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BOOK OF
IQ
TESTS
top uk puzzle editors
ken russell and philip carter
book 5
London and Sterling, VA

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Introduction
Of the different !ethods that purport to !easure intelligence"
the !ost fa!ous is the IQ BIntelligence QuotientC test" #hich
is a standardised test designed to !easure hu!an intelligence
as distinct fro! attain!ents$
Intelligence 2uotient is an age:related !easure of intelli:
gence leel$ The #ord 2uotient !eans the result of diiding
one 2uantity by another" and one definition of intelligence is
!ental ability or 2uickness of !ind$
'sually" IQ tests consist of a graded series of tasks" each of
#hich has been standardised #ith a large representatie
population of indiiduals in order to establish an aerage IQ
of /)) for each test$
It is generally accepted that a personDs !ental ability deelops
at a constant rate until about the age of /5" after #hich deel:
op!ent has been sho#n to slo# do#n" and beyond the age of
/1 little or no i!proe!ent is found$
Ehen the IQ of a child is !easured" the subFect atte!pts
an IQ test that has been standardised" #ith an aerage
score recorded for each age group$ Thus a /):year:old
child #ho scored the result that #ould be e<pected of
a /(:year:old #ould hae an IQ of /()" or /(@/) G /))3
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adults hae to be Fudged on an IQ test #hose aerage score is
/))" and the results graded aboe and belo# this nor!
according to kno#n test scores$
+ike so !any distributions found in nature" the distribution
of IQ takes the for! of a fairly regular bell cure Bsee Figure
)$/ belo#C in #hich the aerage score is /)) and
si!ilar proportions occur both aboe and belo# this nor!$
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There are a nu!ber of different types of intelligence tests" for
e<a!ple -attell" Stanford:Binet and Eechsler" and each hae
their o#n different scales of intelligence$
The Stanford:Binet is heaily #eighted #ith
2uestions inoling erbal abilities and is #idely used
in the 'nited States of ,!erica$ The Eeschler scales consist
of t#o separate
erbal and perfor!ance sub:scales each #ith its o#n
IQ rating$ On the Stanford:Binet scale half the population
fall bet#een 0) and //) IQ" half of the! aboe /)) and
half of the! belo#J (5 per cent score aboe //)J // per cent
aboe
/()J 5 per cent aboe /5) and )$8 per cent aboe />)$ ,t the
other end of the scale the sa!e kind of proportion occurs$
,lthough it is IQ tests that #e are specifically concerned #ith
Introduction
in this book it should be pointed out that IQ tests are Fust one
part of #hat is generally referred to as psycho!etric testing$
Such
test content !ay be addressed to al!ost any aspect of our intel:
lectual or e!otional !ake:up" including personality" attitude"
intelligence or e!otion$ *sycho!etric tests are basically tools
used for !easuring the !indJ the #ord !etric !eans measure
and the #ord psycho !eans mind$ There are t#o types of
psycho!etric tests that are usually used in tande! by
e!ployers$ These are aptitude tests" #hich assess your abilities"
and person: ality 2uestionnaires" #hich assess your character
and personality$
,ptitude tests are also kno#n as cognitie" ability or intelli:
gence BIQC tests$ Such tests are designed to test your ability to
co!prehend 2uickly under strictly ti!ed conditions$
-ognition !ay be broadly defined as kno#ing" perceiing
and thinking and it is studied by psychologists because it
reeals the e<tent of a personDs ability to think$
There are !any different types of tests$ Ko#eer" a typical
test !ight consist of three sections each testing a different
ability" usually co!prising erbal reasoning" nu!erical ability
and diagra!!atic" or spatial" reasoning$ In order to gie you
the opportunity to practise on all types of 2uestions that you
are likely to encounter in actual IQ tests" the tests that hae
been specially co!piled for this book are !ulti:discipline and
include a !i< of erbal" nu!erical and diagra!!atic 2ues:
tions" as #ell as additional 2uestions inoling logical
thought processes as #ell as a degree of lateral thinking$
In the past (5 years psycho!etric testing has been brought
into #idespread use in industry because of the need
for e!ployers to ensure they place the right people in the
right Fob at the outset$ One of the !ain reasons for this is the
high cost of errors in todayDs #orld of tight budgets and
reduced profit !argins$ To recruit a ne# !e!ber of staff an
e!ployer has to adertise" consider each application" reduce
the appli: cants to a shortlist" interie# and then train the
successful applicant$ If the #rong hiring choice has been
!ade" then the #hole e<pensie process has to be repeated$
It is i!portant that such tests are ealuated in tande! #ith
each other as if a person scores #ell on an aptitude test it
does not necessarily !ean that they #ill be suited to the
Fob" as #hilst you !ay be good at doing so!ething" you !ay
dislike it intensely" and success in !ost tasks is heaily
dependent on your personal 2ualities and your attitude$
,lthough it is generally accepted that a personDs IQ re!ains
