🚀 go-pugleaf

 I hope all of you pass with flying colors... I also can not take credit
 for this test. It was sent to my roommate by his professor. My roommate
 (who wishes to remain nameless) got a score in the upper 50's. (Typical
 engineering geek)  :}  While I didn't score anywhere close. I don't know
 if that's good or bad. Good luck.




>                            NERD APTITUDE TEST
>                       The Nerdity Test v2.1 Mar.12.92
>INTRODUCTION:
>
>        All persons are assumed to be initially 0% nerd - up until the time
>that the Nerdity Test is taken.  If someone is asked to take the Nerdity
>Test and refuses for any reason (especially if trying to preserve their 0%
>nerd status) that person's score should then be altered to 100% (you'd have
>to be really nerdy to be that anti-social.)
>
>        For each question on the exam that you answer yes - add 0.5% (200
>questions total).  We recommend that you merely make dashes on a piece of
>paper for each question you answer affirmatively.  Count these dash marks
>and divide by two.  This is your percent nerdity.
>
>        Some questions have examples listed after them in parenthesis.
>These are to be taken as examples and not an all inclusive list.
>
>         **ALL**  technicalities count.
>
>        Also, since nerdity is NOT a permanent condition, some of the
>questions reflect this.  Anything labelled "are you currently.."  "do you
>know.." as opposed to "have you ever.." etc. should be taken in the context
>of when the test is actually being given.  Thus,if you know something nerdy
>now, and forget it by the time you take this test again, your nerdity score
>will go down.
>
>        Please use only a number two pencil.  Mark all answers in your blue
>book.  Show all work.  A table of useful formulas is included at the end.
>
>You may begin ... NOW!
>
>*********************SECTION 1: education and
>knowledge*************************
>1.      Have you ever taken a "higher" math course?  (Trig, Calculus)
>2.      ..........at the college level?
>3.      ..........and received an A (3.7 grade point)?
>4.      Have you ever taken a science course?  (Biology, Physics,
>Chemistry)
>5.      ..........at the college level?
>6.      ..........and received an A (3.7 grade point)?
>7.      Are you still capable of doing things you learned in the
>        "higher" math course?
>8.      Do you still know information you learned in the science course?
>9.      Have you ever majored in the "hard sciences"? (engineering,
>        physics, chemistry, exclude psychology, economics, etc.)
>10.     Have you ever taken Latin?
>11.     Have you ever asked a question in lecture?
>12.     Have you ever answered a question asked in lecture?
>13.     Have you ever corrected a professor in lecture?
>14.     Have you ever answered a rhetorical question?
>15.     Do you sit in the front row more than 20% of the time?
>16.     Have you ever had a "perfect attendance record"?
>17.     Do you take notes in more than one color?
>18.     Have you ever tutored someone else?
>19.     Have you ever done homework on a Friday night?
>20.     Have you ever pulled an all-nighter?
>      DO YOU KNOW...
>21.     ........BASIC?
>22.     ........PASCAL?
>23.     ........FORTRAN?
>24.     ........assembly language?
>25.     Can you count in binary?  (up to decimal 10)
>26.     Can you count in hexadecimal?  (up to decimal 20)
>27.     Do you know Maxwell's equations?
>        (integral or differential form)
>28.     Do you know Schroedinger's Equation?
>29.     Have you ever solved Schroedinger's Equation?
>30.     Do you know the right-hand-rule for cross-products?
>31.     Do you know the Latin name (genus and species)
>        for anything? (humans, fruitfly, etc.)
>
>
>The next few questions deal with physical constants.  Mark yes for
>any that you can give the value (2 or more significant digits) for.
>Knowledge of the units attached is NOT necessary, just the numeric portion.
>
>32.     gravitational constant? (G)
>33.     earth's gravity?  (g)
>34.     mass of an electron?
>35.     charge of an electron?
>36.     speed of light?
>37.     planck's constant?  (h or h-bar)
>38.     permitivity of free space?  (epsilon naught)
>39.     permeability of free space?  (mu naught)
>40.     Avogadro's number?
