Special Exam Question Types

In an exam, it should be about proving your skills of a topic, not about decyphering question types that are unfamiliar to you. Therefore, this page will introduce to you some question types that will appear in the exam.

Multiple Choice Questions

Question Instruction (as written in the exam)

Tick all and only the correct answers for each of the ten question items below. Sometimes, more than one box needs to be ticked. Each question item that is fully correct is worth 1 point. If it is empty, then it is worth 0 points. There are no negative points.

Example

In order to pass Ethics for Nerds, students have to pass...

☐ the exam.

☐ the project.

☐ the chapter summaries.

☐ Project Phase 6.

☐ none of the above

Fill-The-Blank

Question Instruction (as written in the exam)

Fill each blank with the number of the most suitable phrase from the word bank. Use each phrase at most once. Not all phrases are needed.

Example

If you study computer science at ____ in Saarbrücken, then you have to be properly registered according to the applicable ____. For students of computer science and many similar programs, this means that you have to be registered in the ____. Students of Ethics for Nerds were additionally asked to register via the ____.

Word Bank:

dCMS
Dresden University
Ethics for Nerds
LSF
Moodle
regulation(s)
Saarland University

True or False

Question Instruction (as written in the exam)

For each statement, first indicate whether it is true or false. Then select one reason that best explains your answer.

Each question item that is fully correct is worth 1 point. If it is empty, then it is worth 0 points. There are no negative points.

Examples

Group work is a mandatory element of Ethics for Nerds.

◯ True ◯ False
Because: (pick one)
◯ The project is the only part that is organized in group work, but the project is not mandatory.
◯ The project is mandatory and is group work.
◯ The chapter summaries are mandatory and are group work.

Saarland University is in Dresden.
◯ True ◯ False
Because: (pick one)
◯ Saarland University is in Saarbrücken.
◯ Dresden is in Saarland.
◯ Saarbrücken is in Dresden.

Example Situation

Question Instruction

Give an explicit, clear, and uncontroversial, possibly hypothetical example of ... in which all of the following hold:

(1) Condition 1
(2) Condition 2
...
(n) Condition n

Explain explicitly in your answer how your example satisfies each of the conditions.

Example

Give an explicit, clear, and uncontroversial, possibly hypothetical example of a situation at university in which all of the following hold:

(1) A student, Jane, got credit points.
(2) Jane improved her grade average.
(3) Jane has not yet finished her studies.

Explain explicitly in your answer how your example satisfies each of the conditions.

Possible Answer:

Jane had a grade average of 3.0. She now passed Ethics for Nerds with a 1.0, thereby improving her average grade and getting 6 credit points. She still has to write her Master's thesis, so she is not yet finished her studies.