08-04-2012, 19:39
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Civics exam
searched but did not find, if a repeat sorry.
Interesting exam. I scored 31 of 33 correct. If you are an old fool as myself, you will do well, as this was all taught in grade school and jr high. If you are a youngen, good luck.
Interesting is that education professionals scored 55% while the average civilian scored 49%.
Richard what is your score? 
hxxp://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692
You need to remove the xx and replace with tt, did not like to hot link.
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Author - Richard. 
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08-04-2012, 19:53
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32/33
Flood control levees.
Picked the right answer first and then changed my mind.
Doh!!
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08-04-2012, 19:56
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31 out of 33, too... but I question one I missed!
I must be old, too.
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08-04-2012, 19:58
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Very interesting. 32 of 33. Annoying that I knew the right answer for the one I got wrong but selected the "correct" answer based on the current administration's preferred COA.
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08-04-2012, 20:02
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Interesting test.
I got 25 out of 33 ...... but I'm not as old as some of the more "Senior" members here.
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08-04-2012, 20:11
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Zonie, which one did you miss? I questioned one as well and reversed one in my head.
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Hold Hard guys
Rick B.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is knowing it is great on a hamburger but not so great sticking one up your ass.
Author - Richard.
Experience is what you get right after you need it.
Author unknown.
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08-04-2012, 20:28
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28 out of 33...
I inverted the 2nd Am question...I blame the wine.
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08-04-2012, 20:48
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32/33.
Good test, but lots more on economics than I recall.
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08-04-2012, 21:19
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I did lousy. 21/33
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08-04-2012, 22:24
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Good Test
30 of 33. Not too bad for a dumb college kid. 
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08-04-2012, 22:45
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29/33 not too bad I guess. Very interesting quiz.
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08-05-2012, 05:44
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Quote:
Full Civic Literacy Exam (from our 2008 survey)
Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams.
You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %
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There are a couple of answers in the quiz which force you to think about it, but it helped having (1) developed the curriculum for and taught the subjects at the HS level and (2) having tutored HS and college students in History, Government, and Economics. At our HS, all seniors took a semester of Government and a semester of Economics; many schools here in Texas have their students take the Govt/Econ course as freshmen or sophomores, but we had it reserved for our seniors because (1) they had a better understanding of the basics of the subjects by then, (2) they had a greater interest in the topics as many were registering for the SSS (males) and to vote during their senior year, and (3) they had a greater maturity level for more aggressively debating the issues presented in the courses.
Some of the ISI programs are interesting. I found their 2011-2012 Scholarship Essay Competition for American College Students - “Are We Back on the Road to Serfdom?” - an interesting read. The attchd pdf has the winning esssays - First Place: Danielle Charette, Swarthmore; Second Place: Robert Sylvester, Catholic University; Third Place: Kevin Sullivan, Georgetown.
And so it goes...
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08-05-2012, 06:11
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Answered 31 out of 33 correctly.
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08-05-2012, 07:42
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30/33 - suitably embarrassed for trying to set a speed record.
Interesting test.
My incorrect Answers
Everyone deserves the right to an objective assessment of their actual knowlege base. No sense in handicapping others who might be interested but haven't taken the test yet. Peregrino
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08-05-2012, 08:14
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Originally Posted by tonyz
My incorrect Answers
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LR - I missed these two, also. I picked the same answer tonyz did on the XXX , et al question, mainly because it was first... but corrected myself.
I don't think the correct answer on the ' XXX' is actually any better than our incorrect one... one of the problems with MC answers to complicated concepts.
As to XXX,
Everyone deserves the right to an objective assessment of their actual knowlege base. No sense in handicapping others who might be interested but haven't taken the test yet. Peregrino
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