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the national informatics olympiad entry-level competition was reported to have leaked questions. the chinese computer society: received the report and is investigating

2024-09-23

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jimu news reporter shu longhuan

recently, a netizen named luo reported that questions for the 2024 national csp-j/s competition were leaked, and the leaker pointed to a training institution in shaanxi. on september 23, the training institution involved responded to jimu news that it would ask a lawyer to contact luo later. the china computer society said that it had received the report email and was investigating.

comparison of some test questions (screenshots from social platforms)

public information shows that csp-j/s is a non-professional computer software competency certification sponsored by the china computer federation (ccf). the entry-level csp-j is for primary and junior high school students, and the advanced csp-s is for high school students. the certification content involves algorithm design, programming ability, etc. csp-j/s is also known in the industry as the national youth informatics olympiad league noip entry-level and advanced competition. this year's certification exam was held on september 21, and the results of some provinces have been released.

the report information circulated on the internet mentioned that the parties involved were shaanxi shengteng education technology co., ltd. and the training institution "shaanxi hongquan". on september 20, luo received a set of mock test papers from the company leader, asking him to explain it to the students on the same day and collect the test papers and draft papers after the explanation. luo said that he did not pay attention to the matter that day, thinking it was a routine prediction of the questions, and took photos. after the certification exam, luo found that some of the questions on the test paper on the 21st and the predicted questions that he explained on the 20th were similar according to the description of the candidates. later, luo compared the predicted questions with the test papers and found that some of the questions, codes and options on the two test papers were almost the same. she believed that this was not a prediction of the questions, nor was it a coincidence. she suspected that a leak had occurred, which was unfair to other candidates who had worked hard to prepare for the exam.

on september 23, jimu news tried to contact the whistleblower luo moumou to learn about the above situation, but he has not responded yet. the reporter noticed that many practitioners from training institutions shared the whistleblower posts on social platforms, discussed the matter, and called on ccf to intervene in the investigation.

comparison of some test questions (screenshots from social platforms)

mr. zhang, a practitioner at a training institution in sichuan, told reporters that he had contacted the whistleblower luo moumou, and the above information was indeed sent by luo moumou, who is currently handling the matter. mr. zhang said that the certification exam questions on the 21st were simpler than in previous years, and the leaked questions reported by luo moumou mainly referred to the csp-j entry-level exam. the predicted test papers and the official test papers listed by luo moumou have a high similarity ratio of some questions and options.

mr. zhang admitted that it was normal for training institutions to predict the test questions before the exam. they could usually predict the first few multiple-choice questions involving required knowledge points, but it was difficult to predict the difficult questions at the end. the similarity between the predicted test questions and the test papers was too high, which was indeed strange. "although the entry-level exam is not too difficult, candidates still have to prepare for one to two years, which is very hard."

mr. tan, who works in programming training in shandong, told reporters that if the csp-j/s national competition leaks questions in one place, it will be unfair to some local candidates and candidates from other provinces, and the fairness of subsequent competitions will be difficult to guarantee. once a leak occurs, there will be interests behind it, which is distressing. the relevant departments should investigate the above report.

yang, the legal representative of shaanxi shengteng education technology co., ltd., told reporters that the company has noticed luo's report, and luo had taken classes at the company. he did not know where the above-mentioned test papers mentioned by luo came from. before the matter is investigated, it is difficult for him to comment. the company will ask a lawyer to contact luo later.

comparison of some test questions (screenshots from social platforms)

yang said that the training institution did have a topic prediction class before the exam, but they have not yet made statistics on how many questions were predicted for this exam and the prediction rate, "a lot of knowledge points were predicted correctly." the training institution "shaanxi hongquan" mentioned in luo's report refers to xi'an hongquan technology co., ltd., and hongquan company was "caught in the crossfire."

according to tianyancha app information, shaanxi shengteng education technology co., ltd. is the major shareholder of xi'an hongquan technology co., ltd., holding 60% of the shares. kong, the legal representative of xi'an hongquan technology co., ltd., told reporters that he was unaware of luo's report on the leak of test questions, and the two companies were going through the procedures to dissolve their equity relationship. "an agreement was reached in july this year, but the industrial and commercial information has not been changed so far."

a staff member of the membership department of the china computer society told reporters that the society has received a report email about the leak of questions in the 2024 national csp-j/s competition, which has been forwarded to the noi competition office (project group) of the society. a staff member of the noi competition office said that the project team is currently investigating the matter and will announce the results of the investigation on the official website later.