SanDroid (3/9/2011)
Tom.Thomson (3/8/2011)
SanDroid (3/8/2011)
Tom.Thomson (3/8/2011)
The right answer of course is "each of them can (but only one at a time)" so of the options provided 3 is closest to correct. 1 (the "right" answer) would only be really correct if the question was "how many of them can be rowguidcol columns at the same time".I have to agree to disagree with this statement.
"enabled" is the key word in this question and makes perfect english as the last word in the question. This makes it the main describer for the question.
I don't think the word "enabled" helps at all. The way the question is phrased would allow it to help only if the word "simultaneously" were inserted between "can" and "have" (or after "enabled" if a little sloppiness is permitted).
My point was that the english in the question is correct.
This type of question and it's wording is very common on all tests taken here in North America.
I can't verify that they are like this in other regions where English is the primary language.:cool:
FYI: That coins question ther other user asked you is in both of my daughters SAT study guides. If it makes you feel any better I had to explain it to them also.
Just to add my £0.02-worth:
When I read the question ("how many of them can have the ROWGUIDCOL property enabled") I must have automatically assumed the "at the same time/at any one time" part, because until I read Tom's comments it never occurred to me to interpret it any other way. However, since Tom did interpret it that way, it is therefore ipso facto (and so on) possible to interpret it that way. If it weren't possible to interpret it that way, Tom wouldn't have interpreted it that way and we wouldn't be having this discussion. QED. 😛
So while for me, the question made perfect sense, I can also see that it might not make perfect sense for everyone, and therefore there is an argument to be made that it could have been improved by adding "at the same time" to the end of the question. Although I still thought it was a jolly good question.
Having written a few questions myself now, I realise how difficult it is to get the question right so that everyone interprets it the way you meant it, but that's all part of the fun and the learning process!
Duncan