[USA] Octagon Global Recruiting - DWY TEST 2

Adesso guardiamo il test 2 del sito Dharmawants you:

Innanzitutto il titolo... "Broad Spectrum Knowledge Analysis"
che significa semplicemente "Analisi della Conoscenza ad Ampio Spettro"....
L'obiettivo del test è stabilire le facoltà accademiche usando domande casuali, in particolare si tratta di 10 domande a scelta multipla.
Le note importanti sono che:

1) Solo il primo tentativo verrà incluso nella valutazione

2) La durata del test sarà parte della valutazione

3) Al termine del test non avremo un risultato, il punteggio di questo test verrà incluso nella valutazione finale

di seguito alcuni screencap del test 2:




Come potete notare nell'ultimo screencap, l'ultima domanda del test è a dir poco stramba....
Domanda:

"What is the answer to this question?" traduzione "Qual'è la risposta corretta?"

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D

A questo punto entra in gioco il "cheat" per il secondo test. Qualcuno ha difatti notato che nella schermata di presentazione del test la "i" di "Analysis" è sottolineata: Analysis


In pratica nell'ultima domanda del test se premete il tasto "i" vedrete lampreggiare per qualche secondo la risposta corretta...( nel mio caso risposta C......ndr).
Di seguito il codice di tale "cheat":

private function shift(param1:KeyboardEvent) : void
{
if (m_questionCounter == NO_QUESTIONS-- && STATE == QUIZ && param1.keyCode == 73)
{
m_currentQuestionsArray[m_questionCounter].shift();
m_cheat = true;
}// end if
return;
}// end function

KeyCode 73 is the Dec number for I :)

if (m_gameObj.didCheat)
{
_loc_1.push("\"didCheat\":\"1\"");
}
else
{
_loc_1.push("\"didCheat\":\"0\"");
}// end else if

Per quanto riguarda le prime 9 domande di cultura generale c'è da dire che alcune sono piuttosto banali, mentre per altre dovremmo tenere almeno una laurea in materia o wikipedia a portata a di mano ;) . Tuttavia considerando che il tempo è un fattore determinante per il punteggio finale,
beh qui di seguito ci sono molte domande del test 2 con relativa risposta:

A dependent clause can never be what? A sentence
A meter is equivalent to how many millimeters? 1,000
Alexander Fleming won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of what? Penicillin
Famous painter Picasso went by the first name of? Pablo
How is Indira Gandhi related to Mohandas Gandhi? Not Blood Related
How long does it take for the Earth to rotate around completely on its axis? 24 hours
How many days do ants live on average? 60
How many legs do insects have? 6
How many people are rescued alive from the ice cold waters surrounding the great Titanic? 6
How often do you take medicine labeled Q.I.D.? 4 times a day
How tall was the single piece of marble Michelangelo used to create "David"? 17 feet
If you are talking about electricity, what does "DC" stand for? Direct Current



