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Re:Romania dictionary altered to thwart exam cheats by mgberlin on Thursday March 16, 2017 @11:39AM (#13885901)
With an astoundingly high false positive rate, assuming it's a multiple choice test.
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Re:Romania dictionary altered to thwart exam cheats by apetresc on Thursday March 16, 2017 @11:49AM (#13885999)
The guys running the dictionary didn't even know what was on the test, judging by the fact that they had to guess them by looking at traffic logs. So it's highly unlikely they settled on a fake definition that just happened to match an alternative choice on a multiple choice test.
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