The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests : 500 exercises to improve, upgrade and enhance your mind strength (15 page)

enables us to walk, study, relax, communicate and play; in fact whatever

function we perform, some sort of memory process is at work.

As previously discussed in earlier chapters of this book, there are

many different types of intelligence, and people who have outstanding

artistic, creative, sporting or practical prowess can all be highly

successful, or occasionally geniuses, in their specific field without

having a high measured IQ.

Having a good memory is yet another type of intelligence, and

could result in high academic success, due to the ability to memorise

facts, despite a lower than average IQ measurement.

While little is known about the physiology of memory storage in

the brain, what is known is that memory involves the association of

several brain systems working together. It is also accepted that the more

we use our memory, the better it becomes. It is, therefore, important

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to stimulate the memory by using it to the utmost, learning new skills

and using memory-enhancing techniques.

The tests in this chapter are designed to test your powers of

memory and to assist you in improving your memory by developing

your powers of concentration and disciplining yourself to fix your

mind on the subject being studied.

Test 6.1

Pattern recognition A

Study the diagram below for 5 seconds, then wait for 5 minutes and

turn to page 195.

Test 6.2

Word association

This exercise tests your ability to remember pairs of words and form

associations.

Study the 12 pairs of words below for 10 minutes and use your

imagination to link each pair of words, as shown below, in as many

ways as possible. Then turn to page 195.

SAUSAGE

BAGPIPES

SLIPPER

TRACTOR

ARROW

PARROT

BLACKBOARD

POTATO

TELEVISION

PARASOL

COMPUTER

CANDLE

ROBOT

NAIL

CHAIR

MANDOLIN

SNAKE

BALLOON

PIPE

PENCIL

DICTIONARY

BRIDGE

TREE

MOUSTACHE

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Test 6.3

Verbal dexterity and memory test ^ anagrams

This test consists of 20 sets of letters. From each set of letters a seven-

letter word can be produced.

The test is designed to test and develop both your powers of

memory and your verbal dexterity. To solve each anagram, you must

first memorise each set of seven letters and then use these seven letters

to produce a seven-letter English word.

Example: WOKEDRY = KEYWORD

Look at each set of seven letters in turn for just 5 seconds, then

look away and try to solve the anagram within 2 minutes without

committing anything to paper.

1 IANBATS

2 PHILDON

3 PAINOUT

4 DIMMARE

5 TALLFEE

6 OURPETS

7 NOBREAD

8 CENTCOP

9 DOEPIES

10 TENRAVE

11 OARPANG

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12 SHYAREA

13 METHERO

14 TAILMOP

15 RAGMICE

16 TIEZINC

17 TAUTODE

18 COYOMEN

19 ANULTRA

20 VIAROTA

Test 6.4

Number=shape recognition

Study the figure below for 15 seconds, then turn straight to page 198.

H

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S

Test 6.5

Pattern recognition B

Study the figure below for 5 seconds. Now wait for 5 minutes and

turn to page 200.

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Test 6.6

Instructions

Read and memorise these instructions for 3 minutes, then turn

immediately to page 201:

Start at four.

Go from four to seven.

Then down.

Then right.

Then up.

Then right.

Then to two.

Then left.

Then up.

Then back to four.

Test 6.7

Pattern recognition C

Study the following for 10 seconds, then wait for 2 minutes and turn

to page 202.

Test 6.8

Shopping list

Study the following shopping list for 5 minutes, then wait for 5 minutes

and turn to page 203.

Jar of coffee.

Fish fingers.

Strawberry gateau.

Cheshire cheese.

Tin of baked beans.

Packet of waffles.

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Six rashers of bacon.

Packet of sugar.

French mustard.

Loaf of sliced bread.

Test 6.9

Attention to detail

Study the figure below for 5 minutes, then turn straight to page 203.

P

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9

2

Test 6.10

Memorising an address

Study the address for 2 minutes, then turn to page 204.

David Michael Christiensen

7th Floor

Norwalk House

354 Osprey Drive West

off Threddlethorpe Lane

Netherlee

Keyingham

JU14 9LK

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7 Answers,

explanations and

assessments

Chapter 1 ^ Introduction

Test 1.1

IQ test

Answers

1 Four stages:

2 1412: 2 þ 8 þ 4 = 14; 3 þ 9 = 12

3 arteriole, arthritic, arthritis, arthropod, artichoke, articular,

artificer, artillery

4 realistic, impracticable

5

4

6

3

7

Reverse the numbers in the previous column and add 1 to the

number at the bottom of that column.

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6 HJKN: it follows the pattern HiJKlmN; the rest follow the

pattern CdEFgH.

7 suppress

reserve

8 D: the dot moves round two places clockwise at each stage and

alternates black=white.

9 encyclopedia

10 88 and 55: deduct 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17

11 accessory

12 fabulous: it means fanciful or imaginary. The rest mean celebrated

or renowned.