In "Pinocchio", what are all the bad boys on Pleasure Island changed into? Donkeys
In medical terms, what does the suffix "-genic" mean? Genetic
In medical terms, what does the suffix "-lysis" mean? A. Losing B. Nourishment C. Air D. Disease
In what capital city would you find the [Bob] Marley museum? Kingston
In what country is Stonehenge located? England
In what year Renoir paint "Spring Bouquet"? 1866
In which sea animal species does the male carry the young? Seahorse
Matters related to what sense are referred to as olfactory? Smell
On which continent is Burundi located? Africa
On which diagnostic test would PVCs found? EKG
The Heidelberg School was a group of landscape painters located near which large city? Melbourne
The Jurassic period was found in which era? Mesozoic
The Louvre is located in what country? France
The medical term "stratify" is best defined as? Arrange In Groups For Analysis Of Results
The medical term "triple zero" refers to what? Absence of Pulse, Respirations Or Blood Pressure
The peanut is really a what? Legume
Vincent Van Gogh's famous painting of a night sky with swirling yellow stars is called what? Starry Night
What are the three main colors of the African Liberation Flag? Red Black Green
What BMI stand for? Body Mass Index
What can produce a shock of up to 650 volts? Electric Eel
What color is lobster's blood? Clear
What country did Iraq invade in 1990, based on claims of disputed oil? Kuwait
What country did king Hussein rule? Jordan
What did psychologist Carl Jung develop? Archetypes
What do the words "Dalai Lama" mean? Ocean Of Wisdom
What does a present perfect progressive verb express? Past Action Which Continues
What does the name "Iwo Jima" mean in Japanese? Sulfur Island
What ethnic group is primarily afflicted with sickle cell anemia? Black
What famous artist worked in a loft called "The Factory"? Andy Warhol
What form of writing uses mostly dialog? Play
What fraction of Earth's gravity is the Moon's gravity? One-Sixth
What GATT stand for? General Agreement On Trade And Tariffs
What is a Herkimer diamond? Quartz Crystal
What is a salpingoophrectomy? Removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries
What is an Oophorectomy? Removal of the Ovaries
What is another name for the West Indies? Antilles
What is magma, which has surfaced through a volcanic eruption? Lava
What is Pablo Picasso's daughter's name? Paloma
What is the addictive chemical in cigarettes? Nicotine
What is the capital city of New Brunswick, Canada? Frederiction
What is the capital of Australia's Northern Territory? Darwin
What is the capital of east Timor? Dilli
What is the energy from the internal heat of the earth called? Geothermal Energy
What is the first priority in a trauma code? Airway
What is the first thing you do to a wound that is bleeding profusely? Apply direct pressure
What is the largest island in Baltic Sea? Gotland
What is the most abundant element in the known universe? Hydrogen
What is the name for a 100 foot tall tidal wave? Tsunami
What is the name for the submerged fringe of a continent? Continental Shelf
What is the population of the former Portuguese territory of Macau, which was returned to china in 1999? Approximately 450,000
What is the region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter called? Asteroid Belt
What is the syllabic pattern of the haiku? 5, 7, 5
What is the term used to describe the inflammation of the brain? Encephalitis
What layer of the skin is just below the surface? Dermis
What leader said: "The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs"? Napoleon
What means having two eyes facing forward? Forward Vision
What military leader is quoted as saying "I came, I saw, I conquered?" Julius Caesar
What name did Jacques Cousteau call his main research vessel? Calypso
What organ does a deer lack? Gall bladder
What post-impressionist artist is known for painting Tahitian subject matter? Paul Gauguin
What punctuation ends a declarative sentence? A Period
What special disease does an endocrinologist study? Diabetes
What type of animal is an Arctic tern? Bird
What type of art emerged at exhibition titled "The Young Contemporaries" in 1961? Pop Art
What unit is force measured in? Newton
What war was said at the time to be “the war to end all wars”? World War I
What was the original name of Burkina Faso? Upper Volta
What word means to think about something and then do it on purpose? Premeditated
When a person says they are allergic to cats, what are they really allergic to? Dander
Where are carpal bones found? Wrist
Where are the mineral-rich Star Mountains? In Papua New Guinea
Where are the Pampas located? Argentine
Where did Ponce de Leon go to look for the fountain of youth? Florida
Where in England was the Magna Carta signed in 1215? A field near Runnymede
Where is an earthquake's epicenter? On the surface above the focus
Where was the world's first human heart transplant performed in 1967? Cape Town, South Africa
Which 2 of these medications are antibiotics? Biaxin and Levaquin
Which artist most famously employed the technique know as pointillism? Seurat
Which artist was called "Jack the Dripper"? Jackson Pollock
Which Brazilian state was the major producer of gold for the Portuguese crown in the 18th century? Minas Gerais
Which Canadian painter, born and educated in Scotland, painted large-format works using Lucite? Jock MacDonald
Which conjunctions are always together? Whether, Or
Which country covers the largest total area? Virgin Islands
Which country is the Ananda Temple located in? Burma
Which country split from Ethiopia with a peaceful vote? Eritrea
Which Ernest Hemingway story is about abortion? Hills Like White Elephants
Which Irish city would you be near if you were at Dun Laoghaire port? Dublin
Which is a noun used as an adjective in this phrase: bean soup and bread? Bean
Which is a plural possessive word? Birds'
Which is another name for a red blood cell? Erythrocyte
Which is Earth's nearest neighbor in space? The Moon
Which is the world's largest lizard? The Komodo Dragon
Which leader was known for a "Cultural Revolution"? Mao Zedong
Which literary term means a story illustrating a moral lesson? Allegory
Which medical term means "based on experience"? Empiric
Which of the following grows the tallest? California Redwood Tree
Which of these brain structures is part of the limbic system ? Hippocampus
Which of these does not have the Union Jack on its flag? Wales
Which of these is a kingdom in the classification of living things? Fungi
Which of these is an example of personification? A. Painful Echoes B. Weary Street Echoes with pain C. The weary street D. Echoes pain
Which of these is not a plant? Marsh Hawk
Which of these medical terms means "to leak outside of a blood vessel"? Extravaste
Which of these scientific instruments measures mass? Analytical Balance
Which painkiller was recalled in 1982 because of product tampering? Tylenol
Which pairs of minerals are almost always found together? Azurite and Malachite
Which poetry term means the repetition of vowel sounds? Assonance
Which sea lies at one end of the Great Wall of China? The Yellow Sea
Which sea separates Asia Minor from Greece? Aegean
Which sentence contains a verb in the past perfect tense? He Had Studied Law Before Then
Which sentence contains a verb in the present perfect tense? I have eaten all of the pie
Which type of poetry is in a long narrative style? Epic
Which war was concluded by the Treaty of Utrecht? War Of Spanish Succession
Which was the last province to enter confederation in Canada? Newfoundland
Which word can be a linking verb? Become
Which word is preposition? Below
Who developed the vaccine for polio? Jonas Salk
Who does Heathcliff love in Charlotte Bronte's Classic Novel "Wuthering Heights"? Catherine Earnshaw
Who is the father in "To Kill a Mockingbird"? Atticus Finch
Who is the speaker of the dialogue "Go now", Mary said? A. Mary B. An Actor C. Woman D. An Unknown Person
Who set a record for days in space by a woman in 1995? Elena Kondakova
Who was the "Grate Grey Poet"? Walt Whitman
Who was the father of Hercules? Zeus
Who was the Israeli prime minister during the 1973 war? Golda Meir
Who wrote "A Pilgrim's Progress"? John Bunyan
Who wrote the novel "Little Women"? Louisa May Alcott
Whom did Churchill call the "American Carnot" in WWII? George Marshall
With whom was Gatsby obsessed in Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby"? Daisy
You can visit Alcatraz prison in which of these states? California

