Subj : Re: Auto-grading aptitude tests
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : Ben Pfaff
Date : Tue Aug 23 2005 04:25 pm

rem642b@Yahoo.Com (Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t) writes:

> Suppose the computer-run test was truly interactive, where the
> applicant could fill in something, then the program would check it and
> discard the parts that don't fit the desired pattern, and give one free
> letter as a clue what's missing, and then the applicant would get
> another chance, etc. as many clues as needed until the applicant gets
> the correct answer?

I'd like to buy a vowel.
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