Two Students from Two Different Schools Recently Took a Science

question 8

Multiple Choice

Two students from two different schools recently took a science test.The first student correctly answered 34 questions and the second student correctly answered 48 questions.What can be concluded from the two students' test scores?

• A) The second student is smarter than the first student.
• B) The two students did equally well on the exam.
• C) The two students cannot be compared because no standardization procedure was used to permit comparisons.
• D) The two students cannot be compared because the scores did not form a linear curve.

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Definitions:

Hemat

A prefix in medical terminology that relates to blood.

Mal-

A prefix added to the start of a word to indicate a negative quality or the act of doing something poorly or badly.

Amyl

A prefix referring to a compound formed from pentane by the replacement of a hydrogen atom with a functional group.

Cirrh-

A prefix in medical terminology indicating a relation to yellow, used in conditions related to liver dysfunction.