constant throughout life" and" therefore" it is not possible to
increase your actual IQ" it is possible to i!proe your perfor:
!ance on IQ tests by practising the !any different types of
2uestion" and learning to recognise the recurring the!es$
Besides their uses in i!proing oneDs perfor!ance on IQ
tests" practice on the type of 2uestions contained in this book
has the added adantage of e<ercising the brain$ Our brain
needs e<ercise and care in the sa!e #ay as other parts of the
body$ Ee eat the right foods to keep our heart healthy" #e
!oisturise our skin to keep it fro! drying out and" Fust as
gy!nasts strie to increase their perfor!ance at #hateer
leel they are co!peting by !eans of punishing training
schedules and refine!ent of techni2ue" there are e<ercises" or
!ental gy!nastics" #e can do to increase the perfor!ance of
our brain and enhance 2uickness of thought$
Lany people still hae the outdated belief that there is
little they can do to i!proe the brain they are born #ith
and that brain cells continually degenerate #ith age3 but" in
fact" our brain cells continually deelop ne# and stronger
connections and adult brains can gro# ne# cells irrespectie
of age$
The !ain thing is to use your brain continually$ For
e<a!ple" the !ore #e practise at tests of erbal aptitude the
!ore #e increase our ability to understand the !eaning of
#ords and use the! effectielyJ the !ore #e practise at
!aths the !ore confident #e beco!e #hen #orking #ith
nu!bers" the better our ability to perfor! arith!etic
operations accu: rately" and the 2uicker #e beco!e at
perfor!ing these opera:
tionsJ and the !ore #e practise our ability to !oe our fingers
and !anipulate s!all obFects the !ore de<trous #e beco!e
at operations inoling this type of aptitude" and the 2uicker
#e beco!e at perfor!ing the! accurately$
The tests that follo# hae been ne#ly co!piled for
this book and are not" therefore" standardised" so an
actual IQ assess!ent cannot be gien$ Ko#eer" a guide to
assessing your perfor!ance for each test is proided belo# as
#ell as a cu!ulatie guide for your oerall perfor!ance on
all /) tests$
, ti!e li!it of 0) !inutes is allo#ed for each test$
The correct ans#ers are gien at the end of the test"
and you should a#ard yourself one point for each
co!pletely correct
ans#er$ -alculators !ay be used to assist #ith soling
nu!erical 2uestions if preferred$
'se the follo#ing table to assess your perfor!ance3
One test:
Score Rating
589>) E<ceptional
5/955 E<cellent
(595) 7ery good
/09(> &ood
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Ten tests:
Score Rating
55/9>)) E<ceptional
5)/955) E<cellent
(>/95)) 7ery good
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(5$ able" rot" son" king
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hae a connection BanalogyC #ith the #ords in capitals
and relate to the! in the sa!e #ay$
SE, B#et" s#i!!er" shipC
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(=$ Ehich #ord !eaning +O-,+ITO beco!es a #ord
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(1$ ,lf has four ti!es as !any as 6i!" and 6i! has three ti!es
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has a pair of black socksM
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5($ Ko# !any !inutes is it before /( noon if nine !inutes
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Ehich letter is !id#ay bet#een the letter t#o letters
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and the letter three letters aboe the letter i!!ediately
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being constructed one side at a ti!e #orking clock#ise
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lines beco!e dotted$
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!oes to the opposite corner" the dot in the top right:
hand 2uarter !oes one corner anti:clock#ise at each
stage" the dot in the botto! left:hand 2uarter
!oes bet#een the top t#o corners" and the dot in the
botto! right:hand 2uarter !oes one corner clock#ise
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(1$ -3 the large rectangle is being dis!antled" half a side at
a ti!e anti:clock#iseJ the s!all rectangle is being
constructed half a side at a ti!e clock#ise
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add up to 55
5/$ -3 so that one dot appears in one triangle and the other
dot appears in t#o triangles Bin the e<a!ple the right:
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5($ 03 the alternaties are3
England #in both golf and tennis
Scotland #in both golf and tennis
Eales #in both golf and tennis
England #in golf" Scotland #in tennis
Scotland #in golf" England #in tennis
England #in golf" Eales #in tennis
Eales #in golf" England #in tennis
Scotland #in golf" Eales #in tennis
Eales #in golf" Scotland #in tennis
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55$ (3 so that each s2uare block of four nu!bers totals /5
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t#o digits added to the nu!ber for!ed by the second
t#o digits e2uals 00
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sa!e position in the first t#o s2uares are carried for#ard
to the third s2uare" ho#eer" they then change fro!
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