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