Your true talent

Your true talent

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Tickle has examined your scores in five sectors of career talent to arrive at your
How organized are
you?personalized aptitude profile. Based on your test results, your greatest strengths are:
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Your primary talent

Leo, your primary career talent is Verbal Ability.

You have a way with words. Although most of us take for granted that we can use our native
language, you seem to know how to pick the right words for almost any occasion. This ability
to comprehend information and be articulate in your speaking or writing is no small feat.
Moreover, you appear to understand the power and aesthetic appeal behind language. This
knowledge can make you versatile in expressing yourself with either flowery or direct
communication as the situation demands. You're the kind of person that friends would want to
make that special wedding toast or farewell speech. And if you're terrified of public speaking,
they'd at least want you to write it.

Reading between the lines to pick up on the subtle meanings behind what people say and
write can also be part of your repertoire. With your gift for decoding language's complexities,
you can be both a great meeting facilitator and a conflict negotiator. In addition to these
strengths, you may have the knack for mixing old-fashioned terms with the latest lingo in
ways that keep people interested in not only what you say but also how you say it. This kind
of creativity and ability to focus language into top-notch communication can make you a
valuable asset in a variety of business settings.

Your secondary talent

Your secondary career talent is Mechanical Ability.

Given this talent, you're most likely curious about how things work and may enjoy tinkering
with machines. Have you ever taken something apart just to see how it would fit back
together? If this sounds like you, you may have earned the reputation around your household
as a real Mr. or Ms. Fix-It. At times, people like you can be both self-sufficient and a great
help to others because when it's time to change a car's oil or tighten a leaky faucet, you can
be just the right person to get the job done.

Having high mechanical abilities can also mean that you possess an almost intuitive
understanding of physics and spatial reasoning. This can make you a great builder or give you
a talent for creating useful new products. Your mechanical skills allow you plenty of career
options and the chance to work in multiple settings. No matter which opportunity you choose,
chances are that you'll enjoy working with your hands or seeing the tangible result of your
 efforts.

Your true talent Now that you know the two greatest strengths of your true talent profile, you
might want to know how we generated this summary of your skills.
Your true talent
profile While you were answering the test questions, we measured your skills on five
distinct talents: abstract reasoning, numerical ability, verbal ability, spatial
How organized are ability, and mechanical ability.
you?
As you look at your complete talent profile, including your primary and
Matching your true secondary strengths, you may notice that you can receive the same score on
talents more than one of your talents. Don't worry, that's very common. If some of
your talents share the same score, it simply means you're equally good at all of
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History behind the Here's how your talent profile is ranked. First we calculated your overall score
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for each talent. The higher the score, the higher it is ranked in your talent
profile. But what happens when you receive the same score on different skills?
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In those cases, we looked at how difficult it is for people to get high scores on
those particular talents, then ranked those talents in order of difficulty.

Aptitude 1: Verbal ability

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Verbal aptitude refers not only to your range of vocabulary but also your ability
to comprehend the relationship between different words. This particular test
also examined your ability to correctly identify the meanings of popular
proverbs or sayings. Our researchers utilized this technique to gauge your skill
forming inferences and understanding the precise meanings of metaphorical
statements.

You scored a 9out of 10 on our measure of verbal ability. People who

score well on this talent tend to be good at work that requires
interpreting or communicating ideas.

Career success profile: Meet Kevin

Kevin struggled through high school and was barely able to make it
through his days. However, Kevin's problems with school weren't
because he wasn't intelligent. On the contrary, Kevin was an extremely
bright young man who found school too slow and dull to mentally
stimulate him. Kevin had a hard time sitting through his classes and was
constantly in trouble for entertaining his classmates during lessons. His
senior classmates even voted him Class Clown.

After graduation, Kevin did a series of odd jobs and eventually landed a
job as an usher for the local repertory theater. After Kevin's very first
day of ushering, he was awestruck. Nothing had ever inspired him as
much as seeing people perform on stage. He was fascinated by the craft
of developing a character and loved the way actors could bring words on
a page to life.