>41.     molar gas constant?
>42.     pi?  (exception: more than 5 digits for a true answer)
>43.     e?   (exception: more than 5 digits for a true answer)
>
> Can you give the conversion factor between...
>  (2 or more sig. digits)
>44.     ...centimeters and inches?
>45.     ...kilometers and miles?
>46.     ...joules and electron-volts?
>47.     ...atomic mass units and kilograms?
>48.     ...celsius and kelvin?
>49.     ...celsius and fahrenheit?
>50.     Can you briefly outline the biological processes that occur due to
>        alcohol?
>51.     ............while drunk?
>52.     Have you ever interpolated?
>53.     Have you ever extrapolated?
>54.     Do you know the difference between interpolation and
>extrapolation?
>55.     Have you ever used the word "asymptotic"?
>56.     Have you ever referred to something as an L.E.D.?
>57.     Have you ever referred to a ruler as a "straight-edge"?
>58.     Have you ever said "quartz crystal"?
>     Which of the following acronyms do you know the meaning of...
>59.     ...RADAR?
>60.     ...MODEM?
>61.     ...DNA?
>62.     ...ATP?
>63.     ...NADP?
>64.     ...CRT?
>65.     ...CRC?
>66.     ...NORAD?
>67.     ...NASA?
>68.     ...LED?  (see question 56)
>69.     Have you ever created an acronym in order to simplify
>        your writing?
>
>SECTION 2: lifestyle and possessions
>
>70.     Have you ever used a computer?
>71.     ..........for more than 4 hours continuously?
>72.     ..........for more than 8 hours continuously?
>73.     ..........past 4 a.m.?
>74      ..........on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the same weekend?
>75.     ..........with someone you were physically attracted toward?
>76.     ..........for money?
>77.     ..........as a source of entertainment?  (computer game)
>78.     ..........in the last three months?
>79.     ..........in the last three weeks?
>80.     Have you ever programmed a computer?
>81.     ..........to write a computer game?
>82.     ..........to write a computer virus?
>83.     Do you still own any computer with less than 512k RAM?
>84.     Have you ever used a modem?
>85.     ..........to gain access to a system you had no authorization on?
>86.     ..........to call a government computer?  (NASA, FBI, NORAD)
>87.     Do you watch more than 4 hours of TV on any given day in the last
>week?
>88.     Can you name more than 5 shows on PBS?  (inc.: A&E, Discovery
>Channel)
>89.     Have you ever watched a PBS documentary?
>90.     ..........in the last three weeks?
>91.     Have you ever watched Dr. Who?
>92.     Can you name or discuss the plots of more than 10 Star Trek
>episodes?
>
> Can you whistle, hum, sing or snap the theme songs to...
>93.     ...Gilligan's Island?
>94.     ...Flintstones?
>95.     ...The Brady Bunch?
>96.     ...The Jetson's?
>97.     ...The Addam's Family?
>98.     ...Dobbie Gillis?
>99.     ...I Dream of Genie?
>100.    Do you know most of the words to "The Lumberjack Song" by Monty
>Python?
>101.    Have you ever played a non-sexual role-playing game?  (D&D)
>102.    ..........since leaving high school?
>103.    Have you seen all of the Star Wars movies?
>104.    ..........in one 24 hour period?
>105.    Have you seen all of the Star Trek films?
>106.    ..........in one 30 hour period?
>107.    Have you ever owned a pair of Spock ears?
>
>Have you ever read anything by...
>108.    ...Douglas Adams?
>109.    ...Isaac Asimov?
>110.    ...Robert H. Heinlein?
>111.    ...Piers Anthony?
>112.    ...J.R.R. Tolkein?
>113.    ...TSR Hobbies?  (i.e. a novel published by the D&D people)
>114.    Have you ever read -Innumeracy-?
>115.    Have you ever read -Cultural-Literacy-?
>116.    Do you own an encyclopedia?
>117.    Have you ever read an encyclopedia entry that you weren't
>researching?
>118.    Do you own an almanac?  (World, Farmer's)
>119.    Do you own an atlas?
>120.    Do you own a globe?
