Education of the Germans: Part B

Knowledge test in the areas mathematics, computers, geography, cars,traffic, daily life, economy, literature, theater and art. Topics:degree of familiarity of selected personalities and assignment to theirfields of activity; assignment of famous statements to their authors;knowledge of prices and costs for selected products; knowledge offamous art works (sample picture) and assignment to the artists whocreated these works; knowledge about the braking distance of motorvehicles; assignment of car types to manufacturer name; knowledge oftraffic regulations on the freewas and at crossings; knowledge aboutthe location of selected states on a map of Germany; knowledge ofcapital cities; solving mathematical tasks; knowledge of computerterms; frequency of reading selected newspaper categories; frequency ofattending sporting events and cultural events; frequency of use ofcalculators, computers, video recorders, CD-players, reference works,telephone and bicycle; knowledge of comic characters from the Asterixstories; number of bits in a byte; knowledge about the binary system;knowledge about the value added tax rate, the current interest ratesand income tax rate for top earners; knowledge of economic technicalterms such as currency, cash discount and embargo; knowledge of worksof Goethe; assignment of selected book titles to their authors;knowledge about the location of the Loreley Rock and the poet who wrotepoem about it as well as saying the first line; attitude to readingbooks; preference for a course on technology or literature; possessionof drivers license; number of kilometers driven annually.religiousness; occupational use of calculators, computers and foreignlanguages; frequency of reading books; interest in politics;self-classification on a left-right continuum; party preference;watching television in hours; deliberate selection of programs orzapping; possession of durable economic goods including bicycle, musicinstrument, Duden, lexicon, Bible and telephone; frequency of writingpersonal letters; difficulties with filling out forms; estimated numberof books possessed in the household; problem-solving ability ofscience; importance of all-round education.