Cult of the Hacks

Site: CotH, Section: Hackery, Page: Hack Test 2.

Please answer all questions. There is intentionally no 'not sure' option - you must have some opinion on each question. Don't spend too long thinking about it though, taking it too seriously says more about your personality than the actual result will. There are currently 25 questions.

The questions assume a reasonable level of familiarity with the structures of DSU. If you are unsure about the meaning of a question, background information for each question is available. If you've taken the test before an explanation of the results is available, but you should probably take the test before reading that. Past results are also available.

For some of the questions you may be thinking 'it depends on X' and you're right, it probably does. Answer based on what you think a common and/or average X would be.

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Q1: Failing to report on time is not severe enough to warrant censure

Q2: The sabbs would do a better job if they didn't have to constantly report to various committees and Council

Q3: The majority of decisions can be made by individual officers.

Q4: If it's clear how a vote would go, then a committee should be able to act even if inquorate.

Q5: Political factions do more harm than good.

Q6: Pre-requisites for candidates are a good thing.

Q7: If an action is against Standing Orders, it should not happen, even if the officer believes it to be in the interests of the Union.

Q8: If a majority at a meeting wants to act against the rules, they should be able to.

Q9: The best solution is one that follows Standing Orders, even if it is much more complicated.

Q10: Council does not spend enough time discussing reports of officers.

Q11: UGM makes better decisions than Council

Q12: Minor positions should be appointed by interview rather than elected.

Q13: Important issues should routinely be put to referendum.

Q14: Non-sabbs should report to the sabbs instead of Council.

Q15: The election regulations are too restrictive on the candidates.

Q16: Policy should be viewed as a guideline

Q17: The turnout in an election is more important than the result

Q18: Official questions are not used often enough.

Q19: It is more important to spend time gathering opinions than to react quickly.

Q20: Officers should be trusted to get on with their jobs without interference.

Q21: All delegates to external conferences should report to Council afterwards.

Q22: The sabbs should be able to ignore policy that was based on poor arguments.

Q23: Candidates should be ruled out of order for even minor breaches of election rules.

Q24: For the worst actions of officers, a few minor procedural errors in proposing the motion should be ignored when discussing no confidence.

Q25: Emergency business should always fulfil both criteria or not be discussed.

Site: CotH, Section: Hackery, Page: Hack Test 2.

This test is even less likely to tell you if you are a hack or not than the original one. On the other hand, the answer might mean something more than being a semi-random number.