Your instructor is normally conscientious and makes sure that exam answers are randomly distributed. However, you notice that the first five answers on the multiple-choice section are all C. Unsure what this pattern means, you consider the next question. You do not know the answer and are forced to guess.

You decide to avoid C because you figure that C cannot happen six times in a row.

QUESTION: Which is at work: the gambler’s fallacy or the hot hand fallacy?