Student scores Zero Marks in a True or False Exam

A student scores zero in a True or False exam containing 100 questions.

This article appeared in Collegehumor.com, Michael Benson; a student took a Final exam in Introduction to Communications course. He was given 100 questions and asked to choose True or False to each of the question. So, it shouldn’t have been difficult even if one is the worst student they are bound to make a few correct choices, but the student scored a perfect zero.

This is what he scored in his final exam:

Dear Michael,

Every year I attempt to boost my students' final grades by giving them this relatively simple exam consisting of 100 True/False questions from only 3 chapters of material. For the past 20 years that I have taught Intro Communications 101 at this institution I have never once seen someone score below a 65 on this exam. Consequently, your score of a zero is the first in history and ultimately brought the entire class average down a whole 8 points.

There were two possible answer choices: A (True) and B (False). You chose C for all 100 questions in an obvious attempt to get lucky with a least a quarter of the answers. It's as if you didn't look at a single question. Unfortunately, this brings your final grade in this class to failing. See you next year!

May God have mercy on your soul.

Sincerely,

Professor William Turner

P.S. If all else fails, go with B from now on.

B is the new C

The student probably didn’t study for the exam, must have tried to guess his way through with C for every answer and expected some correct answers, but there are only two choices either A or B. I feel sorry for the Professor, all his teaching efforts turned futile in this case. Hope he doesn’t get discouraged and comes back and teaches the course. Wonder what his parents’ reactions must be after seeing this grade, to spend all that money for zero marks.

I took TOEFL and GRE exams; there are usually some situations where you have to guess some answers. However there is a penalty for wrong answers, if this professor had followed that Michael Benson would have got negative marks. Have you come across any similar instances in School or College?