I have signed on for a number of Coursera courses now, and each of them have assigned a heavy weighting to graded quizzes. Unfortunately these quizzes are typically easy to game: it is typically possible to score 100% without knowing anything about the subject. This post shows how that can be done, and suggests a solution.
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