I still remember the exams I had to pass when I was studying computer science. In some cases, professors let you take to the exam any material, books or notes you wanted; the point was: You are not going to pass the exam unless you understand the concepts, so there is no room for cheating.
Yep, an open book exam is basically the perfect weapon against cheating. Plus for almost all subjects, including a lot of medicine actually, memorising stuff is not helpful in the field. If it's that important, you should double check anyway.
The downside to open book exams is they can take a lot more effort to mark. And actually paying attention to filthy undergraduates is a bit infra dig, dontcha know?
I remember those and they were such a breath of fresh air. Just like coding interviews where you’re allowed to lookup docs, which is the case on the job
Yeah, I don't understand these sorts of memorization exams any more than I understand the "code this without using the internet" challenges for interviewing candidates... why is this an important skill to have?
