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Adv IQ tes_aw:HTP Num Reas Tests AW 6/12/07 12:50 Page 1 T NS O F ES I O 0 GH ST 36 OU UE LE T Q E E AB TH TIC AIL AC AV PR ADVANCED IQ TESTS • numerical aptitude; • verbal aptitude; • spatial ability; • logical analysis; • lateral thinking; • problem-solving skills. Advanced IQ Tests is essential reading if you are facing graduate or managerial selection tests, but is also for those who just want to pit their skills against some of the toughest questions available. It can help you to increase your brain power by taking on greater mental tasks and challenges, and of course by tackling the more advanced questions you will automatically improve your performance on the standard IQ tests. ADVANCED IQ TESTS Advanced IQ Tests is for those who want to be the best. If you want to move on from the standard level of IQ practice tests and test yourself on more challenging questions, this book is for you. It contains 360 of the toughest practice questions designed to test an advanced level of: Phili p Carter is an IQ test expert who is continually devising new tests and puzzles. He has written over sixty books covering all aspects of testing, crosswords, puzzles and reasoning. These include IQ & Psychometric Tests, The IQ and Psychometric Test Workbook, Test your IQ, IQ and Personality Tests, IQ and Aptitude Tests, Succeed at IQ Tests, Test and Assess your IQ and The Ultimate IQ Test Book, all published by Kogan Page. PHILIP CARTER £8.99 US $00.00 ADVANCED IQ TESTS The toughest practice questions to test your lateral thinking, problem solving and reasoning skills ISBN: 978-0-7494-5232-2 Kogan Page Kogan Page US 120 Pentonville Road 525 South 4th Street, #241 London N1 9JN Philadelphia PA 19147 United Kingdom USA www.kogan-page.co.uk Careers and testing PHILIP CARTER i ADVANCED IQ TESTS ii iii ADVANCED IQ TESTS The toughest practice questions to test your lateral thinking, problem solving and reasoning skills PHILIP CARTER London and Philadelphia iv Publisher’s note Every possible effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this book is accurate at the time of going to press, and the publishers and author cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions, however caused. No responsibility for loss or damage occasioned to any person acting, or refraining from action, as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by the editor, the publisher or the author. Whilst the author has made every effort to ensure that the content of this book is accurate, please note that occasional errors can occur in books of this kind. If you suspect that an error has been made in any of the tests included in this book, please inform the publishers at the address printed below so that it can be corrected at the next reprint. First published in Great Britain and the United States in 2008 by Kogan Page Limited Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms and licences issued by the CLA. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside these terms should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned addresses: 120 Pentonville Road London N1 9JN United Kingdom www.koganpage.com 525 South 4th Street, #241 Philadelphia PA 19147 USA © Philip Carter, 2008 The right of Philip Carter to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. ISBN 978 0 7494 5232 2 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Carter, Philip J. Advanced IQ tests : the toughest practice questions to test your lateral thinking, problem solving, and reasoning skills / Philip Carter. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-7494-5232-2 1. Intelligence tests. 2. Self-evaluation. I. Title. BF431.3.C35 1998 153.9⬘3--dc22 2007048413 Typeset by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby Printed and bound in India by Replika Press Pvt Ltd v Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Introduction 1 IQ Test One IQ Test Two IQ Test Three IQ Test Four IQ Test Five IQ Test Six IQ Test Seven IQ Test Eight IQ Test Nine IQ Test Ten IQ Test Eleven IQ Test Twelve 5 15 27 39 49 61 73 85 97 109 121 133 Answers, Explanations and Assessment 145 vi THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 1 Introduction In several of my earlier Kogan Page titles I have provided readers with the opportunity to obtain a greater understanding of IQ testing by means of practice tests in which readers have been able to familiarize themselves with the type of questions they are likely to encounter when taking such tests. In this book I have retained some of the question types that have appeared in my previous books but have also introduced several new types of questions designed to measure an advanced level of numerical, verbal and spatial ability, as well as questions involving the use of logical analysis, lateral thinking and problem-solving abilities. The object of this book, therefore, is to present readers with an even greater challenge in which the 12 separate tests have a higher than usual overall degree of difficulty. Such tests are particularly useful to anyone who may need to undertake graduate and managerial selection in the future. They are also of value to any professional who contemplates seeking other positions which may involve the use of psychometric testing as part of the selection process, or as a means of internal advancement in the organization in which they are employed. The book will also appeal to people wishing to test themselves on more challenging questions by moving on from the standard-level IQ tests of previous books. These readers, who have already familiarized themselves with the type of IQ tests 2 Advanced IQ tests contained in my previous books, will now be ready to move on to a greater challenge. As with athletes who push out the boundary of their abilities by the use of even more rigorous training schedules and refinement of techniques, an increase in brainpower can be achieved by taking on greater mental tasks and challenges. A further advantage to be gained from tackling the more advanced questions is that readers will automatically improve their performance on standard IQ test questions. Because they have been newly compiled for this book, the tests that follow have not been standardized, so an actual IQ rating cannot be given. However, there is a guide to performance at the end of each test, and there is also a cumulative guide for your overall performance on all 12 tests. The performance assessment is particularly useful to users of this book as the feedback provided will give them the opportunity to identify their own strengths and weaknesses. This will enable readers to build on their strengths and work at improving their performance in areas of weakness. Each test consists of 30 questions. The tests are all multidisciplinary, which provides the opportunity to practise on the range of questions you are likely to encounter in actual IQ tests. A time limit of 120 minutes is allowed for each test. Answers and explanations, where necessary, are provided and you should award yourself one point for each completely correct answer. The use of a calculator is not permitted in respect of the numerical questions, which are designed to test your aptitude when working with numbers as well as your powers of mental arithmetic. Aspects of IQ testing Of the different methods that purport to measure intelligence, the most famous is the IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test, which is a Introduction 3 standardized test designed to measure human intelligence as distinct from attainments. Usually IQ tests consist of a graded series of tasks, each of which has been standardized with a large representative population of individuals in order to establish an average IQ of 100 for each test. There are a number of different types of intelligence tests, for example Cattell, Stanford-Binet and Weschler, and each has its own different scale of intelligence. It is generally accepted that a person’s mental age remains constant in development to about the age of 13, after which it is shown to slow up, and beyond the age of 18 little or no improvement is found. When the IQ of a child is measured the subject attempts an IQ test that has been standardized, with an average score recorded for each age group. Thus a 10-year-old child who scored the result that would be expected of a 12-year old would have an IQ of 120, or (12 ÷ 10) × 100. Because after the age of 18 little or no improvement is found, adults have to be judged on an IQ test whose average score is 100 and the results graded above and below this norm according to known test scores. Although it is generally accepted that it is not possible, in adulthood, to increase your actual IQ, it is possible, paradoxically, to improve your performance on IQ tests by practising on the various types of question, and learning to recognize the recurring themes. By constant practice on different IQ tests, and by getting your mind attuned to the different types of question you may encounter, it is possible to improve your IQ rating by several percentage points. It should be pointed out that while IQ tests measure a variety of different types of ability such as verbal, mathematical, spatial and reasoning skills, it is now becoming increasingly recognized that there are many different types of intelligence and that a high measured IQ, although desirable, is not the only key to success in life. Other characteristics such as outstanding artistic, creative or