IQ and Aptitude Tests

Assess Your Verbal Numerical and Spatial Reasoning Skills

Philip Carter

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9780749461959
• eBook ISBN: 9780749461997
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Research & Methodology in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

An aptitude test is designed to measure the potential for achievement in an individual, whilst an IQ test is a standardized test designed to measure intelligence. Both are now increasingly encountered in recruitment, selection and assessment procedures.

IQ and Aptitude Tests contains over 350 practice questions together with answers, explanations and a guide to assessing performance. The questions are organized into four IQ tests together with verbal, spatial and numerical aptitude tests. These include tests of word meanings, grammar and comprehension, advanced verbal aptitude, logical analysis, mental arithmetic, numerical sequences, and number problems.

Invaluable to those who are faced with an aptitude or IQ test, this book will also help anyone who needs to improve their verbal, numerical and reasoning skills.

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Verbal aptitude

The definition of ‘verbal aptitude’ is the capacity for general lexical skills — the understanding of words and the ability to use them effectively.

People who possess a high level of verbal skills often excel in fields such as writing (author, journalist, editor, critic), teaching (language, drama), the legal profession (judge, barrister, lawyer) and personnel work (advocate, human resources, counsellor) and as actors, psychologists, interpreters and interviewers.

Mastery of words is seen by many as having in one’s possession the ability to produce order out of chaos. Because of this it is argued that command of vocabulary is an essential measure of intelligence, with the result that verbal tests are widely used in IQ testing.

Verbal reasoning tests are designed to measure basic verbal aptitude. Typically such tests include spelling, grammar, word meanings, completing sentences, synonyms (words that are the same or similar in meaning to each other) and antonyms (words that are opposite in meaning to each other).

The exercises that follow test basic verbal aptitude in a number of disciplines, including synonyms, antonyms, analogy, odd one out and verbal comprehension.

For each test a performance assessment is provided. The time limit that is specified for completing each test should not be exceeded; otherwise your score will be invalidated.

Test 1 General verbal aptitude test

This test is a miscellaneous selection of 30 questions designed to measure language use or comprehension, and your ability to adapt to different types of question.

You have 60 minutes in which to answer the 30 questions.

You should read the instructions to each question carefully before attempting it.

1. Which word in brackets is most similar in meaning to the word in capitals?
   ERSTWHILE (fallacious, deviant, previous, honest, candid)
   
   

   
2. Which word in brackets is most similar in meaning to the word in capitals?
   PEDESTRIAN (plinth, ordinary, slow, erudite, rueful)
   
   

   
3. Which word in brackets is most similar in meaning to the word in capitals?
   TENABLE (believable, alluring, steadfast, delicate, speculative)
   
   

   
4. Which two words are closest in meaning?
   rubicund, recurrent, allied, frequent, routine, tolerable
   
   

   
5. Which two words are closest in meaning?
   strange, formless, hectic, irregular, pallid, angry
   
   

   
6. Which two words are closest in meaning?
   conciliatory, propitious, inspired, fortunate, compatible, routine
   
   

   
7. Which word in brackets is most opposite in meaning to the word in capitals?
   SOOTHE (augment, inflame, ignore, depress, execute)
   
   

   
8. Which word in brackets is most opposite in meaning to the word in capitals?
   PROSCRIBE (demolish, stifle, change, unify, allow)
   
   

   
9. Which word in brackets is most opposite in meaning to the word in capitals?
   GOAD (resolve, halt, dissuade, warn, retract)
   
   

   
10. Which two words are most opposite in meaning?
    bright, exemplary, meteoric, fundamental, gradual, level
    
    

    
11. Which two words are most opposite in meaning?
    superlative, traumatic, subversive, relaxing, crucial, uncommitted
    
    

    
12. Which two words are most opposite in meaning?
    ancient, recant, evoke, maintain, dissent, stand
    
    

    
13. Which two words are mo...

Table of contents

• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• 01 Verbal aptitude
• 02 Spatial aptitude
• 03 Numerical aptitude
• 04 IQ tests
• 05 Answers, explanations and assessments
• Copyright