Which one is more difficult?

• thickskin23

  13 Dec 07, 22:10

  Open Book Exam or Close Book Exams?
• a-Lost-9uY

  13 Dec 07, 22:12

  close bk la
• huiz

  13 Dec 07, 22:13

  open book exams.
• thoreldan

  13 Dec 07, 22:16

  open book
• FireIce

  13 Dec 07, 22:18

  open book
  
  cos the answer cannot be found in the book
• Detached

  13 Dec 07, 22:27

  Depends leh..
  
  I prefer open book exams... For I'm the lazy type who refuses to study... That was why I shone like a beacon in RP
• Maith

  13 Dec 07, 22:33

  open bk la...
• kiss_my (_i_)

  13 Dec 07, 22:39

  close book..
• jonchao72

  13 Dec 07, 22:44

  How about cheating?
  
  I think cheating is the hardest...
• ndmmxiaomayi

  13 Dec 07, 23:39

  Difficult as in what? Finding info or scoring?
  
  Finding info isn't that difficult if you revised... scoring is hard since everybody also know how to copy and paste...
• dibilo

  13 Dec 07, 23:46

  for me is close book.
  I simpily hate memorising stuff.
  
• Where Is God

  13 Dec 07, 23:46

  Open book also must memorise lor.
• gunner77

  13 Dec 07, 23:47

  close book la..
• Othello_Red

  13 Dec 07, 23:55

  I dunno about RP but I find open book exams a little harder. The exam was structured in a way that didn't really give you any time to look through the book.
  
  Plus side is that some people rely on the book too much and under-prepare for the exam thinking they can find the answer as and when they want it. It's very difficult to find exactly what you want in a 1000 page textbook while under pressure.
• hisoka

  13 Dec 07, 23:58

  Originally posted by Othello_Red:

  I dunno about RP but I find open book exams a little harder. The exam was structured in a way that didn't really give you any time to look through the book.
  
  Plus side is that some people rely on the book too much and under-prepare for the exam thinking they can find the answer as and when they want it. It's very difficult to find exactly what you want in a 1000 page textbook while under pressure.

  actually i always find closed book harder.
  
  Cos i'm tronger at understanding and my memory sucks.
  
  and yes the fact that otehr pple under-prepare for the exam helps too
  
• 798

  13 Dec 07, 23:58

  close book. cos still need to memorise formula.
• Darkness_hacker99

  14 Dec 07, 05:14

  Originally posted by thickskin23:

  Open Book Exam or Close Book Exams?

  Open Book Exam.
  
  Why? Because the answer cannot be found in there.
  
  Really.
• de_middle

  14 Dec 07, 08:54

  open book
• Deino

  14 Dec 07, 09:01

  Exams are actually supposed to be easy......for me its like as long as i memorise the theory i'll know how to use that knowledge to answer the question
• siansterr

  14 Dec 07, 09:44

  depend on how difficult the exam is lor..
• Deino

  14 Dec 07, 09:48

  Originally posted by siansterr:

  depend on how difficult the exam is lor..

  depends on whether you did your homework or not
• no-no

  14 Dec 07, 09:49

  depends on subject and also depends on the paper
  
  if it's MCQ type, open book would be good
  if it's writing an essay, open book dunno will help u anot.....
• tut4nkh4m3n

  14 Dec 07, 09:52

  depends on what lvl yr at too
• Wanda

  14 Dec 07, 09:58

  Open book is usually more difficult, and harder to score well.
• applesweetgirl

  14 Dec 07, 10:47

  first time when i encountered open book exam was in sec1. that time the whole class felt so happy la when the teacher said you can refer to your textbook during the exam.
  
  then in the end, no one study for it. coz can refer to textbook ma.
  
  hahahaa. big mistake. because you have to be really familiar with your textbook to find the answers quickly. it's really very hard la! the time so short some more! and so many questions!
  
  so the next times when we had open book exams, we would still study our textbooks. but it's very hard to score!! competition is tough. questions are really hard too.
  
  so i dislike open book tests.
  
  closed book tests studious and hardworking types will have an edge over those who don't try hard or with poor memories. and teachers are sometimes more lenient when marking too. questions aren't so tough. and i think it tests your knowledge more?