Problem Set 1 - Discover the rules in Rows A to G, and supply the missing item in each of the following rows:

Problem Set 2 - Discover the rule and select the correct answer for the following analogies:

1. ARGUMENT is to DEBATE as

a. philosophy is to psychology

b. violence is to peace

c. challenge is to opponent

d. fight is to contest

e. individual is to group

2. ENERGY is to DISSIPATE as

a. battery is to recharge

b. atoms is to split

c. food is to heat

d. money is to squander

e. gas is to generate

3. GERM is to DISEASE as

a. trichinosis is to pork

b. men is to women

c. doctor is to medicine

d. war is to destruction

e. biological is to cell

4. DAM is to WATER as

a. over is to under

b. embargo is to trade

c. beaver is to fish

d. river is to stream

e. curse is to H2O2

5. TADPOLE is to FROG as

a. gander is to goose

b. caterpillar is to butterfly

c. husband is to wife

d. frog is to fish

e. daisy is to rose

6. SHONE is to DISHONEST as

a. lest is to candlestick

b. seen is to revelation

c. concealed is to honesty

d. caught is to thief

e. neither is to innocence

Problem Set 3 - Four turtles, each from a different side of town, were entered in the annual turtle race. Use the following clues to determine which turtle won the race, which came in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, and what side of town each turtle is from.

a. The turtle from the East side won the race, and Daisy came in second.

b. Patsy is the sister of both the turtle from the East side and the turtle from the West side.

c. Fritz finished last, just after the turtle from the North side.

d. Daisy and Jake are from opposite sides of town.

Problem Set 4 - Take a pencil and a piece of paper and spend 10 minutes sketching a map of the world. Do not refer to any atlases, maps, books, etcetera-this is not an assessment of your map-making skill or memory. Simply sketch the continents and oceans, and, if you have time within the 10 minutes, add countries.

Problem Set 5 - Take the series of three numbers: 5, 7, and 9. There is a rule to which these numbers conform, and it is your job to determine what the rule is-what other series of numbers would you suggest as possibly conforming to the rule? List as many as you can.

Problem Set 6 - HYPOTHESIS: If a card has a vowel on one side, it has an even number on the other side. Each card has a letter on one side and a digit on the other.

The cards are as follows (you are seeing one side of each of the four cards):  .

Which two cards must be turned over to determine whether the hypothesis is correct?

Problem Set 7 - Give the correct answer for each of the following problems:

1. How would you rearrange the letters in the words new door to make one word? (Note: There is only one correct answer.)

2. It is impossible for anyone to survive longer than one week without drinking, yet one man managed a ten-day desert crossing without finding water or bringing any along. How was this possible?

3. What is so unusual about the following sentence (aside from the fact that it doesn't make a lot of sense)?

"Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz."

4. A well-known fashion designer, wanting to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, decided to spend a few days at a rural resort. After a day of relaxing, she went for a winter stroll to get some fresh air. That was the last time anyone saw her alive. The autopsy revealed that her death was due to the pack on her back. What was so deadly about this pack?

5. How can you stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?

6. Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never eat a penguin's egg. Why not?

Problem Set 8 - Imagine that you are going to flip a regular coin (i.e., with one head [H] and one tail [T]; not a trick coin) six times. Which one of the following two outcomes seems most likely, and why?

H H H T T T

or  

H T H T T H

Problem Set 9 - Steven is articulate, outgoing, artistic, and politically liberal. Is it more likely that he:

(a) Is an engineering major?  

(b) Started out as an engineering major and switched to journalism?