Can you test better than a college professor---I did

[SaintLouieWoman]

This test isn't easy. The web site reports that college professors average about 55%; the average American 49%. Take your time and see how you compare to both these averages as well as my own score.
http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692

I got 79.87% correct. What's with these college professors? And the average American must be candidates for Leno's Jay Walking bit.

[djones520]

28 out of 33. 84.85%

[Arroyo_Doble]

You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %

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I rock the mullet.

[linda22003]

"You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %"

[Articulate_Ape]

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

[SarasotaRepub]

You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %

I have to stop changing my answers. Would have had 30. :o:D

[marv]

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You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

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The ones I missed...

Incorrect Answers

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Question: Which of the following fiscal policy combinations has the federal government most often followed to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe recession?
Your Answer: increasing both taxes and spending
Correct Answer: decreasing taxes and increasing spending

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Question: The Puritans:
Your Answer: believed in complete religious freedom
Correct Answer: stressed the sinfulness of all humanity

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Question: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:
Your Answer: values originating in one’s conscience cannot be judged by others
Correct Answer: certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason

...oh well, I'm just a school drop-out. I shudda gone to kollege......:p

[marv]

You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %

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I rock the mullet.

I saw a pig fly the other day..........or was he GOOGLEing? :D

[Articulate_Ape]

You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %

I have to stop changing my answers. Would have had 30. :o:D

HA! My teachers learned me better than yours learned you.

[Arroyo_Doble]

I saw a pig fly the other day..........or was he GOOGLEing? :D

There were only two questions requiring an educated guess. One was about international trade and specialization and the other had to do with the efficiency of markets (that one I used process of elimination so I didn't really "know" it).