The Turing test, Turing's attempt to capture the notion of artificial intelligence. ... The Turing test, as he first described it in 1950, is a proposal for a test of a machine's capability to perform human-like conversation. ... In order to keep the test setting simple and universal (to explicitly test the linguistical capability of some machine), the conversation is usually limited to a text-only channel. ... I think this is indicative of the fact that no Turing Test has been passed .. ... In the unlikely event that some program eventually "passes" the Turing test,...

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So applying the genetic algorithm to the test data increases the test optimization. Another use for genetic testing was testing the case scenarios for the software (Mohapatra et al, 2009). ... GUI testing benefits from genetic testing when Huang et al. (2006) suggested using a genetic algorithm to repair GUI test suites. ... Starting by emphasizing that grey box testing will increase the test coverage and in grey box testing the tester must have knowledge of internal data structures and algorithm, for the purpose of designing test cases. ... In grey box testing, the tester can design excellent...

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Is standardized testing the best way to test? ... I feel that standardized testing is not the best way to test because they do not prove how smart an individual is. ... I asked, "Do you think it is still a good idea to test and teach certain things on the test instead of teaching on what is needed to be taught?... Standardized tests tend to narrow the curriculum to what will be tested. ... For students who have to pass a standardized test in order to advance to the next grade or to obtain a diploma, test anxiety can soar. ...

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Standardized Testing Since the 1920's when "intelligence tests" were introduced through the 1960's when the development of aggregated data on student achievement began standardized testing has played an important role in U.S education. ... We are a nation of standardized-testing junkies." ... This shows that all the testing students do is amounting to nothing and the goal of taking the tests is not being achieved. ... Basically, what that means, is standardized tests along with other tests ends up to be too much testing. ... So, why not drop the use standardized tests? ...

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Test of Written Language (3rd ed.) ... Test-retest intervals ranged from 1 to 35 days. In most cases the results showed a .90 or better test-retest coefficient. ... The other tests included the Wide Range Achievement Test, the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT), the Metropolitan Achievement Test, the Stanford Achievement Test, and the K-ABC. ... Each domain is published in a separate test booklet. ...

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The different testing standards that exist between these two agencies are alarming. ... The FDA does not require bottled water companies to test for any of these contaminants (NRDC).  ... How Often the Water is Tested? ... In smaller cities, say 100,000 inhabitants, water must be tested 3-5 times a day (NRDC). ... The FDA by law cannot require bottled water companies to test their water in a certified lab.  ...

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One of the novel's most controversial aspects is the process of "testing". ... The one good thing about my being raped was that it made the testing stop. The testing and the rape. ... Here we see how the practice of testing goes from Ife to Martine and then to Sophie. ... Horrible and traumatic consequences are the only things that "testing" can bring. ...

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To test or not to test Have you eaten a hamburger recently? ... Animals are subjected die in lethal dose tests performed in the United States. ... Animal testing is cruel and merciless. ... To continue using animals as test subjects is both impractical and immoral. So, now I ask you the question, to test or not to test. ...

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After the war, he started working at a test pilot base in California. ... Someone was so jealous that they sent a letter saying that Chuck had not passed test pilot school. ... Later, after all of the complications, he tested more planes. ... Another scare, while he was testing a plane, was that he had to jump out of a plane wearing a compression suit. ... In 1975 he retired from the air force, but continued to serve as a consulting test pilot for many years. ...

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Urine tests are easily altered so they are usually tested by temperature. ... Hair tests do not usually test within the previous week. ... Studies show that a hair test tests positive more than twice as many times as a urine test. ... These include the blood test, saliva test, and the sweat test. ... Gombos adds that drug tests also test for metabolites. ...

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Drug Testing Making a person take a drug test violates their Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights under the constitution of the United States of America. ... By taking a drug test, a person is being searched and having a sample to be tested seized without probable cause, therefore, companies and schools using a drug test are infringing on the student or employees rights. ... Parents are notified when a student fails a test or refuses to take a test. Once a student fails a test, he is tested again in four to six weeks. ... Drug testing should not be allowed for many reasons. ...

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The psychometric assessment test I evaluated for this project is the Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test. ... The test itself is difficult due to the time constraint but the instructions and flow of the test is very easy. ... In any test it is vital to be able to easily access and interpret the results of the test. ... If the results from the test are hard to find and are unclear to the test taker, it would receive a poor grade. ... Now the Wonderlic isn't a specific ability test so there are certain jobs or companies that this test might not work for, but for testing general knowledge a...

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Kinds of tests There is a test called a "draize test" and it is a test that is named after it's inventor. ... There is another test called LD50 test and it stands for lethal dose 50. ... Animals are force fed a toxic chemicals for just on test part and the test can last for months. ... Another test is called the "acute dermal toxicity test". ... Why test such things when not all the tests are acurate as said in 1974. both of these tests are pointless. ...

