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- Apr 25, 2006
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HBB's answers and my comments and scoring:
#1 ANSWER:
That would depend on if the centaur ate a high fiber diet, as well as his willingness to utilize his arm or a jackaloupe to clean the poop and blood off the horn. Since the opposing team failed to supply an answer for this, who cares what you wrote, I can only guess it is correct.... that being said, yours was extremely weak, so 1/2 off for that. 10/20
#2 ANSWER:
Who said we ever believed it existed? All we were tasked to do is make everyone vote for us, which we did… remember… we won the challenge? Same as number 1, 10/20
#3 ANSWER:
Why did the wizard stop to avoid the obstacle? The wizard is flying on a broom which would have a significant amount of maneuverability and very few limitations. If the wizard’s perception-reaction time is 2 seconds, unless the obstacle was another wizard that apparited in front of the first wizard, the broom stick flyer would just swoop and avoid the obstacle. With that said based on the SSD table in the Roadway Design Manual the calculated distance is 246.2 feet and the design distance is 250… since the perception-reaction time given in the problem is 2 seconds, not 2.5 seconds which is what is utilized for the table this; the problem is not clear as to if the perception-reaction time should be included; and everyone knows this should be a DSD problem, and not have anything to do with stopping at all, we pick the answer closest to braking distance which is A. Umm, doesn't matter that it SHOULD have been a DSD question, it was a SSD, and the answer is most nearly 221', so 0/20
#4 ANSWER:
Grade "(also called slope, incline, gradient, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the inclination of that surface to the horizontal."
Downward grade should not be factored since we are calculating a flying object and the air has no surface per say… At 45mph the SSD (design) is answer C 360ft … who cares how far the dwarf is from the original destination? Gotta agree with you here. I'm giving you full points despite the solution key... 20/20
#5 ANSWER:
Mana is usually gathered in one of a few different ways:
Gathering power from the land itself. Most Mages in magic picture a certain spot from their memory, like mountains or an island or beach (...etc) and accumulate the magic in their mind. From there they can shape it into spells. This is shown through the tapping of lands for mana. The same is true for witches and wizards. The question is contradictory in that mana generation does not require a predefined amount of individuals possessing magic capabilities. Furthermore, an ambient temperature was not provided as an initial condition therefore a temperature rise over nominal cannot be accurately determined. Since the option "none of the above" is not present, the answer is most nearly 1. Full points, amswer is compatible with the solution key. 20/20
TOTAL = 60 / 100
#1 ANSWER:
That would depend on if the centaur ate a high fiber diet, as well as his willingness to utilize his arm or a jackaloupe to clean the poop and blood off the horn. Since the opposing team failed to supply an answer for this, who cares what you wrote, I can only guess it is correct.... that being said, yours was extremely weak, so 1/2 off for that. 10/20
#2 ANSWER:
Who said we ever believed it existed? All we were tasked to do is make everyone vote for us, which we did… remember… we won the challenge? Same as number 1, 10/20
#3 ANSWER:
Why did the wizard stop to avoid the obstacle? The wizard is flying on a broom which would have a significant amount of maneuverability and very few limitations. If the wizard’s perception-reaction time is 2 seconds, unless the obstacle was another wizard that apparited in front of the first wizard, the broom stick flyer would just swoop and avoid the obstacle. With that said based on the SSD table in the Roadway Design Manual the calculated distance is 246.2 feet and the design distance is 250… since the perception-reaction time given in the problem is 2 seconds, not 2.5 seconds which is what is utilized for the table this; the problem is not clear as to if the perception-reaction time should be included; and everyone knows this should be a DSD problem, and not have anything to do with stopping at all, we pick the answer closest to braking distance which is A. Umm, doesn't matter that it SHOULD have been a DSD question, it was a SSD, and the answer is most nearly 221', so 0/20
#4 ANSWER:
Grade "(also called slope, incline, gradient, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the inclination of that surface to the horizontal."
Downward grade should not be factored since we are calculating a flying object and the air has no surface per say… At 45mph the SSD (design) is answer C 360ft … who cares how far the dwarf is from the original destination? Gotta agree with you here. I'm giving you full points despite the solution key... 20/20
#5 ANSWER:
Mana is usually gathered in one of a few different ways:
Gathering power from the land itself. Most Mages in magic picture a certain spot from their memory, like mountains or an island or beach (...etc) and accumulate the magic in their mind. From there they can shape it into spells. This is shown through the tapping of lands for mana. The same is true for witches and wizards. The question is contradictory in that mana generation does not require a predefined amount of individuals possessing magic capabilities. Furthermore, an ambient temperature was not provided as an initial condition therefore a temperature rise over nominal cannot be accurately determined. Since the option "none of the above" is not present, the answer is most nearly 1. Full points, amswer is compatible with the solution key. 20/20
TOTAL = 60 / 100
oking: mission accomplished