Although Kevin wasn't always one to follow through on things, he

became determined to keep his ushering job, so he could spend his
nights watching classic plays by everyone from Shakespeare to Oscar
Wilde. He could also learn by watching the professionals. Kevin enrolled
himself in daytime acting classes at the nearby community college.
There he could learn how actors interpreted scripts and improve his own
techniques. Kevin's natural ability to entertain people, along with his
newfound love for the theater, made his chances of succeeding very
strong, even in the difficult world of acting. In the meantime, he was
enjoying every day of his work life.

Skill builder: Relearning language

It is a strange but true fact that most people have a hard time
understanding the structure of words in their native language.
This difficulty primarily exists because people pick up language
as children by imitating others. It's typically only when people
learn a foreign language later in life that they formally examine
the roots and structures of words. Consequently, people are often
better able to guess correctly the meaning of unfamiliar foreign
words than words in their native tongue.

Improving your language skills means approaching language

from the bottom up. Many English words have their roots in
Latin. If you encounter an unfamiliar English word, chances are
if you understood Latin, you'd be able to acquire its meaning. So
while it may seem strange, one of the most effective ways to
learn English is to learn Latin. Not ready to dive into ancient
languages? That's understandable. If this kind of in-depth study
is beyond your ambitions right now, then one quick and
effective way to improve your skills is to learn about common
prefixes and suffixes. Here are a few to get you started:
 Prefix or
   
Suffix Meaning Example

A-, An- Without Atypical

Dys- Hard, difficult Dysfunctional
-logy Study of Psychology
Photo- Light Photocopy
Tele- Far Telephone
Sub- Under Subterranean

Aptitude 2: Mechanical ability

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Mechanical ability refers to your aptitude for understanding the workings of

machines and tools. A certain degree of precision and practical thinking is
needed for this type of skill.

out of 10 on our measure of mechanical ability. People

You scored a 7
who score high on this talent do well in professions that draw on this
skill.

Career success profile: Meet Nathan

Nathan was a natural at building and restoring homes. In his early
twenties, he had already planned to go into construction. However,
because Nathan got married very young, his need for a stable income
outweighed this original plan. Consequently, Nathan went into insurance
sales, which offered him both steady pay and job security. As time went
on, Nathan remained somewhat satisfied with his insurance job but
would still spend every weekend on home projects.

Years later, once their two children were raised, Nathan admitted to his
wife, Maria, that he wished he could do something different. He also told
her that he didn't feel that his original passion for construction was a
possibility. He was older now and his body could no longer handle the
harsh physical requirements. Maria suggested that there might be
alternatives that would still allow him to build things and work with his
 hands. Nathan took that idea to heart, remembering that he'd been very
happy restoring furniture for family and friends. Most of the time, he'd
done those projects as personal favors. Still, he recalled how everyone
had marveled at his abilities. With his wife's encouragement and
financial savvy, Nathan decided to take a chance on starting his own
custom furniture restoration business. The work was tough but not as
grueling as construction. Nathan started out small, but through word of
mouth, he gained a steady clientele and a rewarding second career
doing something he loved.

Skill builder: Hit the books

Believe it or not, for most people the first step in gaining mechanical
aptitude is to get out of the workshop and into the library. Usually what
keeps people from developing their mechanical aptitude is their
unfamiliarity in working with power tools. However, handling power
tools is only part of the story. Understanding how things work is the real
first step. Check out some of these books to help you overcome your
fears or simply brush up on your skills:
 Mechanical and Spatial Aptitude by Learning Express Series
 Measure Twice, Cut Once: Lessons from a Master Carpenter by
Norm Abrams
 Mechanical Aptitude by Frank, Inc Merriwell
 Building Construction Illustrated, by Frank Ching, Cassandra
Adams, and Francis D.K. Ching
After getting through some of these resources, you'll not only
understand the difference between a hacksaw and a ripsaw; you'll also
have a better understanding of the mechanical and spatial principles
used by builders and other skilled craftspeople everywhere.

Aptitude 3: Numerical ability

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Numerical ability refers to your skill performing both basic and advanced
History behind the mathematical calculations correctly. In addition, Tickle's test assessed your
test recognition of numerical patterns and ability to understand numbers in specific
situational contexts.
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You scored a 6out of 10 on our measure of numerical ability. People

who score high on this talent tend to do well in work that emphasizes
calculating numbers.

