IQ Test

[Impulse]

What do you think about the following IQ Test?

 

[QuickTwist]

It sure doesn't measure creativity very well. >.<

Don't open spoiler unless you don't care about the test or have taken it already.

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PS. I be follow the rules for my results.

 

[Hadoblado]

Did you make it? If so, some transparency would be nice. You're asking for a free test group after all.

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The scoring system at the end is just guessing. The person who wrote the test didn't do any statistics or comparative psychometrics to reach these numbers.

First question was good.

The second question was recognition of a simple principle. If you've learned the principle before the computation side is almost non-existent. It basically measures if you've ever payed attention in a maths class.

Third question was excellent, with two ways to solve.

Fourth question doesn't actually have a correct answer. It's asking you to mind-read. Past the stupid phrasing, it's a little easy.

The whale question is... it's testing perceptual function... not intelligence. There's an argument for them being related, but it's a gimme for anyone that isn't vision impaired information processing side.

The logic section was silly, basically having three questions ride on whether or not you understand logical validity. I must admit I went over this section a few times looking for the catch, but there wasn't one.

The last question doesn't take into account planetary spin or motion. The answer assumes that you're moving at the same speed and direction as the planet, and that the hole is also the axis of any spin. Now because it's not mentioned I guess it's okay to assume that these things aren't at all factors, but I can see people messing up because the question is insufficiently clear. Also, other than the picture depicting it so, nowhere does it state that the tunnel is straight, just that it's 'perfect'.

Oh, the final question, the author said it was a joke, but honestly it seemed like a pretty decent question. I answered

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'silence'

. As QT said, the test does lack anything measuring creativity.

 

[The Gopher]

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Well I got 9 out of 10 in probably around two-four minutes (including going "that's not a question" ) while circle questions are my specialty my mind wandered so I just wanted to see the other question. As others mentioned it's a horrible test and doesn't indicate anything necessarily.

 

[QuickTwist]

Oh yeah, I have an IQ of 115 so I think the test is pretty accurate.

 

[redbaron]

Hehe 10 question IQ test.

 

[Alomoes]

It was blocked on my ipad.

 

[Yellow]

It was fun. I have no idea how accurate it was, though.

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On a side note, I wrote "silence" for my answer on the joke the last question, and the comment about musics references made me feel special. Anyway, my favorite thing about it is that it gave a much lower score than most online tests. Most seem designed solely to pad your ego, throwing 180+ scores around like they're confetti. I ended up getting 8/9. But, with so few questions, one could easily get a high score based on pure luck. Also, #6-8 are all basically the same question. And the orca bit didn't really seem IQ related.

 

[Alomoes]

It was fun. I have no idea how accurate it was, though.

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On a side note, I wrote "silence" for my answer on the joke the last question, and the comment about musics references made me feel special. Anyway, my favorite thing about it is that it gave a much lower score than most online tests. Most seem designed solely to pad your ego, throwing 180+ scores around like they're confetti. I ended up getting 8/9. But, with so few questions, one could easily get a high score based on pure luck. Also, #6-8 are all basically the same question. And the orca bit didn't really seem IQ related.

Hrrm. Well, I think I like you. We have the same writing style, and also like to post references. I don't like IQ scores either, if you retake the test, you'll get a different answer. My INFP did this. He didn't like being lower than me IQ wise. I don't care. I know we're both smart. He's probably smarter though, he does his work. :P

 

[computerhxr]

The Gopher, how did you get 9 out of 10? How did you even answer #4, are you psychic?

If the tunnel was perfect, then how is there friction? Is there air slowing you down?

The test is a joke.

 

[ZenRaiden]

If you fall into the tunnel should you not reach escape velocity in the middle and thus make it to the other side?

 

[Yellow]

The Gopher, how did you get 9 out of 10? How did you even answer #4, are you psychic?

If the tunnel was perfect, then how is there friction? Is there air slowing you down?

I was confused by that question. In the end, I just wrote "gravity" and gave up.

 

[hitode-kun]

Question 4 is just Archimedes' law of the lever (http://www.math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Lever/LeverLaw.html).

I disagree with the answer to question 9. You'd oscillate between the two ends of the tunnel because momentum would be conserved (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/shm.html) if there were no friction, and you'd still oscillate but it would be damped (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/oscda.html) if there were friction. Assuming both you and the planet were stationary relative to each other, of course.

 

[The Gopher]

The Gopher, how did you get 9 out of 10? How did you even answer #4, are you psychic?

If the tunnel was perfect, then how is there friction? Is there air slowing you down?

The test is a joke.

Uhh what Hitode said. Although where else would you put it?

 

[TBerg]

Wouldn't gravitational strength be determined by the planet mass and its effects be relative to the life form? Would a very strong gravitational pull just keep you in the center regardless of the existence of friction?

 

[Grayman]

oddly odd

 

[computerhxr]

Uhh what Hitode said. Although where else would you put it?

On the fulcrum to maintain balance. If it was balanced with the two blocks then the only place to put it would be dead center. Otherwise the image was false to begin with. It is not an IQ test if it depends on past knowledge that is not available in the test itself.

Equal to the other two means the sum of both blocks. The test does not allow for alternative but equally valid options therefore it is not a good IQ test. I figured it was just a joke to screw with people. IQ is not a good measure to begin with but that's my opinion.

