diff --git a/hubbard_2020_failure.md b/hubbard_2020_failure.md index 0fab810..5e2538e 100644 --- a/hubbard_2020_failure.md +++ b/hubbard_2020_failure.md @@ -250,3 +250,187 @@ by insisting the standards move in this direction. #### Notes ## Appendix: Additional Calibration Tests And Answers + +### Calibration Test for Ranges: A + +1. How many feet tall is the Hoover Dam? +2. How many inches long is a \$20 bill? +3. What percentage of aluminum is recycled in the United States? +4. When was Elvis Presley born? +5. What percentage of the atmosphere is oxygen by weight? +6. What is the latitude of New Orleans? \[_Hint_: Latitude is 0 degrees at the equator and 90 degrees at the North Pole.\] +7. In 1913, the United States military owned how many airplanes? +8. The first European printing press was invented in what year? +9. What percentage of all electricity consumed in US households was used by kitchen appliances in 2001? +10. How many miles tall is Mount Everest? +11. How long is Iraq\'s border with Iran in kilometers? +12. How many miles long is the Nile? +13. In what year was Harvard founded? +14. What is the wingspan (in feet) of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet? +15. How many soldiers were in a Roman legion? +16. What is the average temperature of the abyssal zone (where the oceans are more than 6,500 feet deep) in degrees F? +17. How many feet long is the Space Shuttle _Orbiter_ (excluding the external tank)? +18. In what year did Jules Verne publish _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_? +19. How wide is the goal in field hockey (in feet)? +20. The Roman Coliseum held how many spectators? + +### Answers to Calibration Test for Ranges: A + +1. 726 feet +2. 63/16ths (6.1417) inches +3. 45 percent +4. 1935 +5. 21 percent +6. 29.95 +7. 23 +8. 1450 +9. 26.7 percent +10. 5.5 miles +11. 1,458 kilometers +12. 4,160 miles +13. 1636 +14. 196 feet +15. 6,000 +16. 39 F +17. 122 feet +18. 1870 +19. 12 feet +20. 50,000 + +### Calibration Test for Ranges: B + +1. The first probe to land on Mars, _Viking 1,_ landed there in what year? +2. How old was the youngest person to fly into space? +3. How many meters tall is the Sears Tower? +4. What was the maximum altitude of the _Breitling Orbiter 3,_ the first balloon to circumnavigate the globe, in miles? +5. On average, what percentage of the total software development project effort is spent in design? +6. How many people were permanently evacuated after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident? +7. How many feet long were the largest airships? +8. How many miles is the flying distance from San Francisco to Honolulu? +9. The fastest bird, the falcon, can fly at a speed of how many miles per hour in a dive? +10. In what year was the double helix structure of DNA discovered? +11. How many yards wide is a football field? +12. What was the percentage growth in internet hosts from 1996 to 1997? +13. How many calories are in 8 ounces of orange juice? +14. How fast would you have to travel at sea level to break the sound barrier (in mph)? +15. How many years was Nelson Mandela in prison? +16. What is the average daily calorie intake in developed countries? +17. In 1994, how many nations were members of the United Nations? +18. The Audubon Society was formed in the United States in what year? +19. How many feet high is the world\'s highest waterfall (Angel Falls, Venezuela)? +20. How deep beneath the sea was the Titanic found (in miles)? + +### Answers to Calibration Test for Ranges: B + +1. 1976 +2. 26 +3. 443 meters +4. 6.9 miles +5. 20 percent +6. 350,000 +7. 803 feet +8. 2,394 miles +9. 200 mph +10. 1953 +11. 53.3 yards +12. 70 percent +13. 120 +14. 760 mph +15. 27 +16. 3,300 calories +17. 184 +18. 1905 +19. 3,212 feet +20. 3.36 miles + +### Calibration Test for Binary: A + +1. The Lincoln Highway was the first paved road in the United States, and it ran from Chicago to San Francisco. +2. The Silk Road joined the two ancient kingdoms of China and Afghanistan. +3. More American homes have microwaves than telephones. +4. _Doric_ is an architectural term for a shape of roof. +5. The World Tourism Organization predicts that Europe will still be the most popular tourist destination in 2020. +6. Germany was the second country to develop atomic weapons. +7. A hockey puck will fit in a golf hole. +8. The Sioux were one of the Plains Indian tribes. +9. To a physicist, _plasma_ is a type of rock. +10. The Hundred Years\' War was actually more than a century long. +11. Most of the fresh water on Earth is in the polar ice caps. +12. The Academy Awards ("Oscars") began over a century ago. +13. There are fewer than two hundred billionaires in the world. +14. In Excel, \^ means "take to the power of." +15. The average annual salary of airline captains is over \$150,000. +16. By 1997, Bill Gates was worth more than \$10 billion. +17. Cannons were used in European warfare by the eleventh century. +18. Anchorage is the capital of Alaska. +19. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Grant are the four presidents whose heads are sculpted into Mount Rushmore. +20. John Wiley & Sons is not the largest book publisher. + +### Answers for Calibration Test Binary: A + +1. FALSE +2. FALSE +3. FALSE +4. FALSE +5. TRUE +6. FALSE +7. TRUE +8. TRUE +9. FALSE +10. TRUE +11. TRUE +12. FALSE +13. FALSE +14. TRUE +15. FALSE +16. TRUE +17. FALSE +18. FALSE +19. FALSE +20. TRUE + +### Calibration Test for Binary: B + +1. Jupiter\'s "Great Red Spot" is larger than Earth. +2. The Brooklyn Dodgers\' name was short for "trolley car dodgers." +3. _Hypersonic_ is faster than _subsonic_. +4. A _polygon_ is three-dimensional and a _polyhedron_ is two-dimensional. +5. A 1-watt electric motor produces 1 horsepower. +6. Chicago is more populous than Boston. +7. In 2005, WalMart sales dropped below \$100 billion. > 80% 90% 100% +8. Post-it Notes were invented by 3M. +9. Alfred Nobel, whose fortune endows the Nobel Peace Prize, made his fortune in oil and explosives. +10. A BTU is a measure of heat. +11. The winner of the first Indianapolis 500 clocked an average speed of under 100 mph. +12. Microsoft has more employees than IBM. +13. Romania borders Hungary. +14. Idaho is larger (in area) than Iraq. +15. Casablanca is on the African continent. +16. The first manmade plastic was invented in the nineteenth century. +17. A chamois is an alpine animal. +18. The base of a pyramid is in the shape of a square. +19. Stonehenge is located on the main British island. +20. Computer processors double in power every three months or less. + +### Answers for Calibration Test Binary: B + +1. TRUE +2. TRUE +3. TRUE +4. FALSE +5. FALSE +6. TRUE +7. FALSE +8. TRUE +9. TRUE +10. TRUE +11. TRUE +12. FALSE +13. TRUE +14. FALSE +15. TRUE +16. TRUE +17. TRUE +18. TRUE +19. TRUE +20. FALSE