Career success profile: Meet Jessie

With college graduation looming ahead, Jessie was at a loss for what to
do. She had always planned on pursuing a career in medicine like her
father but didn't do well in advanced biology or in her organic chemistry
classes. When it was time to apply to medical schools, Jessie sent in her
applications anyway but was disappointed months later to have received
no acceptances.

Jessie's family worried about her future and hounded her about what
career she was planning to pursue. Jessie thought carefully about her
educational experiences and realized that math was something that
always came easily to her. She didn't struggle through calculus or
advanced geometry like her other friends did. In fact, she enjoyed
thinking about mathematical concepts.

Jessie wasn't aware of many careers that utilized math, so she spent
time chatting with her parents' friends about their professions. Then one
day Jessie was lucky enough to spend a whole day with her mother's
friend Sandra who was a stockbroker. During their time together, Jessie
discovered how much she enjoyed the idea of using her computational
skills to understand probabilities and make financial decisions. Jessie
decided that she wanted to become a stockbroker, too. Even though life
had thrown her a curveball, Jessie became excited about the endless
opportunities this new career offered her. She even sent Sandra a copy
of her resume to see if any entry-level positions were available with her
firm.

Skill builder: Tackling an applied math problem

Most of the time, people aren't as interested in doing math for its own
sake as they are in applying mathematical skills in their daily lives.
Think about all those word problems you probably endured throughout
your schooling. "If two trains are leaving the station at the same time
and one is going 60 mph...." Remember those?

Word problems in mathematics were designed to teach you applied

 problem solving. Maybe you weren't interested in figuring out how fast
the train actually traveled from point A to point B, but if you were
listening, chances are it helped you learn to use math in a variety of
everyday settings. In case you're a little rusty, here are four tips to help
you solve applied math problems (Polya, 1945).
 What information is given to you?
The first step is to figure out what is being asked mathematically.
This is usually the most difficult part, and it can help if you draw
pictures and label all the quantitative information given to you.

 What is being asked?

What exactly are you being asked to solve? For example, are you
calculating the rate or the distance?

 What would be the right equation to use?

Luckily, you aren't being asked to create solutions from scratch.
There are simple equations to use for most types of applied
problems. Once you find the correct one, it's just a matter of plug
and chug.

 Test yourself
Lastly, you should be able to convert the answer of your applied
problem back into your own words so that the solution makes logical
sense. If it doesn't seem logical, you'll know to go back and see
where your calculations or formula may be off.

Aptitude 4: Abstract reasoning

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Abstract reasoning refers to your ability to think complexly and see

relationships between ideas that are not easily apparent. This kind of reasoning
requires making inferences from both logical and creative sources of
information.

You scored a 5out of 10 on our measure of abstract reasoning. People

who score high on this talent tend to do well in careers that capitalize
on this kind of analytical and creative thinking style.
Regardless of your score on this particular talent, making a career
change based on your strengths can be incredibly liberating. Read on
to see how one person made a change for the better based on her
aptitude for abstract reasoning.

Career success profile: Meet Cynthia

Cynthia worked for a major real estate company in New York City. One
of her roles within the company was to project future earnings based on
fluctuations in the market. In the beginning, Cynthia loved this part of
her job. She kept close track of many industry information sources and
formed ongoing recommendations concerning steps her company should
take to ensure long-term success. Unfortunately, over time Cynthia
found that many of her ideas fell on deaf ears. It seemed that the
majority of people Cynthia worked with preferred to follow established
procedures rather than considering new strategies. She didn't know
whether they were jealous of her initiative, lazy about enacting fresh
ideas, or simply not very creative or broad in their thinking.

Whatever their reasons were, this negative trend eventually resulted in

Cynthia becoming frustrated with her job. She was fed up with not being
respected for her ideas — especially because when her plans were
enacted, they often turned out to be successful. Eventually she decided
to leave her position to seek employment with more like-minded
individuals. Today, even though Cynthia is earning less at a smaller
firm, she is much more content because people respect the quality of
her thinking and what she has to say.

Skill builder: Improve the quality of your thinking

Because, by nature, people are always thinking and forming judgments,
many of us take for granted that all of our thinking is of good quality.
Consider it yourself: When was the last time you took a moment to sit
back and analyze the validity of a particular idea or opinion you had? If
you're like most people, it probably wasn't very recently.