>121.    ..........and have it on display?  (on a desk, bookshelf...)
>122.    ..........that has bumps corresponding to mountain ranges?
>123.    Have you ever used a chemistry set?
>124.    ..........since the age of 13?
>125.    Have you ever used a rare earth element?
>126.    Have you ever dissected something?
>127.    ..........while not involved in a biology class?
>128.    Have you ever bought something from Radio Shack?
>129.    Have you ever used an oscilloscope?
>130.    Have you ever used a microscope?
>131.    Have you ever used a telescope?
>132.    Do you own a voltmeter?
>133.    Do you own any remote controlled vehicals?
>134.    Can you program the time on a VCR?
>135.    Can you understand the owner's manual for electronic equipment?
>136.    Have you ever faxed something?
>137.    Do you own a cellular phone?  (car phone)
>138.    Do you own a non-standard calculator?  (scientific, programmable)
>139.    Do you have a slide rule?
>140.    ..........and now how to use it?
>141.    Do you own a pencil case?
>142.    Do you own a mechanical pencil?
>143.    ..........and have refills for it?
>144.    Do you own a laboratory notebook?
>145.    Do you own any graph paper?  (quadruled)
>146.    Do you own any log or semi-log paper?
>147.    Do you own a table of integrals?
>148.    Do you play chess?
>149.    Were you ever on a chess team?
>150.    Were you ever on a math team?
>151.    Were you ever on a debate team?
>152.    Did you ever try out for a "trivia team"?
>        (college bowl,JEOPARDY)
>153.    Were you ever in a science fair?
>154.    ..........that you placed in the top three?
>155.    Have you ever made a technical joke?
>156.    ..........that no one around you understood?
>157.    ..........that everyone around you understood?
>158.    Do you own a slinky?
>159     Have you ever analyzed a slinky physically?
>160.    Do you own a Rubik's cube?
>161.    Are you able to solve Rubik's Cube?
>162.    ..........without using the book?
>163.    ..........in less than two minutes?
>
>SECTION 3: clothing and personality
>
>164.    Do both of your socks match?
>165.    Do you own a digital watch?
>166.    ..........that plays music?
>167.    ..........that's currently set to chime on the hour?
>168.    ..........that has a calculator built in?
>169.    Do you have acne?
>170.    Do you have greasy hair?
>171.    ..........without realizing it?
>172.    Do you own any clothing with scientific knowledge printed on it?
>        (t-shirts with Maxwell's equations)
>173.    Are your pants too short?
>174.    Is your outfit coordinated?  (have someone else evaluate this)
>175.    Have you ever worn a button-down shirt and left the tails hanging
>out?
>176.    Are you socially inept?
>177.    Do you have a tough time remembering people's names?
>178.    ..........but no trouble with their numeric data? (phone#, SS#,
>address)
>179.    Are you taking this test alone?
>180.    Did you NOT go to your Senior Prom?
>181.    Did you go stag to your Senior Prom?
>182.    Do you talk to yourself?
>183.    ..........when other people are around?
>184.    Do you talk to imaginary people?
>185.    Have you ever found a grammatical error in a published book?
>186.    Have you ever contemplated the meaning of life/existance of God?
>187.    ..........while not drunk?
>188.    ..........while alone?
>189.    Do you wear glasses?
>190.    Is your vision worse than 20/40?    (in either eye)
>191.    Is your vision worse than 20/80?    (in either eye)
>192.    Are you legally blind?              (in either eye)
>193.    Do you own a pocket protector?
>194.    ..........and are wearing it?
>195.    Was your SAT math more than 300 above your verbal?
>196.    Did you score higher than 1200 combined on the SAT?
>197.    Is your IQ greater than your weight?
>198.    Is your purity test score higher than your nerdity test score?
>199.    Have you asked for a technical clarification of anything on this
>test?
>200.    Have you ever thought of a question that belongs on this test?
>
>Please put your pencils down.  That's it, hope you enjoyed.

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Eric Marsh
Assistant Professor
Penn State University
322 Reber Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-5242 phone
(814) 863-8682 fax