On the severely misguided nature of programming tests

Part 2: Intermediate Questions

Question 6:

Consider the following function:

void foo(const char* name)

{

char* Name1 = name; // Statement 1

const char* Name2 = name; // Statement 2

char* const Name3 = name; // Statement 3

char const* Name4 = name; // Statement 4

}

Which of the following is true?

1. Statement 1 fails to compile.
2. Statement 1 and 3 fails to compile.
3. Statement 3 and 4 fails to compile.
4. Statement 2 fails to compile.
5. Statement 3 and 4 fails to compile.
6. If you answered any of the above you have no place being around computer code. A person who programs as a profession needs to first ask them self if they need: a variable pointer to something that is itself constant, a constant pointer to something that is itself variable, or a constant pointer to something that is itself constant, then look up the correct syntax in the book. And if you're still worried, finally test it on the compiler -- THEN NOTE IF IT DOESN'T COMPILE! Anything else is pure nerd dick-waving.
   

And if I ever catch anyone using such unnecessarily confusing, dusty corners of the C++ standard in my code, or my job interviews, I will consider it an intentional attempt to trick the reader, and toss you out the door for being deceptive and a danger to the code-base. Seriously, what sort of programming job requires you to outwit an adversarial co-worker?!

Because, if programming tests are an accurate reflection of the work you will do as a programmer, then it must follow that the programming test itself is an accurate reflection of the kind of people you will be working with, by virtue of being the kind of people who would pass such a test.

Bonus points for anyone that can translate the following from its current wording to some form that would make me care.

Question 15:

What best describes virtual inheritance?

1. A derived class which does not implement abstract methods.
2. A derived class which adds abstract methods to a concrete base class.
3. A multiply inherited class with multiple copies of its base class.
4. A multiply inherited class with one copy of its base class.
   
5. All of the above

ps. (d)