Unfortunately, individuals typically rely on stereotypes or other mental

shortcuts to make quick judgments. As a result, accuracy is often traded
for speed. If you look back on times in your own life when you've found
yourself in hot water, you may indeed find that many of them were due
to mistakes in your judgment or reasoning.

You can improve your reasoning skills by varying the methods you use
to make judgments from now on. For instance, when a decision you
have to make isn't very important, such as, "Should I have the decaf
latte or the double espresso?" go ahead and rely on your quick wits.
 However, when the decision is a more crucial one, such as, "What do I
think of this job candidate?" consider slowing down to question what is
making up the basis for your judgment.

You may find that your thought process isn't as rational as you would
like to believe. For instance, have you ever formed a negative
impression of someone just because they resembled a person you didn't
like? Poor generalizations like this one make it all the more important
that you allow yourself extra time to honestly assess your initial
conclusions. In each new situation, ask yourself if you've made any
generalizations without sufficient proof. Also determine whether you've
dismissed certain viewpoints because they didn't jibe with your own. By
taking steps like these to enhance your critical analysis, you can
discover the power of abstract thinking in your daily life.

Aptitude 5: Spatial skills

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Spatial ability refers to your level of ease in understanding the relationship

between objects and physical space. Tickle's experts tested not only your
ability to recognize how shapes can be manipulated but also how they would
look if their appearance were altered in some way. Having an understanding of
object rotation in a three-dimensional space is another aspect critical to this
skill.

You scored a 4 out of 10 on our measure of spatial ability. People who

score high in this talent tend to do best in professions that emphasize
these unique spatial skills.

Career success profile: Meet Alexis

Alexis has been working in sales for years. In her present role, she helps
small businesses purchase office furniture suitable for their needs.
Although Alexis does a fair job and her clients seem to like her well
enough, many of Alexis' colleagues seem much more suited for their
roles than she is. They could talk about sales for hours on end, while
she'd prefer to think about almost anything else but work.
One day, Alexis was assigned to assist an architectural firm in choosing
its furniture. She spent significant time with the architects at their
workplace and even had the chance to learn about some of their
projects. When Alexis asked one of the architects about some details on
a particular floor plan, he noticed that even as a novice she had a good
eye and some interesting ideas about the project. He complimented
Alexis on her intuitive understanding of design and layouts and
suggested that she should consider a career change. He told her she
had a real knack for architecture.

Over the next few months, the architect's comments stayed with Alexis.
Then one day she got serious about the idea of a career switch and
began mulling over the pros and cons. Even though she wasn't the best
salesperson, she made a decent living and enjoyed having money to
spend on herself. At the same time, she fantasized about going to work
every day and doing something that felt natural to her.

Eventually, Alexis decided that in the short term, she would stay in sales
to build up her bank account. However, she decided that in two years,
she would apply to architecture schools and make a dramatic career
change. Knowing that she'd made a plan for her future made Alexis feel
better about her present job and excited about the new experiences to
come. She is already studying for her college entrance exams and puts
money away each month for tuition.

Skill builder: Crank up the Mozart

Researchers in neuropsychology have discovered that listening to or
playing classical music significantly enhances spatial reasoning skills.
This increase in spatial abilities is called the Mozart Effect (Rauscher,
Shaw, and Ky, 1993).

During a series of experiments, researchers found that both children and

college-age students performed significantly better on spatial reasoning
tasks after listening to classical music. The key appears to be that
complex music, such as classical music, is useful in developing higher
cognitive functions. Taking up a musical instrument like the piano seems
to greatly increase the effects, as well. So not only can it be enjoyable
to listen to classical music or learn an instrument, but it's good for your
brain, too. For more information on how your brain functioning
influences your judgments, check out Tickle's The Brain Test: What Your
Brain Says About How You Think and Learn.
Your true talent Now that you know how you rate on the five main areas of career talent, let's
look at where you stand on a skill that can help you in any job you choose:
Your true talent organization. Tickle's test assessed both your clerical and administrative skills.
profile It specifically focused on your abilities to be precise with details, proofread
carefully, and arrange information effectively.
How organized are
you?

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You scored a 6 out of 10 on Tickle's organizational abilities scale.

Let's face it: organization comes more easily to some people than it
does for others. Although everyone may eventually be able to perform
organizational tasks well, few people can accomplish these skills
consistently, quickly, and accurately.

