A professor tells his class that he will give them a surprise examination sometime next week.

For our purposes, an examination is considered a "surprise" if on that day, the class is not 100% sure that they will get an examination. (If they only suspect it, the examination can still be a surprise.)

Having given the class this warning, is it still possible for the professor to give them a surprise examination next week? (Assume that he will not give them an exam if it will not be a surprise.)

with this the professor could administer a suprise test in one of two ways, one the professor catches his students at random times during the week when they are not in class and has them take the test therefore suprising them, because who expects to take a test for the class outside of class? how ever he never said he wouldn't do such a thing...two the professor lies at the begining of the week saying " there is no pop-quiz this week, there will be one within two weeks of next monday" so when he administers the suprise quiz on what ever day that week it is actually a suprise.

Posted by CJ on 2005-06-17 02:27:22