Una volta completato il test 2 andiamo nella sezione "my progress":
di seguito screencap:


Come si vede dall'immagine vedremo lo stato del test 2 "complete", inoltre verremo assegnati ad un nuovo gruppo....
Sembra certo che in tutto i gruppi ai quali possiamo essere assegnati siano tre:
Steropes
Brontes
Polyphemus
Tali nomi si riferiscono tutti a personaggi detti "ciclopi" appartenenti alla mitologia greca....

Il ciclope (greco: Κύκλωψ che significa "occhio tondo") è una figura della mitologia greca. È il discendente di un'antica razza di giganti, caratterizzati dalla presenza di un solo occhio, anche se questo elemento sembra essere posteriore alle prime attestazioni, quando i ciclopi erano solamente genti di grandi dimensioni dagli occhi tondi. Ne ritroviamo il mito in molti testi della letteratura greca. Secondo Esiodo, Bronte, Sterope e Arge, i ciclopi sono figli di Urano e Gea, fratelli dei Titani, in cui vengono più tardi ricompresi. Erano creature prodigiose, alti conoscitori dell'arte della lavorazione del ferro. La loro attività era fabbricare i fulmini di Zeus.

L'assegnazione a tali gruppi sembra ancora una volta del tutto casuale...
tuttavia se andiamo a guardare i 2 sondaggi lanciati da darkufo verso i suoi utenti sembra che l'assegnazione a tali gruppi, più che "casuale", risulta essere "forzatamente" "equilibrata"!!!O_O

Sondaggio assegnazione gruppi generale:

Pandora -> Steropes 18% (269)

Pandora -> Brontes 15% (225)

Pandora -> Polyphemus 18% (259)

Ganymede -> Steropes 17% (244)

Ganymede -> Brontes 16% (235)

Ganymede -> Polyphemus 16% (237)

Sondaggio assegnazione gruppi del test 2: