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Hypothetical Situation: You're writing an exam (or large test), and you notice that your friends answers are quite clearly visable. Would you look at them? If they were different from yours, would you change your answers?

If Know Beyond A Shadow Of A Doubt My Friend Is Extremely Smart, Then Yes. If Not, Then Hell No, They Might Be Giving Me Wrong Answers!

Hypothetical Situation: You're writing an exam (or large test), and you notice that your friends answers are quite clearly visable. Would you look at them? If they were different from yours, would you change your answers?
I would look at them but not act on them, because all my friends are idiots.

I use to cheat when i was in2nd grade but only once. Now i would NEVER CHEAT ON AN EXAM. OPPS forgot to say i dont get exams:p

What If My Friend In Question Was A Complete Dumbass? In That Case No. If He Were Genius, Then My Answer Would Still Be No. Call Me A Little Miss Nancy If You Want...Bastards.

You wouldn't cheat on the exams I give! :sniper:

Yes, I would cheat, but only in classes my friends excell in... If I know more than they do in a class, I'm gonna be on my own... otherwise, I hope I dont get caught!:p

I would check my answers against theirs and then look at the ones that don't match. If they are smarter than me, I'll switch ~85% of them accordingly.

I cheat only in situations where its unreasonable not to. Case in point: Math prof. last semester was an asshole who just taught us random math history then expected us to do a massive exam on integrals that another professor looked at and said "I'd NEVER expect a student to do that on an exam!". The whole class cheated off each other. Average was still 60%.

two words: Hell Yes.

Considering exams don't really mean anything in the real world (IE out of school), you bet I'd cheat.

I'm too smart to need to cheat.

On a related note, I would let someone else cheat off me for money.

No. If I was at a point where I needed to resort to cheating, i've failed myself by not paying attention when I should have.

Furthermore, it's unfair to the students who actually studied.

Cheating in high school was ok - even fun. Cheating in college - you are only cheating yourself.

The best cheat ever was in my Trig class. I carved all the different sin cos and tan formulas into my pencil with an xacto knife. It could only be seen if the pencil was within 6 inches of your face. The teacher I had used to patrol the aisles and was famous for catching cheaters. He had no clue and I passed.

I actually found that by making cheat sheets, I would end up accidentally memorizing the information. In college, I used this method to study for every test. I would simply recopy all of my notes - but I would reword them for brevity and it worked like a charm. By putting the class notes into my own words - I was able to effectively memorize all of the information. I was able to memorize the entire DSM-IV this way.

No. I'm too intelligent and I study enough that I don't need to cheat.

However, I have accepted cash in return for correct answers on exams before. :p

Probably not, except for maybe those IT certification exams which cost you lot of $$$.

Hypothetical Situation: You're writing an exam (or large test), and you notice that your friends answers are quite clearly visable. Would you look at them? If they were different from yours, would you change your answers?

No and no.

A) If it is Luporum then it does not cheat.
All things identical to Luporum are things that do not cheat.

B) Everything not Luporum cheats.
All Luporum are things that do not cheat.

C) All Luporums are not cheaters
No Luporum has cheated
All non-Luporums are cheaters

Sorry I'm reading up on logic right now :D

I actually found that by making cheat sheets, I would end up accidentally memorizing the information. In college, I used this method to study for every test. I would simply recopy all of my notes - but I would reword them for brevity and it worked like a charm. By putting the class notes into my own words - I was able to effectively memorize all of the information. I was able to memorize the entire DSM-IV this way.

That's actually a method they tell you to use in education courses to help students study. The thinking is that the students will go over all their notes for the test to try to determine what it is that they need to include on the cheat sheet. That way, not only do the students study the entire test material, but they spend even more time going over the stuff they were shaky on, transcribing it onto the card. It's surprisingly effective.

Probably not, except for maybe those IT certification exams which cost you lot of $$$.

I've taken a bunch of those. There's no point in cheating on them. They are some of those rare exams that cover information you actually end up using on the job.

I've taken a bunch of those. There's no point in cheating on them. They are some of those rare exams that cover information you actually end up using on the job.

True, but if it is the difference between failing by 1% or passing by 1%. :D
I have failed one of these by 1%. :(

I have failed one of these by 1%. :(

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My strategy has grown, over time, into this: I plan to take each exam twice. Before I start studying, I take the exam cold. After I get my results, I know how to focus my studying time. Then I make my study plan and aim for a pass on the second round.

It's more expensive money-wise, but I've cut down on the time I spend preparing for each exam. If, like me, you have to recertify every so often, that study time can really add up. :(

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My strategy has grown, over time, into this: I plan to take each exam twice. Before I start studying, I take the exam cold. After I get my results, I know how to focus my studying time. Then I make my study plan and aim for a pass on the second round.

It's more expensive money-wise, but I've cut down on the time I spend preparing for each exam. If, like me, you have to recertify every so often, that study time can really add up. :(

Most of the time when you mess up the first attempt, you manage to pass on the 2nd. I suspect few people want to certify because of the cost of these exams and the cost of study materials.

I only ever used 50% of what you get on the exams anyway.

Depends. Back in school, or at one of those aptitude tests for a job, sure. If it was something important (like say, a pilots license or bomb disposal course) then no, because lack of knowledge might kill me someday.

Good lord yes, were they more adept than me (unlikely given the intellect of my school), and I was uncertain of the veracity of my own answers.

Yes