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The testing of humans is a very questionable situation. ... Human testing is defined as the testing of any product on a human for the purpose of finding something out, whether it be for medical use, or just for testing. ... Other types of testing include: Genetic engineering, cloning, and the testing of everyday products. ... Is human testing ethical or not ethical? ... There are many types of tests that the patients can go through, and the test all depends on what the patient is having tested on them. ...

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Hypothesis Sugar – If we test DI Water for sugar I didn't expect it to test positive. ... If we test Starch for sugar I did expect it to test positive for sugar but I was incorrect. ... If we test any type of sucrose level, either one or ten percent I did expect it to test positive for sugar and I was correct. ... If we tested onion juice for sugar content, I didn't believe it would test positive for sugar because there is nothing sweet about an onion. ... For safety reasons we transferred the test tubes back to the tube rack with a test tube holder. ...

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Kinds of tests There is a test called a "draize test" and it is a test that is named after it's inventor. ... There is another test called LD50 test and it stands for lethal dose 50. ... Animals are force fed a toxic chemicals for just on test part and the test can last for months. ... Another test is called the "acute dermal toxicity test". ... Why test such things when not all the tests are acurate as said in 1974. both of these tests are pointless. ...

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Golf; however is the only exception to this rule where athletes are not tested and they rejected a change in policy to start testing players. ... Athletes are tested through out their careers and must pass several tests before and after they compete in the Olympics. ... To test for only one drug costs two dollars. To test for six drugs costs seven dollars. ... To test for steroid and illegal performance enhancer use it can cost up to one hundred dollars per test. ...

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Standardized Testing Are standardized tests failing our children? Are these tests truly improving instruction or are they forcing teachers to merely "teach to the test"? ... The temptation to teach students to do well on standardized tests is almost unavoidable when performance on such tests is how entire school systems are evaluated. Testing supporter President Bush said, if we are teaching math and reading, teaching to math and reading tests makes sense. ... She has been studying standardized testing in Texas and she claims that while test scores have been climbing, the quality of...

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Drug Testing: Discrimination on Athletes The policy of drug testing in high schools has become a much heated topic of discussion over the past few years. ... A student at Tecumseh High in Oklahoma was given a random drug test recently while a teacher listened in to ensure that she was not trying to cheat her way through the test. ... Also, random drug testing only tests certain people for drugs at certain times. ... (Drug Testing 1). ... When a kid gets tested for drugs he or she feels that they are being accused of taking drugs.( Drug Testing Fails 1). ...

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Two of the most famous animal tests are the Draize, or eye irritancy test and the LD50, Lethal Dose 50. ... These tests continue until half of the test animals die. ... There is also a Lethal Dose 100 test that determines the amount of a test substance required to kill 100% of the test animals. ... The question of why such tests continue must be raised. ... Alternatives to animal tests are efficient and reliable, both for cosmetics and household product tests and for "medical research." ...

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For example, elimination the plague of Polio came from animal testing. ... His development of this was found through animal testing and nothing else. ... A weak point in the idea of animal testing is how easily animals are tested and just pull to death. ... All it would take is a little shot or pill in their food to make the test much less painful. ... This gives a great argument for the people against animal testing. ...

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Most STDs cause no noticeable symptoms and can only be diagnosed through testing. Unfortunately, testing is not made easily available to most teenagers. ... To get tested the teenager has to go to a testing facility and pay for each STD they want to be screened for. ... If the testing were offered for free, then a lot more teenagers would be getting tested. ... Getting teenagers to actually go get tested is a hard thing to accomplish. ...

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Of these tests, Rockwell is the one most frequently used. ... INTRODUCTION There are several tests to determine hardness. ... COMPARATIVE DISCUSSION OF THREE INDENTATION HARDNESS TESTS The Rockwell hardness test method consists of indenting the test material with a diamond cone or hardened steel ball indenter. ... Conventional hardness testing machines require the test piece be brought to the testing device; but this is not always possible. Portable testing devices have been developed that permit in-sit...

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Block 6 Drug Testing The issue of drug testing in the workplace, and school has become more of a controversy in the last few years as drug use has become a much more important issue. ... Since 1995 drug testing in high school athletics has been on a rise. The implementation of drug testing into high school athletics has lead to controversy involving suspicionless drug testing. ... They claim that drug testing is an unnecessary invasion of privacy. ... I also believe in workplace drug testing. ...

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The second test was the Machiavellianism test. Overall I scored average on this test. ... Lastly, there was the self-monitoring test. ... Some of the predictions made by these tests I feel are not accurate. ... Lastly, on the self-monitoring test I scored relatively high. ...

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