Short timer in question [upd.: too short timer] usually benefits those who've solved question before, doesn't it?

Question

When there are question that need time to solve and timer is short it benefits those who just memorized right answer. It was very possible before, when you could make a screenshot and solve question "offline". And it's less "problematic" now, when anyone can see right answer after finished challenge. And every new question with short timer is a guessMeGame. What do you think? Should we report such question? Of course there are sometimes question that seem to be hard but really have a "shortcut"...

Answer 1

@Mark, no, sorry, you haven't understood my question right. I'm not complaining about difficult/hard questions. I do prefer questions to be hard (especially harder than now and deeper, but there some limits caused by nature of sololearn's courses which are basics only)! But there is some limit for timers. Imagine yourself that every question with loops and conditions would have only ONE second to answer (it's not about typing 'cause that time is enough to enter one or two digits for example). Can you understand what am I complaining about? Of course it's not fully objective to say it's too short, but I see that there are sometimes _really_ _too_ short timers (for anybody of any skill if he/she encounters question for a first time). It is what I'm asking about (here). And else... it doesn't matter how short it was when you memorized an answer. So to give a little bit more time to solve it benefits equality.

Answer 2

Oh, I haven't said that it often benefits me! (With java for example). And I do not like it anyway... I'd vote for more time (for thouse who see question first time and need a little bit more time even to recognition). It's stupid when you have a bunch of seconds to solve easiest (++x * y++) (fifteen or twenty seconds?!) and have 5 seconds to answer a question where you have to iterate trough a loop even if there are just easiest arithmetics inside (res+=i*2) or may be there are some more conditions inside that block of code. :-(

Answer 3

There wouldn't be a need to report a question, because the whole point of a quiz is to attempt to get answers "right". If you fail then you have to learn then try again, unless I've read this wrongly you want to cheat in other words, and if you can't do that, you think it's appropriate to have a question removed because it's too hard for you - how on earth is this "understanding code or gaining knowledge to benefit"?

I hated it when I came across a question that seemed too hard, but I haven't once complained about it's complexity but I have for the timer itself - check my posts - or the language/typos/errors only. You'll get better if you keep trying, and yes people do memorise the answers, I think a better way of putting it is like this "they used their intelligence or experience". Good luck.

Answer 4

Give a full real example, please

Answer 5

Thanks for responding, and yes I understand. The complexity has got so much difficult, and the time to answer is very limited, and that's my biggest issue. Some questions need to be assessed thoroughly in order to answer them; Sololearn and those who submit questions think we're all mathematical geniuses, that can answer those annoying loop questions lol.

I have a theory that there is a way to answer them really quickly with certain factors, this theory I have put in to practice, but it's with even numbers under 10 - regarding loops. If I have an eureka moment I'll share it with you all.