The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests : 500 exercises to improve, upgrade and enhance your mind strength by Philip Carter

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    12 I completed a journey by bus, rail and taxi. If the train fare cost
    »27.35, the taxi fare cost »15.90 less than the train fare and the
    bus fare cost »9.55 less than the taxi fare, how much did the total
    journey cost me?
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    What number should replace the question mark?
    14 I have three rolls of turf, each measuring 20 metres long by 4
    metres wide, with which I intend to cover two rectangular areas
    of ground, one of which is 6 metres by 18 metres and the other
    15.5 metres by 5.5 metres. How many square metres of turf will I
    have left over?
    15 Out of 144 guests at a conference, a quarter took their coffee with
    sugar only, 5 took it with both milk and sugar, one out of every
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    16 guests took it with milk only and the rest took it black with
    neither milk nor sugar. How many guests took it black with
    neither milk nor sugar?
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    Section III ^ Technical aptitude
    With the explosion of information technology, technical aptitude testing
    is becoming increasingly more important, as people with a higher
    scientific and technical aptitude have the potential to master technology
    much more effectively than someone with a lower technical aptitude.
    Employing job candidates who have displayed a high level of technical
    aptitude in technology-oriented jobs is, therefore, considerably more
    cost-effective, in terms of both training and efficiency of performance,
    in carrying out the job at the desired level.
    As new technology continues to emerge and develop, it is
    important to employers that they have the means at their disposal to
    identify candidates who are able to learn these new technologies quickly
    and are able to apply these skills in order to solve complex problems in
    their jobs.
    Test 2.15
    Technical aptitude test
    The following test consists of 15 questions that are designed to test
    your general scientific knowledge, technical aptitude and powers of
    mechanical reasoning and logic.
    A time limit of 40 minutes is allowed.
    The use of calculators is permitted in this test.
    1
    What percentage of the visible figure is shaded?
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    What is the value of the internal angle of an octagon?
    3 Brass is an alloy made from two metals, __________________ and __________________ .
    Which two metals are missing?
    a) copper and iron
    b) copper and tin
    c) iron and tin
    d) nickel and tin
    e) iron and nickel
    f)
    zinc and copper
    g) iron and zinc
    4
    A nut is so tight on a screwed bolt you are having great difficulty
    unscrewing it. Which of the following is the most effective in
    freeing it?
    a) cooling it
    b) submerging it in warm water
    c) heating it
    d) none of the above
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    What is the name of the above figure?
    a) icosahedron
    b) rhombus
    c) ellipsoid
    d) parallelepiped
    e) rhomboid
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    1.75
    0.75
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    2
    0.75
    (not to scale)
    What is the area in square units of the figure above?
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    AB = _________________ ; CD = __________________ ; EF = __________________ ; GH = __________________ .
    Given that point C is the centre of the circle, insert the names of
    the lines from the choice given below. One of the choices is not
    used:
    secant, chord, radius, tangent, diameter
    8 __________________ is when heat travels from the warmed end of an object
    towards the cool end. _ ________________ is when heat travels through space.
    __________________ is when heat from a hotplate is transferred to water in a pan placed on the hotplate.
    Insert the three types of heat below into their correct definition:
    radiation, conduction, convection
    9 Dynamism is