If a person is retaking a class and they use past exams to study from. Even if after taking the first exam it's obvious that the questions are (for the most part) the same only switched around. Do you think a person could get into trouble for this?
2007-10-15 12:09:48 · 39 answers · asked by littlemisscontroverse 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Standards & Testing
i didn't do awful one year I couldn't take the final. I just didn't think it would be the same and after i noticed it was i felt kind of bad. anyways i have another exam next week and I want to use it again to study from but feel kind of bad.
2007-10-15 12:20:04 · update #1
Absolutely not!!! Why would it be cheating? They were your past exams you are studying from right???? No, it's not cheating. Good thing you kept those past exams!!!!!
2007-10-15 12:16:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't consider it cheating at all. In fact, I think it's a smart idea to use past exams to help you prepare for a current one. Instead of using the same problems on each exam, the teacher should just use the same types of problems, but ones that differ from the ones given on previous exams.
2007-10-15 13:07:07 · answer #2 · answered by oldtimer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not cheating to use past tests. Many fraternal organizations keep a file of exams from courses. Some professors use the same exams for more than 1 course.
2007-10-15 12:14:15 · answer #3 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that if someone does that, they should get in trouble. It is basically saying that someone has answers from another test, and they are using it to "help" them. It is wrong to do it. All you do is study the stuff you get that week or year, depending when the old exam was, and study that material.
2007-10-15 12:14:43 · answer #4 · answered by JennaD94 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as you are only using the past exams to study from you are not doing anything wrong, it is like taking the road test if you didn't pass it the 1st time but you know what you did wrong well you get the chance to correct it.
2007-10-15 12:13:29 · answer #5 · answered by rosemary512002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you already took the class and are using your own tests to study from then I don't think you could get in trouble for it.
It's laziness on the part of the teachers to give the same tests over and over again, barely changed.
2007-10-15 12:14:22 · answer #6 · answered by eli_star 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends... would the past exams be accessible to everyone? For example were the given out from the teacher? Then yes, of course it is ethical. If they were given from the older sister though, and no one else had them, then no.
Basically if it keeps the person on equal ground with the rest of the people then it is ethical.
2007-10-15 12:13:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, i use past tests to study all the time, its a very effective method
and if the teacher did consider it cheating she would of made a point about it or made new questions, obviously she doesnt mind and just wants to be sure you know the material and by studying past exams you are learning the material she is trying to teach
2007-10-15 12:12:19 · answer #8 · answered by Brendan R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't announce to the world (or even a classmate!) that I was doing this, but if you took it once and failed and then the same test was used again later, I don't think it's your fault. If the teacher didn't feel he/she had the need to change the test, and if he/she didn't specifically tell you not to use the old tests to study off, then I think you're okay. Again, I wouldn't go announcing it to any classmate...or any of your friends in other classes because they might tell on you.
2007-10-15 12:13:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it is up to the teacher. If they have a big issue with it they should have several tests. One of mine had 4 different ones, and he rotated them through the years and classes. Ya never knew what to study so you had to study everything.
2007-10-15 12:13:57 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's being a serious student. In my classes in college, I used past exams to study from that the professors gave to me. Even if they used questions from there, there are many questions they DIDN'T use.
2007-10-15 12:12:42 · answer #11 · answered by FaZizzle 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