I saw Prometheus.
So you want to be part a Weyland-Yutani scientific expedition? Well, as one of the largest, most successful corporations on the planet, Weland-Yutani can't hire just anyone. Only the brightest and the best can be picked for such important field assignments. Complete the following questionnaire to see if you have what it takes:
1. You are assigned to a landing party on a newly-discovered moon. While cut off from the rest of your team, you encounter a snake-like creature that is unknown to science. It is potentially venomous and riddled with diseases your immune system would have no chance of combating. It starts exhibiting obviously aggressive behaviour Do you:
(a) run like hell,
(b) conduct observations from a safe distance,
or
(c) try to pet it?
2. After returning from exploring a newly discovered moon, you notice that you are infected with a strange, worm-like parasite. Do you -
(a) inform the rest of the crew so they can initiate quarantine procedures,
(b) inform someone you trust, at the very least,
(c) conduct discreet investigations of your own,
or
(d) ignore it and hope for the best?
3. What, to you, is the most effective scientific method?
(a) Hypothesis -> Experimentation/Observation -> Theory,
(b) Observation -> Hypothesis -> Experimentation -> Theory,
or
(c) Believe what you choose to believe?
4. You have just landed on a newly discovered moon. What do you do?
(a) Send out unmanned probes to gather data (it could be dangerous, no sense in risking personnel),
(b) Use a combination of unmanned probes and personnel, conduct careful, systematic observation, making every effort not to contaminate the environment (or to let the environment contaminate you!),
or
(c) Take no security precautions, remove your helmets, step in everything, breathe on everything, breathe in everything, randomly poke and prod everything you see.
5. The corpse of a dead crew-member mysteriously pitches up outside your base-ship. There is no way he could have got there by himself (what with him being dead and all). Do you -
(a) use cameras and VDU's to assess the situation,
(b) send out a probe to investigate,
or
(c) disregard quarantine concerns, open the door and hope Charlize Theron turns up with a flamethrower if things go badly?
6. You recover the preserved head of an alien life form and take it back to your base ship for analysis. Upon closer examination, you notice that there are strange parasite-like life forms crawling all over it. Do you -
(a) remove it from the ship
(b) quarantine it and investigate using instrumentation only
or
(c) leave it in the open air and electrocute it until it explodes?
If you answered, c, d, c, c, c and c, then congratulations! You are too stupid to live and an ideal candidate for Weland-Yutani scientific expeditions. You might want to look into getting some good life insurance before you leave.
1. You are assigned to a landing party on a newly-discovered moon. While cut off from the rest of your team, you encounter a snake-like creature that is unknown to science. It is potentially venomous and riddled with diseases your immune system would have no chance of combating. It starts exhibiting obviously aggressive behaviour Do you:
(a) run like hell,
(b) conduct observations from a safe distance,
or
(c) try to pet it?
2. After returning from exploring a newly discovered moon, you notice that you are infected with a strange, worm-like parasite. Do you -
(a) inform the rest of the crew so they can initiate quarantine procedures,
(b) inform someone you trust, at the very least,
(c) conduct discreet investigations of your own,
or
(d) ignore it and hope for the best?
3. What, to you, is the most effective scientific method?
(a) Hypothesis -> Experimentation/Observation -> Theory,
(b) Observation -> Hypothesis -> Experimentation -> Theory,
or
(c) Believe what you choose to believe?
4. You have just landed on a newly discovered moon. What do you do?
(a) Send out unmanned probes to gather data (it could be dangerous, no sense in risking personnel),
(b) Use a combination of unmanned probes and personnel, conduct careful, systematic observation, making every effort not to contaminate the environment (or to let the environment contaminate you!),
or
(c) Take no security precautions, remove your helmets, step in everything, breathe on everything, breathe in everything, randomly poke and prod everything you see.
5. The corpse of a dead crew-member mysteriously pitches up outside your base-ship. There is no way he could have got there by himself (what with him being dead and all). Do you -
(a) use cameras and VDU's to assess the situation,
(b) send out a probe to investigate,
or
(c) disregard quarantine concerns, open the door and hope Charlize Theron turns up with a flamethrower if things go badly?
6. You recover the preserved head of an alien life form and take it back to your base ship for analysis. Upon closer examination, you notice that there are strange parasite-like life forms crawling all over it. Do you -
(a) remove it from the ship
(b) quarantine it and investigate using instrumentation only
or
(c) leave it in the open air and electrocute it until it explodes?
If you answered, c, d, c, c, c and c, then congratulations! You are too stupid to live and an ideal candidate for Weland-Yutani scientific expeditions. You might want to look into getting some good life insurance before you leave.