If You Were a Teenager Wanting to Sneak Around and Receive

question 178

Multiple Choice

If you were a teenager wanting to sneak around and receive text messages while in class, what would be the best way to get around your teacher's hearing?

• A)Put your phone on vibrate, and hope the amplitude is low enough the teacher can't hear it.
• B)Put on your cell-phone a ringtone with a very high frequency ring tone.
• C)Make a lot of noise every time a message comes in to disguise the sound.
• D)Set Brahms' lullaby as your ringtone and hope your teacher is sleepy.

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