Given your score, it seems like you like to stay fairly on top of things.
You may break out a day planner to keep track of weekend plans or
keep lists around the house to remind you of unfinished tasks.
However, chances are you aren't too attached to any one system of
organization. As a result, you may slip up once in a while. After all,
everyone forgets to water the plants or return a phone call once and a
while, right? However, when it comes to serious commitments, you
probably feel that you have what it takes to keep them under control to
meet your obligations. By bringing this kind of focus and order to the
work world, you can add value to any job you select.

Skill builder: The myth of multitasking

Cognitive psychologists will tell you that humans can skillfully process
only so much information at one time. If people have too much mental
stimulation, they experience what is called cognitive overload. When
dealing with overload, people typically rely on superficial information in
order to make decisions with little mental effort. But cluttered minds
often produce cluttered thinking. Even though multitasking has become
a favorite buzz phrase of workplaces everywhere, it's likely that you're
most effective when concentrating on one thing at a time. Here are
some ways to help you finish your projects not only quickly, but also
well:
 Don't juggle
 You might be tempted to talk on the phone while you balance your
checkbook and read your email, but you should try to avoid doing it.
Instead, do one task at a time. You may actually find that by
handling each thing separately, you get them all done more quickly.

 Create a daily schedule of long-term and short-term

goals
Rather than rushing headlong into your day, take a few minutes in
the morning — or even the night before — to make a daily plan for
yourself that includes what you need to accomplish and the
approximate time needed for each task. Make sure that your
schedule includes at least one hour that is set aside to complete your
long-term tasks uninterrupted. That way you can avoid juggling.

 Stay focused in the present

Thinking about what you have to finish in an hour doesn't help you
complete what you need to do right now. If you stick to your daily
schedule as much as you can, work will get accomplished naturally.
However, if you get off track, don't spend your time worrying about
it. Otherwise you'll accomplish even less.

Your true talent After examining your different aptitudes, Tickle came up with a list of potential
careers for you based on your career talent scores. Given that your highest
Your true talent aptitude is Verbal Ability,
we've come up with a list of jobs requiring that
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particular talent. We've also highlighted a few careers within the list,
How organized are indicating that those careers require high organizational skills. Of course,
you?
all careers require organization. But in some professions, it's especially
Matching your true critical that you be a super-organized type of person.
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Actor Marketing director
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Advertising executive Occupational psychologist

Author Public relations director

Book critic Sales Agent

Editor Science writer

Journalist Teacher
 Lawyer Television or radio announcer

Linguist Translator

Although these jobs may look different from one another at first glance, the thing
they have in common is that all of them require the particular career talent you
possess.

Although the list above doesn't include all of the careers that emphasize verbal
ability, you can begin to recognize positions that require this talent on your own.
Jobs that focus strongly on verbal ability typically require:
 Reasoning with words
 Precision in expressing thoughts or beliefs
 The ability to explain complicated concepts in understandable terms
 Public speaking
 A broad vocabulary
 Understanding verbal expressions and metaphors

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How organized are 1.  From the five words below, find the one that means the same thing as
you?
VISIBLE:
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talents      Blurry
     Apparent
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     Clean
History behind the      Concealed
test      Sharp
 
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You chose B.
Answer B is correct. Apparent is a synonym for visible.

2.  Select the answer that is exactly the SAME as: 982287

     A
     B
     C
     D
  
You chose B.
Answer B is correct.

3.  60, 55, 50, __, 40, 35, 30

     65
     50
     45
     20
 
You chose C.
Answer C is correct. Each successive number is reduced by 5.

4. 

At the mark, the scale reads:

     322.3
     322.5
     322.75
     323
 
 

What is the next consecutive shape?

    

    

    

    

 
You chose C.
Answer C is correct. This sequence has two parts. First it alternates by color, and within color
there's a consistent pattern. For example, the light green shapes always follow the pattern of:
square, circle, cross.
6.  Sheryl is eight years old and half as old as her sister Kim. Miriam is two years younger than
Sheryl and two years older than Stephanie. How old is Stephanie?

     6
     12
     1
     4
 
You chose D.
Answer D is correct. Kim is 16, Sheryl is 8, Miriam is 6, and Stephanie is 4.

