He's definitely not a B-player, but that makes it all the more mysterious why this project is missing the target so badly.
I don't think the questions are awful, though they do tend to have a trivia component to them.
What I think has really happened is that the whole thing is completely mispackaged. By calling it a "software development final exam" and saying it's things every programmer should know, he's set up an idea that it would be fairly broad and comprehensive, when in reality it's fairly narrow.
Plus that terminology is a bit socially off-key since it sets people up to be defensive rather engaging in meaningful discussion.
I don't think the questions are awful, though they do tend to have a trivia component to them.
What I think has really happened is that the whole thing is completely mispackaged. By calling it a "software development final exam" and saying it's things every programmer should know, he's set up an idea that it would be fairly broad and comprehensive, when in reality it's fairly narrow.
Plus that terminology is a bit socially off-key since it sets people up to be defensive rather engaging in meaningful discussion.