Westside Advanced Recognition and Reasoning Exam
Copyright 1986
Dr. Wei-Shen Yu
Dr. Stephen Bergstein
You have 60 minutes to complete this exam.
There are 25 questions in 3 sections.
The questions are not in order of difficulty.
Section I- Sets
Answer each question to the best of your ability.
01. Four of the five words below are similar.
Which one does not belong in the group?
A) badger
B) pencil
C) banana
D) carpet
E) saddle
02. The set Q contains (amongst others) the numbers:
7 23 45 79 92 133 142
Which of the following would NOT belong in Q?
A) 31
B) 63
C) 112
D) 139
E) 204
03. The set S contains (amongst others) the figures:
. :. .: .. .:: ..:
Which of the following does S contain?
A) ::
B) ::.
C) ...
D) :.:
E) .:.
04. Four of the five pairs of numbers below are matched logically.
Which pair of numbers does not fit the logical matching?
A) 44, 93
B) 87, 21
C) 124, 452
D) 15, 3
E) 78, 384
05. These words share a common property:
music prospect quote control beautiful
What three other common English words share this property?
A) general, mischief, telephone
B) scissors, violin, plebeian
C) vixen, whiskers, languid
D) purple, mixture, flower
E) phonograph, fountain, alabaster
06. Four of the five numbers below share a certain property.
Which one does not belong in the group?
A) 42
B) 12
C) 4
D) 138
E) 96
Section II- Analogies
Complete the following analogies
07. 135 : 241 :: 4235 :
A) 231
B) 245
C) 3710
D) 5362
E) 8192
08. table : rug :: barnyard :
A) backrub
B) nearsightedness
C) weekend
D) goldfish
E) pleasure
09. (O) : [[X]] :: OOO( :
A) ]]O
B) ]XXOO[
C) [X[X[[
D) OXO
E) ]][[
10. flossing : mountain climbing :: tracking :
A) running
B) gliding
C) hunting
D) cleaning
E) teaching
11. warble : quince :: jam :
A) thumb
B) picture
C) tarp
D) rip
E) sin
12. qqpp : ty7 :: dddbbb :
A) hr2
B) p42
C) wr1
D) mn4
E) wq2
13. hirsute : umbrella :: taciturn :
A) whitewash
B) thunder
C) retina
D) warmth
E) costume
14. 33891 : 13124 :: 75323 :
A) 34632
B) 97543
C) 35743
D) 19576
E) 42316
15. iron : vodka :: nickel :
A) googol
B) nose
C) audit
D) druid
E) basil
16. 134 : 745 :: 64832629 :
A) 2846282
B) 10283512
C) 14250974
D) 8715344
E) 81725146
17. !!@$#@ : woman :: @##!@!$ :
A) moan
B) mower
C) womb
D) nomad
E) meow
Section III- Series
Unless otherwise stated, complete the series.
18. 2, 45, 23, 0, 5, ???
A) 3
B) 2
C) 1
D) 0
E) 256
19. rat, hat, was, man, ???
A) cat
B) cap
C) had
D) paw
E) nay
20. 543, 835, 1205, 6442, 986, 25, ???, ???, ???
A) 475, 23487, 35487
B) 4, 0, 234
C) 23, 235, 2384
D) 948, 336142876, 4843
E) 230, 100, 42
21. 35, 16, 2.1, 47, 37, ???
A) 36
B) 4.2
C) 17
D) 1.04
E) 50
22. e, t, f, g, ???, ???
A) s, d
B) p, j
C) w, o
D) w, p
E) p, z
23. What digit will never appear in the series
1, 12, 11, 1121, 121131, ...
A) 0
B) 4
C) 5
D) 7
E) 8
24. Using a simple mathematical algorithm, the series
i, n, t, e, ...
will eventually spell out the word
A) interest
B) intellect
C) interminable
D) intern
E) integrity
25. Which one of the following letter combinations is most similar
to the combination "aetoj"?
A) abfcq
B) xeifl
C) zwtkr
D) yhuop
E) sgvhj
ANSWER KEY
1 e
2 b
3 e
4 a
5 c
6 c
7 d
8 a
9 c
10 b
11 b
12 e
13 a
14 c
15 a
16 b
17 d
18 d
19 e
20 a
21 e
22 c
23 b
24 d
25 b
The average score of people with IQ's in the 130's was 12
The average score of people with IQ's in the 140's was 16
The average score of people with IQ's in the 150's was 18
The average score of people with IQ's above 160 was 21
Over 3 years, 563 people were tested with IQ's ranging from 126 to 197
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