Bill Kibbel Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 A co-worker sent me a link to this little quiz. www.midwestinsp.com/home_inspection_quiz.htm I usually do well on tests so I was annoyed that I got one wrong. "Evidence of Powder Post Beetles includes 1/2" Diameter exit holes." I clicked false thinking adult lyctid exit holes are 1/32" to 1/16" diameter. Maybe they're bigger in the Midwest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 Hi William, They're outta their tree. No way are lyctid emergence holes larger than 1/16". Whoever thinks they are is doing some serious drugs and needs help. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 No way; 1/2" exit holes? Uh uh..... This is the sort of test that doesn't "test" anything, other than the test writers ability to write confusing questions. What the heck does the following question prove? "A cricket is to a fireplace as a valley is to intersecting roof lines." True or False? Tests like this are kind of interesting, but also kind of goofy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 1/2" exit holes? Maybe near Three Mile Island! "A cricket is to a fireplace as a valley is to intersecting roof lines." Is "Huh?" a choice? Are you suppose to guess that he means chimney instead of fireplace and, maybe, valley flashing and not just valley...or is it just deliberately wrong and false? Who needs this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 Originally posted by kurt Tests like this are kind of interesting, but also kind of goofy. When you consider that the people who wrote that test actually run a school for home inspection, I'd say that it's more depressing than interesting or goofy. - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 1/2 inch exit hole.... I answered "carpenter bee" it wasn't one of the choices, but I'm sticking to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisprickett Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 They need spell check and a punctuation primer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusty Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 "A cricket is to a fireplace as a valley is to intersecting roof lines as a trick question is to a real assessment as a test writer is to a home inspector or educator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 Originally posted by Jim Katen When you consider that the people who wrote that test actually run a school for home inspection, I'd say that it's more depressing than interesting or goofy. - Jim Katen, Oregon Say wha...? I figured it was some goofy test put together by an associate editor @ a generic home maintenance magazine. Who, where, and what school are we talking about? If you don't want to post it here, email me @ kurtmitenbuler@yahoo.com After taking part in one small aspect of developing the NHIE, I have a large amount of respect for what it takes to build a good test. This was not a good test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 Mitenbuler probably wrote the questions I got wrong on the NHIE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted November 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 Kurt, The quiz is a link from the "Midwest Inspectors Institute." www.midwestinsp.com I will give them credit for not promising an endless gold mine after only a 3 day course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Originally posted by Chad Fabry Mitenbuler probably wrote the questions I got wrong on the NHIE. Not me; I was a minor functionary brought in as a sample test taker & performed the most base rudimentary aspects of the psychometric process. IOW, I was a grunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 One thing that licensing brings is State Certified Education Providers. Seems like there is a new one here in Illinois every week. Most of them are pathetic, kind of like the Midwest operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baird Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Hey Chad, Remember that the carpenter bee hole is ingress/egress and not an exit only! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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