13 6: (19 þ 11) Ä 5 = 6; (13 þ 5) Ä 3 = 6

14 A: C is the same as E with large=small circle reversal, and

similarly B is the same as D.

15 donate, give

16 910: 5 þ 4 = 9, 3 þ 7 = 10

17 augment

18 D

19 literal, verbatim

20 11: 13 þ 31 = 44 and 44 Ä 4 = 11

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21 B: the rectangle increases in size and rotates 90. The square

reduces in size and goes inside the figure originally inside the

square, which in turn goes inside the rectangle having rotated

180.

22 E

23 accustomed

24 C: looking across a black dot is added. Looking down a circle is

added.

25 51 litres: 5% = 4.25, therefore 40% = 4.25 Â 8 = 34. 85 less 34 = 51.

26 crave, dislike

27 A: the number of sides in the figure reduce by 1. The number of

dots increase by 1 and turn white to black.

28 76: add 19 each time.

29 F: the large arc rotates 90 clockwise at each stage, the middle arc

rotates 90 anti-clockwise at each stage, and the inner arc rotates

90 anti-clockwise at each stage.

30 5: each number in the outer circle is the difference of the two

numbers immediately next to it anti-clockwise in the inner circles.

So, 9 À 4 = 5, 7 À 5 = 2, 8 À 1 = 7, etc.

31 Switch C is not working.

32 B: the rest are the same figure rotated.

33 6.5: add the numbers in the same position in the left and right

circles to obtain the number in the same position in the centre

circle.

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34 E: only figures that appear in the same position in the first and

second squares looking both across and down are carried forward

to the final square; however, circles turn to squares and vice versa.

35 nocturnal

36 91: add 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

37 A

38 Joe 36, Mo 24, Flo 16

39 The Gardeners’ Association debated whether to hold its bi-annual

flower show at the beginning of April and September, or at the

end of April and September each year.

40 28: looking across, add 2, 4, 6. Looking down, add 3, 5, 7.

Each completely correct answer scores one point.

Assessment

36^40

Exceptional

31^35

Excellent

25^30

Very good

19^24

Good

15^18

Average

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Chapter 2 ^ Specific aptitude tests

Test 2.1

Synonym test A

Answers

1 adhesive

2 informative

3 adoption

4 connote

5 scholarly

6 nonsensical

7 equanimity

8 extensive

9 lattice

10 overfill

11 assiduously

12 force

13 eager

14 rest

15 calcify

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16 epitomize

17 scolding

18 charade

19 tirade

20 custom

Assessment

8^11

Average

12^15

Good

16^17

Very good

18^20

Exceptional

Test 2.2

Synonym test B

Answers

1 gnaw, chew

2 inimitable, matchless

3 recruit, mobilize

4 unchaste, impure

5 workaday, prosaic

6 inveterate, entrenched

7 abandon, relinquish

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8 cursory, hurried

9 opinionated, dogmatic

10 orbit, encircle

11 orchestrate, score

12 virulent, noxious

13 yet, moreover

14 sophistic, fallacious

15 assist, facilitate

16 horizontal, supine

17 fare, food

18 guide, shepherd

19 retreat, getaway

20 genre, type

Assessment

8^11

Average

12^15

Good

16^17

Very good

18^20

Exceptional

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Test 2.3

Antonym test A

Answers

1 accelerate

2 flexible

3 genteel

4 genial

5 democratic

6 comprehensible

7 compress

8 inconceivable

9 humane

10 tiny

11 adjacent

12 proven

13 mellow

14 ethereal

15 eulogise

16 bold

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17 nervous

18 burden

19 appended

20 discordant

Assessment

8^11

Average

12^15

Good

16^17

Very good

18^20

Exceptional

Test 2.4

Antonym test B

Answers

1 murky, bright

2 scarce, profuse

3 contradict, substantiate

4 similar, contrary

5 fluent, faltering

6 salvation, perdition

7 hazardous, secure

8 wasteful, frugal

9 candid, subtle

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10 gregarious, unsociable

11 allow, proscribe

12 rear, bow

13 important, petty

14 diplomatic, rude

15 absolve, convict

16 zest, apathy

17 turmoil, calm

18 taut, slack

19 neophyte, instructor

20 phlegmatic, animated

Assessment

8^11

Average

12^15

Good

16^17

Very good

18^20

Exceptional

Test 2.5

Analogy test A

Answers

1 hands

2 obsession

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3 astonish

4 stalk

5 fourteen

6 flashes

7 imposing

8 lead

9 panel

10 occident

11 pen

12 use

13 engine

14 swan

15 unbroken

16 blue

17 intersect

18 drill

19 expert

20 realisation

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8^11

Average

12^15

Good

16^17

Very good

18^20

Exceptional

Test 2.6

Analogy test B

Answers

1 fruit, tree

2 fire, fling

3 fur, plumage

4 night, winter

5 star, ring

6 tongue, legs