Has anyone taking a test and the last question is if you answered the questions w/o reading first a zero now?

Question

my father said he took a test in the military

Answer 1

This is to test if you can read, understand and carry out the instructions/orders correctly.The first instruction on the paper tells you to read all the questions first and usualy the last question will instruct you not to answer the questions. Therefore answering a question results in a zero mark for the test because you did not carry out the primary instruction.

Answer 2

I once had a test at school that was 30 questions long. The teacher specifically stated that we should read all the questions first before answering any of them. The last question was "Do not answer any of the previous questions or you will fail this test."

I think this is a pretty common test at school to teach kids that its best to read all the questions in a test first before you start answering any of them.

Answer 3

yes its a test where it says 'read the whole test before answering' and of course most people start filling out answers before getting to the end, then at the end it says 'turn the paper over without answering ANY of the questions' or something to that effect. And basically if you started answering the other questions first you failed and if you turned your paper over you passed.  

Answer 4

I've heard of this.  This is the first time I've heard of it happening in the military.  The versions I've heard was that it was a college class and another was that it was in a high school class.  I really think this is nothing more than another urban myth.  While I suppose some grad student may have done this for a thesis or something, it really wouldn't fly in real life.  Tests are supposed to determine what you know, not if you can be tricked or not.  Everybody can be tricked.  It would also take longer to read all the questions, then go back and start answering.  And a "question" such as "Do not answer any of the question on this test" isn't a question.  It's an instruction.  You expect to find the instructions at the front, not at the end.  If this did happen, it wouldn't be considered a test so much as an object lesson.

Answer 5

Your question does not make any sense.

"if you answered the questions w/o reading first a zero now" makes absolutely no sense.  Can you rephrase that?