You're Working on a Final Project in Your Computer Science

question 48

Multiple Choice

You're working on a final project in your computer science class with an international student from Japan. You had asked to partner with her because she'd written some impressive code before, but now her feedback to your parts of the program is vague nods and "um"s. You could safely assume that ________.

• A) your solutions are optimal and she's agreeing with you; keep doing what you're doing
• B) she's probably just jealous that you were the one to come up with these solutions so she's not giving you open praise
• C) she has some reservations about your solutions but is too shy to offer a critique openly; prod to find out what she is thinking
• D) her silence is disapproving, as if she's showing off that she's so much better at it; change project partners

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