7.  How much younger is Miriam than Kim?

     4 years
     6 years
     10 years
     12 years
 
You chose D.
Answer C is correct. Kim is 16, and Miriam is 6.

8.  Each of these three shapes is exactly the same, but one has been turned over. Which one is
it?

    

    

    

 
You chose C.
Answer C is correct.
9.  Wallet is to Money as:

     Cart: Horse
     Book: Pages
     Phone: Table
     Soda: Can
 
You chose B.
Answer B is correct. A wallet contains money just as a book contains pages.

10.  Which answer is most DIFFERENT from the original one?

Soo-Kyung Chang
568 Folsom St.
San Diego, CA 19113

     A
     B
     C
     D
 
You chose C.
Answer D is correct. This response has three errors, whereas the other responses have fewer than
three.

Soo-Kyung Chang
568 Folsum St.
San Diego, CA 19113

11.  A dress at regular price is $75.00. It is marked down at 20% off. How much does the dress
cost now?

     $50
     $60
     $55
     $45
 
You chose B.
Answer B is correct. 75 x .20 (20%) = 15. 75 - 15 = 60.
12. 

Which tank would cool boiling water the fastest? Note: all containers are of equal volume.

     A
     B
     C
     All equal
 
You chose A.
Answer A is correct. Although they are all the same volume, A has more open surface area,
allowing the water to cool faster.

13. 

What is the next frame that would logically follow this sequence?

    

    

    

    
 
You chose B.
Answer A is correct. There are two ways of looking at this question. In each successive frame
there is an addition of sticks. For example, from Frame 1 to Frame 2, there are 2 sticks added;
from Frame 2 to 3 there are 3 added; from Frame 3 to Frame 4 there are 4 added; and from
Frame 4 to Frame 5, there are 5 added, making a total of 15 sticks. Answer A is the only one that
contains 15 sticks.

14.  Matt, David, and Sara are a researcher, programmer, and anthropologist, but not necessarily
in that order. Sara is not the programmer. Matt is neither the anthropologist nor the
programmer. Therefore:

     David = researcher; Matt = programmer; Sara = anthropologist

     David = programmer; Matt = researcher; Sara = anthropologist
     David = anthropologist; Matt = programmer; Sara = researcher
     David = programmer; Matt = anthropologist; Sara = researcher
 
You chose B.
Answer B is correct.

15.  Which of the images below is LEAST like the others?

    

    

    

    

 
You chose C.
Answer C is correct.
16.  From the five words below, find the one that means the same thing as SLOW:

     Late
     Fearful
     Rapid
     Conscientious
     Deliberate
 
You chose D.
Answer E is correct. Deliberate is a synonym for slow.

17.  Select the answer that is most DIFFERENT from: Burt's Homewood Barber Shoppe

     A
     B
     C
     D
 
You chose D.
Answer D is correct:

Burt's Homewood Barber Shoppee

This choice has three errors, whereas the other choices have fewer than three.

18.  What is the next number in this sequence: 1, 2, 2, 4, 8, __

     12
     17
     64
     32
 
You chose D.
Answer D is correct.
1 x 2 = 2; 2 x 2 = 4; 4 x 2 = 8; 8 x 4= 32.

19. 
 Which arrow will balance the beam?

     A
     B
     C
     D
 
You chose B.
Answer B is correct. The arrow closest to the center of the beam will have the best chance of
balancing the beam.

20.  Five horses were in a race. Black Beauty beat Sugar, but couldn't overtake Sea Biscuit.
Thunder couldn't overtake Abe, but beat Sea Biscuit. Which horse came in third?

     Abe
     Sea Biscuit
     Black Beauty
     Sugar
 
You chose B.
Answer B is correct. The order of winners is: Abe, Thunder, Sea Biscuit, Black Beauty, and Sugar.

21.  Which of the images below is LEAST like the others?

  

  

  

  

 
 
You chose B.
Answer B is correct.

22.  From the sentences below, find the one that is closest in meaning to the proverb A BIRD IN
THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH:

     Be careful with what you wish for

     A sure thing is better than risky prospects
     It is better to take a risk for what you believe in than be safe
     It's better to take what you can get because someone else might steal it
 
You chose B.
Answer B is correct. The proverb refers to choosing an option that has guaranteed results as
opposed to picking alternatives in which the outcomes are uncertain.

