Exceeds Expectations???

[carolynwhite2]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Talisman" <talisman22457 at ...> 
wrote:
>> 
> We could have a thorough rehash, if folks want to.
> 
> We could post a set of the exam questions, so everyone who wanted 
to participate could have them for reference.  
> 
> Then, each of us could prepare a post.  It would indicate the score 
> received followed by the number of each question and the letter of 
> the answer chosen for it--to the best of our recollection.
> 
> We could put it all on a grid, and see what sifts out.  
> 
> Anyone game?
> 

Well, here are the questions which I typed up for another list. Let 
the rehash begin.

Carolyn
Who fortunately Exceeded Expectations too, and is now in possession 
of a Grade 1 W.O.M.B.A.T., which I plan to pin up with my Girl Guide 
and bicycling certificates.



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PART ONE: MAGICAL LAW

1. Which Ministry of Magic Department(s) and/or committee(s) would
you contact to resolve each of the following dilemmas?

Part 1
Your neighbour is concealing a stash of flying carpets, some of which
he is allowing to fly loose around his back garden.
(a) Wizengamot
(b) Department of International Magical Cooperation
(c) Misuse of Muggle Artefacts office
(d) Obliviators
(e) All of the above
(f) None of the above

Part 2
Your friend C possesses a Muggle Penny Farthing (old bicycle) that
has been enchanted to skim an inch above the ground, achieving speeds
over 100mph. C did not personally enchant the Penny Farthing, never
rides it and merely wishes to keep it 'for sentimental reasons' as it
was her grandmothers.
(a) Department of Magical Transport
(b) Improper Use of Magic Office
(c) Obliviators
(d) Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office
(e)Committee on Experimental Charms
(f) None of the above

Part 3
Your sixteen year old nephew, D, has hexed his seventeen year old
sister, E. E has retaliated with a Stunning Spell that missed D and
hit a Muggle motorist, who has smashed into a lamppost.
(a) Department of Magical Accidents and catastrophes
(b) Department of Magical Accidents and catastrophes and Oblivator
Squad
(c) Department of Magical Accidents and catastrophes, Oblivator Squad
and Improper Use of Magic Office
(d) Department of Magical Accidents and catastrophes, Oblivator
Squad, Improper Use of Magic Office and Wizengamot

Part 4
Your friends wizard A and wizard B are in dispute over which of them
owns a field in which Mooncalfs dance periodically. A accuses B of
using a nightly Summoning charm to collect the precious Mooncalf dung
which is rightfully A's.
(a) Improper Use of Magic Office
(b) Wizengamot
(c) Pest Advisory Board
(d) Improper Use of Magic Office and Wizengamot
(e) Improper Use of Magic Office and Pest Advisory Board
(f) Wizengamot and Pest Advisory Board

Part 5
Witch F fed love potion to a Muggle man, who has married her. When
you went around with a wedding gift you discovered she is using him
as an occasional table.
(a) Auror Office
(b) Misuse of Magic Office
(c) Obliviators
(d) Wizengamot
(e) All of the above
(f) None of the above

2. Which of the following should be most SEVERELY punished by the
Wizengamot?
(a) The injury of three Muggles due to a poorly performed
Forgetfulness Charm
(b) The death of a chicken due to a poorly aimed Bat-Bogey hex
(c) The use of the Cruciatus curse on a shark about to attack a Muggle
(d) The use of the Imperius curse on a Muggle mugger

3. Which of the following should receive the LIGHTEST punishment from
the Wizengamot?
(a) Horns created accidentally on culprit's mother, caused by broken
wand
(b) Jellylegs Jinx performed on threatening Muggle
(c) Breeding fanged Puffskeins
(d) Underage witch performs Cleaning Charms in privacy of own home

4. Which of the following does NOT require a Ministry of Magic
license?
(a) Crup ownership
(b) Sale of Magical Artefacts
(c) House-elf ownership
(d) Apparition

5. Which of the following wizarding laws, in your view, stands in
most urgent need of change?
(a) The detection of under-age magic in all magic households
(currently impossible)
(b) The ban on goblin possession of wands (ought to be lifted)
(c) The re-classification of centaurs and merpeople (ought to take
their views into account)
(d) The guidelines on house-elf welfare (need to be enforced)
(e) Definitions of `muggle baiting' (need to be made less stringent)

PART TWO: MAGICAL TRANSPORT

6. Which mode of transportation would you advise for a young mother
travelling with one-year old twins with a low boredom threshold, her
grandmother, who suffers from severe motion sickness, and her
husband, who has never mastered the three `D's' ?