 

[hitode-kun]

On the fulcrum to maintain balance. If it was balanced with the two blocks then the only place to put it would be dead center. Otherwise the image was false to begin with. It is not an IQ test if it depends on past knowledge that is not available in the test itself.

Equal to the other two means the sum of both blocks. The test does not allow for alternative but equally valid options therefore it is not a good IQ test. I figured it was just a joke to screw with people. IQ is not a good measure to begin with but that's my opinion.

The first statement of the question is "I have another box which is identical to the other two." Therefore, the two boxes on the seesaw thing must be identical and, by virtue of their positions, not balanced. The diagram's a bit misleading though since it appears balanced.

The law of the lever is just common sense, honestly. I wouldn't consider it "past knowledge" at all.

 

[Brontosaurie]

i think my IQ is like 50 today

i'm staring at these sequences and all i can think is "you smug fuck, how dare you, get real shithead"

how about this one, how dumb am i

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i don't get how this is supposed to work. the one that starts in the lower left corner cannot have moved anywhere but diagonal right up in the next step. but nothing continues in that direction in the third step. is my understanding of the concept "by one square always in the same direction" somehow flawed?

edit: ok got it now, it goes outside the boundaries etc and my outside-boundaries heuristic was skewed for some contrarian reason. well i will leave my showcase of mental disability here as a warning example and as a noble display of false humility.

also what's the pattern in question one? i got the right answer because anything else would be super stupid but it makes no sense in itself to me.

 

[TheManBeyond]

^ hey i didn't understand that one as well and i got 7/10 + some questions were so weird that i thought my answers weren't correct, like there must be some amazing explanation for shit that my stupid brain is unable to see so i failed them without really failing? but failing.
The same with the killer whale. I kept looking at the pic for minutes closing my eyes doing weird shit with them, faking japanese to know if there was a dual image or something.

 

[Hadoblado]

Q1 answer

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Each number is equal to the one on the right multiplied by the number two more than itself. I'm sure there's a better way to phrase that... I haven't done math in a while.

 

[Brontosaurie]

Q1 answer

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Each number is equal to the one on the right multiplied by the number two more than itself. I'm sure there's a better way to phrase that... I haven't done math in a while.

ah

 

[computerhxr]

The first statement of the question is "I have another box which is identical to the other two." Therefore, the two boxes on the seesaw thing must be identical and, by virtue of their positions, not balanced. The diagram's a bit misleading though since it appears balanced.

The law of the lever is just common sense, honestly. I wouldn't consider it "past knowledge" at all.

How can one box be identical to two boxes unless all boxes were the same? If they were different weights, which of the two boxes did he choose?

IQ tests should not have poorly worded questions that require you to make assumptions. I did come up with the answer originally but I felt that the fulcrum was more valid of the several possibles that I could come up with.

Common sense tells us to balance which is what I did. I noticed that QuickTwist did the same thing. The question was likely devised by someone with an average IQ.

IQ tests are usually best when the results are interpreted by someone who would know that people with high IQ's commonly get confused with questions because they see other possibilities.

I know what my IQ is on other tests that I've taken. In comparison, this had a standard deviation of + or - 30 points. FYI, my IQ is 27!

Either way a 10 question IQ test is probably not very accurate.

 

[The Gopher]

It is not an IQ test if it depends on past knowledge that is not available in the test itself.

Well honestly I didn't know in my head anything (common experience for me) however it was still intuitive for me.

IQ tests are usually best when the results are interpreted by someone who would know that people with high IQ's commonly get confused with questions because they see other possibilities.

Either way a 10 question IQ test is probably not very accurate.

Oh of course it's a horrible test, poorly worded the questions are iffy to short etc etc... In general seeing other possibilities is all right and well but you still need to see the best possibility; to solve this test easily you have to think like somebody who thinks he is smarter than everyone else but isn't.

 

[computerhxr]

... to solve this test easily you have to think like somebody who thinks he is smarter than everyone else but isn't.

Hahaha! Priceless.

 

[hitode-kun]

How can one box be identical to two boxes unless all boxes were the same? If they were different weights, which of the two boxes did he choose?

All three boxes are the same. That's why I said the diagram was misleading – it appeared balanced when it really wasn't. The size, shape, density, and weight of all three boxes are the same.

Common sense tells us to balance which is what I did.

Yeah, that's what you were supposed to do. The setup in the diagram isn't balanced, despite appearing otherwise. You were supposed to balance it with the third box.

I agree it's a pretty awful test. I've an IQ of approximately -3. Dammit, yours is higher!

 

[computerhxr]

I agree it's a pretty awful test. I've an IQ of approximately -3. Dammit, yours is higher!

it cuz imma genieous. sry, not ebry'un can genieous. im juzt giffded.

 

[intpgene]

There are many IQ test online, most of them being inaccurate. From all of the searching I have done and taking many online tests, I have found very few tests that seem accurate.

The tests on this website seem accurate and challenging:
http://randymyers.me

I recommend the Advanced Intelligence Test and Callidus Spatial Tests. They are pretty difficult but well worth the effort.

There are a few others. You may want to look for the PH.D.