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Succeed_IQtests_RPK_aw:Test Your IQ PB aw 5/12/07 17:05 Page 1 Do you want to improve your reasoning skills? Do you want to boost your IQ rating? Succeed at IQ Tests contains 400 questions, just like those you are likely to encounter in real IQ tests. The questions are organized into 10 timed tests, each of 40 questions, together with a guide for assessing your performance. Practising the different types of question will help you to: • improve your verbal, numerical and spatial reasoning skills; • boost your confidence; • improve your IQ rating. Whether you are faced with an IQ test as part of a job interview, or simply want to exercise your mind, Succeed at IQ Tests provides you with plenty of opportunity to practice. Philip Carter is a UK IQ test expert who is continually devising new IQ tests and puzzles. Together with the late Ken Russell, they produced over 60 books including Test your IQ and The Ultimate IQ Test Book, both published by Kogan Page. Philip Carter is also the author of IQ & Psychometric Tests, IQ and Psychometric Test Workbook, IQ and Aptitude Tests and IQ and Personality Tests, all published by Kogan Page. £5.99 US $14.95 ISBN: 978-0-7494-5228-5 Kogan Page 120 Pentonville Road London N1 9JN United Kingdom www.kogan-page.co.uk Kogan Page US 525 South 4th Street, #241 Philadelphia PA 19147 USA Careers and testing Philip Carter & Ken Russell For a full list of other books on psychometric testing and job hunting please visit: www.kogan-page.co.uk SUCCEED AT IQ TESTS Are you faced with an IQ test? Succeed at IQ Tests Improve your Numerical, Verbal and Spatial Reasoning Skills Philip Carter & Ken Russell 400 QUESTIONS TO BOOST YOUR BRAIN POWER Succeed at IQ Tests i This page is left intentionally blank ii Succeed at IQ Tests Improve your Numerical, Verbal and Spatial Reasoning Skills Philip Carter & Ken Russell London and Philadelphia iii First published in Great Britain and the United States in 2002 by Kogan Page Limited entitled The Times Book of IQ Tests 2 Reissued in 2008 entitled Succeed at IQ Tests 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 UK www.kogan-page.co.uk 525 South 4th Street, #241 Philadelphia PA 19147 USA © Ken Russell and Philip Carter, 2002, 2008 The right of Ken Russell and Philip Carter to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. ISBN 978 0 7494 5228 5 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. Succeed at IQ tests : improve your numerical, verbal, and spatial reasoning skills / Philip Carter and Ken Russell. p. cm. Rev. ed. of: The Times book of IQ tests. Book 2 / Ken Russell and Philip Carter. ISBN 978-0-7494-5228-5 1. Intelligence tests. 2. Self-evaluation. I. Russell, Kenneth A. II. Russell, Kenneth A. Times book of IQ tests. Book 2. III. Title. BF431.3.R872 2008 153.993--dc22 2007045490 Typeset by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall iv Contents Introduction Test One: Questions Test One: Answers Test Two: Questions Test Two: Answers Test Three: Questions Test Three: Answers Test Four: Questions Test Four: Answers Test Five: Questions Test Five: Answers Test Six: Questions Test Six: Answers Test Seven: Questions Test Seven: Answers Test Eight: Questions Test Eight: Answers Test Nine: Questions Test Nine: Answers Test Ten: Questions Test Ten: Answers 1 5 20 24 37 41 57 61 75 79 96 100 115 119 134 138 153 157 171 176 192 v This page is left intentionally blank vi Introduction Intelligence quotient (IQ) is an age-related measure of intelligence and is defined as 100 times the mental age. The word ‘quotient’ means the result of dividing one quantity by another, and intelligence can be defined as mental ability or quickness of mind. An intelligence test (IQ test) is, by definition, any test that purports to measure intelligence. Generally such tests consist of a graded series of tasks, each of which has been standardized using a large, representative population of individuals. This procedure establishes the average IQ as 100. It is generally believed that a person’s IQ rating is hereditary and that the rate of development of a person’s mental age remains constant until about the age of 13 years, after which it slows up. Beyond the age of 18 little or no improvement is found. Tests that measure the IQs of children are standardized and an average score is recorded for each age group. Thus a child of 10 years of age who scores the results expected of a child of 12 would have an IQ of 120, calculated as follows: (mental age/chronological age) ⫻ 100 = (12/10) ⫻ 100 = 120 However, because little or no improvement in IQ rating is found in adults, they have to be judged on an IQ test whose 1 Succeed at IQ Tests average score is 100 and their results graded above and below this norm according to known scores. During the past 25–30 years IQ testing has been brought into widespread use by employers because of their need to ensure that they place the right people in the right job from the outset. One of the main reasons for this in today’s world of tight purse strings, cost cutting and low budgets is the high cost of errors in employing the wrong person for a job, including the cost of readvertising and interviewing new applicants and of reinvestment in training. As IQ is hereditary, it is not possible to increase your IQ. It is, nevertheless, possible to improve your performance on IQ tests by practising the many different types of question and by learning to recognize the recurring themes. The questions in this book are typical of the type and style of question that you are likely to encounter in actual tests and are designed to provide valuable practice for anyone who may have to take this type of test in the future. It is our belief that by practising different types of IQ tests, and by attuning your mind to the different types of questions you may encounter, it is possible to improve by a few vital percentage points. It is these few percentage points that may prove crucial in increasing your job prospects and may mean the difference between success or failure when attending one of the many job interviews that include an IQ test. The tests that follow have been newly compiled for this book and are not, therefore, standardized, so an actual IQ assessment cannot be given. However, there is a guide to assessing your performance at the end of every test, and there is also a cumulative guide for your overall performance on all 10 tests. A time limit of 90 minutes is allowed for each test. The correct answers are given at the end of every test and you should award yourself one point for each correct answer. Calculators 2 Introduction may be used to assist in solving numerical questions if preferred. Use the following table to assess your performance: One test Score 36–40 31–35 25–30 19–24 14–18 Rating Exceptional Excellent Very good Good Average Ten tests Score 351–400 301–350 241–300 181–240 140–180 Rating Exceptional Excellent Very good Good Average It should be pointed out that intelligence tests only measure one’s ability to reason. They do not measure the other qualities that are required for success, such as character, personality, talent, persistence and application. A person with a high IQ has a better chance of success in life than a person with a low IQ, but only if that person applies himself or herself to the tasks ahead diligently and with enthusiasm. Someone with a relatively low IQ but with a high sense of achievement and great persistence can fare better in life than someone with a high IQ. Cynics will say that the only thing having a high IQ proves is that the individual has scored well on an intelligence test. An IQ test, however, remains the only known and tried method of measuring intelligence. Some technical weaknesses do exist. Nevertheless it must be stressed how 3