I wanted to share the very first question from an ICT competency skills test (that’s right, at the end of this test you are graded, and if you have scored well enough, judged ‘competent’). Well only one thing is really clear, the testers are certainly incompetent.

The test is trivial, pointless and utter rubbish. The questions are inane and any infant who has used a computer could pass. What’s worse is that some questions are grammatically and technically incorrect (going something along the lines of: “which of these items can you use to control the computer: mouse, microphone, sledge hammer, screen, a computer application - pick one”. Urgh. the mouse is correct but you could use all of the other three to control the computer - I just don’t recommend the hammer).

Anyway, it was funny and an easy way to get a perfect score on an exam. Enjoy the screen capture of the first question, there were another 72 just like it ;-).