Can You Pass This Kindergarten Admissions Test?

[bolil]

First question: Second Row and First row need three objects "pointed" up to complete the pattern... anyways that's how I solved it. This test falls into the same category as other IQ tests: B-b-b-bullshit. This is not to say that they do not serve a purpose; they do. One facet of said purpose is convincing or at least engendering in people the belief that they are mediocre, and that superior people exist and I believe this contributes to, or eases, their acceptance of arbitrary authority.

I don't think this is right, but I am only average. The (president, CEO, Teacher, Professor, et al) is clearly above average, her or his judgement is better than mine. It is right. Seems to be effective. IQ tests are only one front on the incessant battle to convince people (not our sublime and beneficent rulers of course)that they are inferior.

 

[CPUd]

 

[P3ter_Griffin]

Got 'em all, so no excuses to make yourselves feel better.

 

[mad cow]

I graduated from Kindergarden,I got a diploma and everything.

Looking back,I think that it just helped set my poor Mama up for the heartbreak that was to follow.

 

[Demigod]

Number one is the only one that made no sense mostly due to the 5th sail.

 

[juleswin]

You made the mistake of thinking logically past the information given. Never deviate from the information given. Free thinkers are not to be rewarded.

Thats the problem, the information given from the question is as follows.

She placed the items in the cart
then she went to the front
and had the cashier scan each item.
Finally, she paid for all her groceries

Picture A looks like someone picking out items from the shelf and I assume placing it in the cart
Picture B looks like someone moving the cart to the front
Picture C looks like someone placing items on conveyor belt to be scanned
Picture D looks like someone paying for their grocery in cash

Now from the information given, she went to the front after placing the items in the cart i.e. second picture in the story not third. The correct answer is supposed to be B(2) and not C(3) if you followed the storyline with the pictures given. I was using the information given and not even trying to be a free thinker.

Did anyone else pick 2nd option for question 5?

 

[juleswin]

I see my mistake now. The story goes like this.

Pic 1: She picked the items needed
Pic 2: Next, she placed the items in her cart
Pic 3: then she went to the front and had the cashier scan each item.
Pic 4: Finally, she paid for all her groceries.

And the 4 pictures represents all 4 sets of actions taken. So after "Next, she placed the items in her cart", she "went to the front and had the cashier scan each" which represents option 3. I am not going to lie, this really bothers me that I am the only one who got a question wrong.

 

[DamianTV]

I see my mistake now. The story goes like this.

Pic 1: She picked the items needed
Pic 2: Next, she placed the items in her cart
Pic 3: then she went to the front and had the cashier scan each item.
Pic 4: Finally, she paid for all her groceries.

And the 4 pictures represents all 4 sets of actions taken. So after "Next, she placed the items in her cart", she "went to the front and had the cashier scan each" which represents option 3. I am not going to lie, this really bothers me that I am the only one who got a question wrong.

The way I saw it was that she did not receive her Change from her payment. The answers are so ambiguous that it appears there can be multiple correct answers depending on interpretation.

 

[euphemia]

The way I saw it was that she did not receive her Change from her payment. The answers are so ambiguous that it appears there can be multiple correct answers depending on interpretation.

This is the reason why testing today should be resisted. It is job justification, not a measure of actual intelligence or learning.

 

[MelissaWV]

The second row in the first question corresponds precisely with the answers below. I figured the test maker was just being redundant.

There is no cashier scanning in any of the pictures, so I would have told the test administrator (these read like IQ questions so I assume there is an administrator with you in the room) precisely what I thought of it.

I've taken a few IQ tests, and the people giving the tests were not fond of me. There would be pictures like this:

None of these are realistic, so while you can kind of figure out what they want you to say, the reality is there are a lot of things missing from each picture. There were two in particular that I pissed people off with. The first was a little girl who had no ears. That was the "right" answer. She also had no eyebrows, no eyelashes, and four digits on each hand. They did not like my answer because it was not what was on their card

The other was a slightly different test where I had to put four scenes in order. The scene was of a house that was covered in snow, then the sun came out, then it melted, then the sun set. I was living in Florida. I felt it made more sense for the sun to be rising, then there was a little more snow, then finally the house was covered in snow. The administrator marked that wrong because they felt I put them backwards.

In other words, these tests are pretty dumb, and the people making them up/administering them are dumber.

 

[Anti-Neocon]

Question 5's answer is wrong. The action in the described sequence right after putting the groceries in her cart is "go to the front", which would best be represented with a picture of the cart with groceries, preferably with some kind of arrow symbolizing movement. The closest to this is picture (2) which shows the cart with groceries. It isn't until after moving to the front that the groceries are put on the conveyor belt. If "going to the front" wasn't described as a distinct step, I wouldn't have a problem with interpreting picture (3) as the answer.

Questions 1 and 3 don't have enough elements in any sort of series to qualify as a "pattern" although I would've guessed the patterns correctly. However, they are completely ambiguous and terrible questions.

3's problems don't end there. There are two possible methods (maybe more) of inserting the smaller (answer) square into the larger (question) square.

Method 1: copy and paste the solution picture into the box, centered. ~55/~30 height ratio (for triangle) * ~63 diameter = ~34 diameter which would match with choice A which is 34 diameter when not resized.
Method 2: stretch the solution picture box to match the size of the box in the picture. In this case choice D resizes to ~37 diameter which is slightly too big, but A would be way too big.

Again, complete ambiguity.

I'm guessing this test is either fake (The Blaze is a notoriously unreliable source), or written by someone who is completely incompetent. There's only 2 fair questions out of 5.

 

[AgentOrange]

I see my mistake now. The story goes like this.
Pic 1: She picked the items needed
Pic 2: Next, she placed the items in her cart
Pic 3: then she went to the front and had the cashier scan each item.
Pic 4: Finally, she paid for all her groceries.
And the 4 pictures represents all 4 sets of actions taken. So after "Next, she placed the items in her cart", she "went to the front and had the cashier scan each" which represents option 3. I am not going to lie, this really bothers me that I am the only one who got a question wrong.

Don't feel bad, I missed the question 2, because I reasoned it the same way you did, the next step was taking the groceries to the front, none of the pictures seemed to fit, but the full cart seemed to be closest.

In fact, I missed 2 questions out of the 5....and I'm a member of Mensa. I missed #2, because I was following the items on the same board across trying to find the pattern, I see by the answer that I should have been looking up and down for the pattern.

I think this was a poorly written test and can imagine many kindergartners felt frustrated by it. It's probably a way to justify not letting in "the right sort" of children, they can always tell the parents their child just didn't do well on the test (and ignore the poor showing on the test by children who they do deem "the right sort."