Wonderlic Sample Test

 
 
 
 
This set of questions is from the Wonderlick Assessment Test.  The Wonderlic (tm)
Personnel test is used to assess candidates for college placement or by a variety of
employers, the Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT) is a general test of problem solving
ability that many consider to be the best measure of intelligence.  The WPT provides the
individual's ability to cope with the complexities of any particular occupation. The
general consensus among psychologists is that cognitive ability--as tested on the
Wonderlic--is the most reliable predictor of an individual's professional performance. 
See how well you do with this sample test.
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1. Look at the row of numbers below. What number should come next? ___________
    8   4   2   1   1/2   1/4   ?
2. Assume the first two statements are true.
1. The boy plays baseball.
2. All baseball players wear hats.
3. The boy wears a hat
   Is the final one: 
    True
    False
    Not Certain
3. Paper sells for 21 cents per pad. What will four pads cost? ___________
4. How many of the five pairs listed below are exact duplicates? ___________
      Nieman, K. M. Neiman, K. M.
      Thomas, G. K. Thomas, C. K.
      Hoff, J. P. Hoff, J. P.
      Pino, L. R. Pina, L. R.
     Warner, T. S. Wanner, T. S.
5. PRESENT/RESERVE, Do these words:
    have similar meanings;
    have contradictory meaning;
    mean neither the same nor opposite?
6. One of the number figures in the following drawing is most different from the others. 
    What is the number in that figure? ___________
 
 
 

7. A train travels 20 feet in 1/5 second. At this same speed, how many feet will it travel in 
    three seconds? ___________
8. When rope is selling at $.10 a foot, how many feet can you buy for sixty cents? ___________
9. The ninth month of the year is:
    October
    January
    June 
    September
    May
10. Which number in the following group of numbers represent the smallest amount? _________
      7   .8   31   .33   2
11. In printing an article of 48,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the
      larger type, a printed page contains 1,800 words. Using a smaller type, a page contains 
      2,400 words. The article is allotted 21 full pages in a magazine. How many pages must be 
      in smaller type? ___________
12. The hours of daylight and darkness in September are nearest equal to the hours of daylight
      and darkness in:
     June
     March
     May
     November;
13. Three individuals form a partnership and agree to divide the profits equally. X invests 
     $9,000, Y invests $7,000, Z invests $4,000. If the profits are $4,800, how much less 
     does x receive compared to having the profits divided in proportion to the amounts 
     invested by X, Y, and Z?
 
14. Assume the first two statements are true.
1. Tom greeted Beth.
2. Beth greeted Dawn
3. Tom did not greet Dawn
   Is the final one:
     True
     False
     Not Certain
15. A boy is 17 years old and his sister is twice as old. When the boy is 23 what will be the age
      of his sister? ___________
 
 
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