The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and tells whether you are truly a "professional".

The questions are not that difficult. Really.

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.

2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?

Wrong Answer: Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant and close the refrigerator.

Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your actions.

3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference, all the animals attend except one. Which animal does not attend?

Correct Answer: The Elephant. The Elephant is in the refrigerator. This tests your memory. OK, even if you did not answer the first three questions, correctly, you still have one more chance to show your abilities.

4. There is a river you must cross. But it is inhabited by crocodiles. How do you manage it?

Correct Answer: You swim across. All the Crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting! This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

According to Andersen Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the Professionals they tested got all questions wrong. But many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four year old.

-- Brooks (brooksbie@hotmail.com), March 31, 2000

Answers

What if you didn't even understand the questions?

What does that say about you?

-got 2 digit IQ

-- (jealous) Greybear

-- Greybear (Greybear@home.com), April 02, 2000.

Thank-you, Brooks!!!

I'm still picking myself up off the floor :-D

-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), April 02, 2000.

Okay, I'm ready for the exam.

Now, what are the questions? Where do I right the answers? What if I get the answers right and the questions wrong? Is a Number 2 pencil okay? Is it multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank? What if the answer is "None of the above"? Can we fill in two circles if we aren't sure of the answer?

Do we get extra credit for handing it in early? We didn't cover this in class...Is it graded on the curve?

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), April 17, 2000.

Robert, I think that you just passed :-)

You out examined the examiners - an automatic 101%

Wow!

-- Tricia the CancuK (jayels@tleusplanet.net), April 18, 2000.