I have models

class Question < ActiveRecord::Base
  WEIGHTS = %w(medium hard easy)

  belongs_to :test
  has_many :answers, :dependent => :destroy
  has_many :testing_questions
end

class Testing < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :student, :foreign_key => 'user_id'
  belongs_to :subtest
  has_many :testing_questions, :dependent => :destroy
  has_many :questions, :through => :testing_questions
end

So when I try to bind questions to testing on it's creation:

>> questions = Question.all
...
>> questions.count
=> 3
>> testing = Testing.create(:user_id => 3, :subtest_id => 1, :questions => questions)
  Testing Columns (0.9ms)   SHOW FIELDS FROM `testings`                              
  SQL (0.1ms)   BEGIN                                                                
  SQL (0.1ms)   COMMIT                                                               
  SQL (0.1ms)   BEGIN                                                                
  Testing Create (0.3ms)   INSERT INTO `testings` (`created_at`, `updated_at`, `user_id`, `subtest_id`) VALUES('2010-05-18 00:53:05', '2010-05-18 00:53:05', 3, 1)                                                                                                                                                        
  TestingQuestion Columns (0.9ms)   SHOW FIELDS FROM `testing_questions`                                                                                     
  TestingQuestion Create (0.3ms)   INSERT INTO `testing_questions` (`question_id`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, `testing_id`) VALUES(1, '2010-05-18 00:53:05', '2010-05-18 00:53:05', 31)                                                                                                                                  
  TestingQuestion Create (0.4ms)   INSERT INTO `testing_questions` (`question_id`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, `testing_id`) VALUES(2, '2010-05-18 00:53:05', '2010-05-18 00:53:05', 31)                                                                                                                                  
  TestingQuestion Create (0.3ms)   INSERT INTO `testing_questions` (`question_id`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, `testing_id`) VALUES(3, '2010-05-18 00:53:05', '2010-05-18 00:53:05', 31)                                                                                                                                  
  TestingQuestion Create (0.3ms)   INSERT INTO `testing_questions` (`question_id`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, `testing_id`) VALUES(1, '2010-05-18 00:53:05', '2010-05-18 00:53:05', 31)                                                                                                                                  
  TestingQuestion Create (0.3ms)   INSERT INTO `testing_questions` (`question_id`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, `testing_id`) VALUES(2, '2010-05-18 00:53:05', '2010-05-18 00:53:05', 31)                                                                                                                                  
  TestingQuestion Create (0.3ms)   INSERT INTO `testing_questions` (`question_id`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, `testing_id`) VALUES(3, '2010-05-18 00:53:05', '2010-05-18 00:53:05', 31)                                                                                                                                  
  SQL (90.2ms)   COMMIT                                                                                                                                      
=> #<Testing id: 31, subtest_id: 1, user_id: 3, created_at: "2010-05-18 00:53:05", updated_at: "2010-05-18 00:53:05">

There is 6 SQL queries and 6 records in testing_questions are created. Why?