23. Group the following items into two categories that make the most sense to you:

     A
     B
     C
     D
 
You chose A.
Answer A is correct. Writing instruments are grouped together, and electronic items are in
another group.

24.  What one number can replace both question marks: 6/? = ?/54

     1
     36
     18
     324
 
You chose C.
Answer C is correct.
6/18 can be reduced to 1/3. 18/54 can also be reduced to 1/3.
25. 

Which wheel turns the fastest when the tractor moves?

     A
     B
     C
     D
     All equal
 
You chose E.
Answer A is correct. The smallest wheel makes the fastest revolutions.

26.  All blue marbles have scratches. Some red marbles have scratches. Yellow marbles have no
scratches. If these statements are true, then it follows that:

     Half of all the marbles are chipped

     One-third of all marbles have no scratches
     You could tell the color of the marbles just by feeling them
     None of these statements are true
 
You chose D.
Answer D is correct. None of these statements can be regarded as true.

27.  Each of these three shapes is exactly the same, but one has been turned over. Which one is
it?

    

    
    

 
You chose B.
Answer C is correct.

28.  A car enters the Holland Tunnel at 3:15 pm and leaves at an exit 33 miles away at 4:00 pm.
What is the average speed of the car in miles per hour?
     25
     44
     35
     60
 
You chose A.
Answer B is correct.

velocity = distance / time

V = 33 miles / 0.75 hours
V = 44 mph

29. 

Which dam is the strongest?

     A
     B
     C
     D
     All equal
 
You chose C.
Answer C is correct. The dam arches into the water.

30. 
 leaves:

    

    

    

    

 
You chose B.
Answer B is correct. If you flip the shape in choice B you can see that it fits the leftover shape.

31.  Frame is to Picture as:

     Glass: Pitcher
     Water: Island
     Plant: Soil
     Soap: Shower
 
 
You chose B.
Answer B is correct. A frame surrounds a picture just as water surrounds an island.

32. 
 If Gear A makes 10 revolutions, Gear B will make __ revolutions:

     6
     10
     15
     20
 
You chose B.
Answer C is correct.
Gear B cannot move without Gear A. When Gear A makes one revolution, Gear B goes around 1.5
times. So, when Gear A goes around 10 times, Gear B goes around 15 times.

33.  Select the name that would come first if filed alphabetically — last name first, then first name
if necessary, then middle initial if necessary:
     Karin L. Galen
     Geoff J. Jameson
     Adam Sims
     Zeena H. Gabler
 
You chose A.
Answer D is correct.

34.  Multiply .012 x .012:

     .000144
     .014
     1.4
     144
 
You chose A.
Answer A is correct.

35.  Which of the images below is LEAST like the others?

    

    
    

    

 
You chose C.
Answer A is correct. It is the same as the others, except that it is flipped.

36.  Burn is to Flame as:

     Candle: Wick
     Laughter: Joke
     Stove: Pan
     Water: Lake
 
You chose B.
Answer B is correct. A flame can cause a burn just as a joke can cause laughter.

37. 

If the blocks are all of the same material, which is the heaviest?

     A
     B
     C
     D
 
You chose C.
Answer C is correct. Volume determines weight, and volume is greatest in C.

38.  4, 5, 5, 7, 14, 17, 51, 55, __

     380
     220
     99
     256
 
You chose C.
Answer B is correct.
4 + 1 = 5; 5 x 1 = 5; 5 + 2 = 7; 7 x 2 = 14; 14 + 3 = 17; 17 x 3 = 51; 51 + 4 = 55; 55 x 4 =
220

39.  Which of the images below is LEAST like the others?

    

    

    

    

 
You chose B.
Answer C is correct. It is the same as the others, except that it is flipped.

40.  From the sentences below, find the one that is closest in meaning to the proverb WASTE
NOT; WANT NOT:
     You always end up wasting something you really did not want in the first place
     If you don't use up something now; you'll have it when you need it later
     You shouldn't waste something because someone else could have used it
     We want things so that we can waste things
 
You chose B.
Answer B is correct. The proverb refers to not wasting materials or resources now because you
might end up wanting or needing them later.

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