Recently Ofqual has attacked 'unacceptable' exam paper blunders;
A 'rogue' question inserted into an AS-level maths exam, worth 11 per cent of the total mark, sat by almost 6,800 students, the exam board blundered to calculate the correct length for the shortest route along a network of tracks in a forest equal to an equation set out in the test paper...
An AS-level business studies exam, made it impossible for 41,400 students to answer a question on profits, when the company's adjoining profile information failed to show what its profits actually were...
During an AS-level biology exam, 17,000 candidates were supposed to find the correct DNA sequence from a series of different combinations shown, but the correct answer was missing...
'A' Level in Madness Question [1]
An easy one for starters, where did the 6,800 students sit in the maths exam?
'A' Level in Madness Question [2]
Why did the company make profits, instead of losses?
'A' Level in Madness Question [3]
The DNA sequence was a 'Do Not Answer', how many students sucked their thumbs during the exam?
'A' Level in Madness Question [4]
Where is Lord Lucan?
'A' Level in Madness Question [5]
How many hairs are on Wayne Rooneys head?
'A' Level in Madness Question [6]
What is the capital of London?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) Hyde Park.
(c) Chelski.
(d) Playboy Club, Mayfair.
'A' Level in Madness Question [7]
Could you give a schematic web of a theme based on 'ourselves'?
'A' Level in Madness Question [8]
What is the colour of air?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Gold.
'A' Level in Madness Question [9]
Where in the world can I find the Universe?
(a) Dock Green.
(b) Greenland.
(c) Green Street, East London.
(d) Green grass.
'A' Level in Madness Question [10]
40 - 8 = ?
(a) 4.
(b) 40.
(c) 408.
(d) 48.
To be continued...
Duration of 'A' Level Madness Exam: Infinity.