In How Many Ways Can You Answer the Questions on an Exam

question 1

Multiple Choice

In how many ways can you answer the questions on an exam that consists of 6 multiple choice questions, each of which has 3 answer choices?

• A) 1569
• B) 499
• C) 216
• D) 729

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Definitions:

Sequential Order

The arrangement of objects, actions, or events in a specific, logical sequence, one following another.

Superego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the psyche that operates as a moral conscience.

Castration Anxiety

A concept in psychoanalytic theory describing a child's fear of bodily loss or damage, particularly the fear of losing the genitals, related to feelings of parental authority and sexual identity.

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian theory proposing a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.