> What you’re saying is that it is possible to answer the question while staring bewildered at a device you have never seen or interacted with.
The question is completely invalidated by knowledge of the domain. If anything, they should have constructed an artificial device that would guarantee the student didn't have domain knowledge that would allow them to bypass the necessary critical thinking:
To avoid smaggling the fizdoodle, make sure you begin with the smunderson in the upright position.
Q: Why should the smunderson start in the upright position?
The question is completely invalidated by knowledge of the domain. If anything, they should have constructed an artificial device that would guarantee the student didn't have domain knowledge that would allow them to bypass the necessary critical thinking:
To avoid smaggling the fizdoodle, make sure you begin with the smunderson in the upright position.
Q: Why should the smunderson start in the upright position?
A: To avoid smaggling the fizdoodle.
edit: s/being/begin/