(a) Apparition
(b) Broomsticks
(c) Floo powder
(d) Knight bus
(e) Portkey

7. Which of the following unorthodox  means of transport is
considered the most serious breach of the International Statute of
Secrecy

(a) Thestrals
(b) Abraxan horse-drawn giant carriages
(c) Hippogriff
(d) Flying muggle vehicle (eg, car, motorcycle)
(e) Underwater ship

8. Which mode(s) of transportation could you use to reach/enter each
of the following wizarding institutions?

Part 1 Azkaban
(a) Brooms
(b) Brooms/floo powder
(c) Brooms/Knight bus
(d) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus
(e) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus/Apparition

Part 2 Gringotts
(a) Brooms
(b) Brooms/floo powder
(c) Brooms/Knight bus
(d) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus
(e) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus/Apparition

Part 3 Hogwarts
(a) Brooms
(b) Brooms/floo powder
(c) Brooms/Knight bus
(d) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus
(e) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus/Apparition

Part 4 Ministry of Magic
(a) Brooms
(b) Brooms/floo powder
(c) Brooms/Knight bus
(d) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus
(e) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus/Apparition

Part 5 St Mungos
(a) Brooms
(b) Brooms/floo powder
(c) Brooms/Knight bus
(d) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus
(e) Brooms/Floo powder/Knight bus/Apparition

PART THREE: EVERYDAY MAGIC

9. Which of the following would, in your opinion, provide the best
security for a convention of broomstick salesman in a large, Fire-
bolt shaped marquee?

(a) Fidelius Charm
(b) Muggle-repelling charm
(c) Confundus charm
(d) Disillusionment charm
(e) Unplottable marquee
(f) Forgetfulness charm
(g) Giant three-headed dog

10. Which of the following should not be used in cooking?

(a) Alihotsy leaves
(b) Bubotuber pus
(c) Daisy roots
(d) Dragon blood
(e) Mandrake leaves
(f) Murtlap tentacles
(g) Shrake
11. Which of the following would most effectively clean up a spillage
of wart cap powder?

(a) Deletrius
(b) Diffindo
(c) Episkey
(d) Evanesco
(e) Scourgify
(f) Tergeo
(g) Mrs Skower's All Purpose Magical Mess Remover

12. A doxy-bite can be healed most quickly and safely using:

(a) Bubotuber pus
(b) Bundimen secretion
(c) Dittany
(d) Dr Ubbly's Oblivius Unction
(e) Murtlap essence
(f) Reparo
(g) Skele-gro
(h) Spellotape

13. Which of the following commonly held wizarding beliefs is
actually true?

(a) If an inanimate object appears to think for itself, Dark
Magic has been involved in its creation
(b) The use of magic in front of a Muggle is prohibited unless
the witch or wizard is under threat of personal injury
(c) Releasing a Portkey before it has arrived will result in
death or serious injury
(d) `Finite Incatatum' should be used as a precaution when a
Muggle rings the doorbell
(e) Bad luck can be prevented by turning three times on the spot
and deliberately splinching one's thumbs

PART FOUR: THE NATURAL WORLD

14. Which of the following small creatures would you CHOOSE to
accompany you on a perilous journey?

(a) Augurey
(b) Crup
(c) Jarvey
(d) Kneazle
(e) Murtlap
(f) Niffler
(g) Runespoor

15. Which of the following is NOT listed as a pest by the Pest
Advisory Board?

(a) Bundimen
(b) Chizpurfle
(c) Doxy
(d) Gnome
(e) Horklump
(f) Knarl
(g) Pixie

16. A dog acting in a suspiciously un-canine manner is most likely to
be:

(a) An animagus
(b) A boggart
(c) A Crup (or part Crup)
(d) A grim
(e) Imperius-ed
(f) Magically trained
(g) A Patronus

17. Which of the following plants has NO curative, restorative or
protective properties?

(a) Alihotsy shrub
(b) Belladonna
(c) Bubotuber
(d) Snargluff tree
(e) Venomous Tentacular
(f) Wolfsbane
(g) Whomping Willow