Science GCSE question

**DaveB** · 27 March 2009, 09:54

Multiple choice question read out on R4 this morning.

What piece of equipment would you use to look at microscopic objects.

A. A Telescope
B. A Microscope
C. An Oscillacope
D. A Synthesiser

**DocP** · 27 March 2009, 09:57

No way

You're kidding me right?

**Pogle** · 27 March 2009, 09:59

Seriously

My 8 year old can answer those!

**DimPrawn** · 27 March 2009, 10:17

A friend of mine's daughter is doing her A levels and was a child "prodigy" at GCSE (ie 100% on every exam ever taken). She was in the gifted and talented class.

In her 1st year exams at A level she has got D's and E's.

The GCSE exams are a joke.

**Mich the Tester** · 27 March 2009, 10:18

Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post

Name the advantage of wireless technology

Expected answer: It has no wires

I sheet you not

WRONG!

It makes money for IT contractors.

**NotAllThere** · 27 March 2009, 10:22

It irradiates the brains of the people, making them more amenable to government control. Get your tin foil hat now.

**Bagpuss** · 27 March 2009, 10:28

It has to be said this is the lower level paper, added marks for txt spk

**DaveB** · 27 March 2009, 10:32

In fairness it was pointed out that the question asked of R4 was designed to seperate the F's from the E's not the A's from the A*'s.

**suityou01** · 27 March 2009, 10:33

Originally posted by DaveB View Post

Multiple choice question read out on R4 this morning.

What piece of equipment would you use to look at microscopic objects.

A. A Telescope
B. A Microscope
C. An Oscillacope
D. A Synthesiser

Oscilloscope

Also no AndyW option.

HTH

Science GCSE question