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We must have interacted with very different students in our lives if you think students will put any effort whatsoever in a test whose results have no consequence.

Hell, at my jobs people take pride in hacking their way through security training instead of watching the 5 minute video.

I think pride would push one in the opposite direction: a prideful student wouldn't want to be seen having to look something up in front of the interviewer.

You're talking about college students. They probably (think they) have better stuff to do than help some researcher study how good their english is.