<p>One of my classmates gave me a copy of a test that was used by the professor the prior semester. Since it is not a multiple choice exam, there are no answers and I only looked at the questions.</p>
<p>Would you consider it cheating if I studied for the exam by answering and studying the questions from the prior exam?</p>
<p>If it gives an unfair advantage, especially so blatantly (access to q's), then yes, it's cheating.</p>
<p>Personally... No. The professor knows the tests are out there and he's the one who didn't change the test. He didn't forbid anybody from looking at previous tests or anything.</p>
<p>It does give you an advantage but it's not unfair. I'm sure other people can get it too if they shelled out some dollars on facebook market place. And the world isn't fair in the first place. hooray.</p>
<p>Um no. It gives you an advantage but so what? As far as I know that's not an unfair advantage. Plus everything is relative. "Unfair" is a subjective word.</p>
<p>If I had that kind of resource I'd take it without a second thought.</p>
<p>no i wouldn't consider it cheating. that's the case for a lot of classes. there are practice exams from old semesters.</p>
<p>No, not unless the guy stole it or something. If a professor lets his tests go with the students when they leave a test than he knows that they're "out there" and people will use them as they will.</p>
<p>No, nearly every with access does this.</p>
<p>If the guy stole it, I wouldn't be liable for anything unless I knew that he stole it at the time of receiving it. If I didn't know that he stole it, then I had no intent to cheat, and most of the time, intent is an element of the crime.</p>
<p>I know you would like to hear that it is a clean advantage, but thats just it. Its an advantage that is not approved by the professor and is not given to the other students. Just ask yourself if the professor would be ok with it. Its cheating even if it may seem innocent.</p>
<p>NO. some universities even sell old exams / answer to old exams from previous semesters. It's the teacher's fault not to change the exam. That's not cheating. That's using resources available to you.</p>
<p>They sell old exams if the professor has changed the current exams and have informed the university. Chaoses, you are basically saying that it is the teachers fault for not catching students that seek to cheat the system. Their job is to teach, not to catch cheats.</p>
<p>Nope. Chances are that the professor will ask these questions in a different way... so may help with your studying but not ace the exam.</p>
<p>I would say no...if the exam was allowed to be removed from the room when your friend took it, then the professor probably doesn't care if the questions are out in the public.</p>
<p>The math department at UMD publishes the math exams freely online as a study resource. And they're usually pretty similar semester to semester.</p>
<p>Did your friend steal the exam or did they get to keep it after the exam was over? If the professor let them keep it, then it's not an issue. After all, it wasn't like the teacher told them what they could or could not do with the test after the exam was over.</p>
<p>It's a competitive world, just don't tell anyone. ;) It's not like you wrote someone's essay for them, had someone do your work for you, copied someone next to you's test, or anything like that.</p>
<p>wait, this test isn't stolen? I'm assuming it was...</p>
<p>No, her friend was in the class already and had a copy of the old test. I'm assuming the friend just didn't have to turn back in the test after the exam period was over.</p>
<p>No, the test was not stolen. Most of the questions were the same. I agree that it is not cheating, it just facilitated my studying.</p>
<p>Yeah not cheating. They know it's out there and that it will happen. Just don't expect all the tests to be that similar to the one you have. I actually had a freshman orientation professor that encouraged us to do that. lol.</p>
<p>Definitely not cheating.</p>