taking skills can do well on a poorly-designed test even when they know nothing about the subject. See how well how you can do. Bonus points to anyone who can tell me where the terms in the test came from. Answers below the fold. Cheaters will serve detention with Professor Umbridge.

1. What is the primary purpose of the cluss in frumpaling?

1. to remove the cluss-prangs
2. to patch tremans
3. to loosen cloughs
4. to repair plumots

1. The fribbled breg will minter best with an

1. mors
2. ignu
3. derst
4. sortar

1. Why does the sigla frequently overfest the treslum?

1. all siglas are mellious
2. siglas are always votial
3. the trelsum is usually tarious
4. no trelsa are directly feskable

1. Trassig normally occurs under which of the following conditions?

1. when the dissels fruli
2. when the lusp trasses the vom
3. when the balgo lisks easily
4. when the viskal flans, if the viskal is zortil

1. What probable causes are indicated when tristal dos occurs in a compots?

1. the sabs foped and the doths timzed
2. the kredges roted with the rots
3. the rakogs were not accepted in the sluth
4. the polats were thonced in the sluth

1. The mintering function of the ignu is most frequently performed in connection with the

1. arazma tol
2. fribbled breg
3. groshing stantol
4. frallied stantols

Question #1: The correct answer is “A.” The skilled test taker would notice that the word “cluss” is in the stem and in answer “A.”

Questions #2: The correct answer is “B.” The skilled test taker would notice that the singulararticle “an” at the end of the question fits only with “B.” Also, the stem of Question #6 states the correct answer to Question #2.

Questions #3: The correct answer is “C.” The skilled test taker would notice that the word “frequently” in the stem fits best with the word “usually” in “C.”

Questions #4: The correct answer is “D.” The skilled test taker would notice that the stem asks for plural “conditions” and “D” is the only choice with two conditions. Also, the skilled test taker should be noticing the pattern of answers by now.

Questions #5: The correct answer is “A.” The skilled test taker would notice that the plural “causes” matches only “A,” which has plural causes.

Questions #6: The correct answer is “B.” The skilled test taker would undoubtedly notice the pattern of answers by now as well as use the information in Question #2 to make a very educated guess.

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