What strategy do you use to solve an IQ question like this?

Billy Collins Jr. Wrote:
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> Yeah also assume that “c” and “h” will go together
> as in “ch”.
>
> I’m sure there are tons of minute rules like this
> that work for 80% of cases. Also probably have to
> memorize rules for how many vowels and consonants
> together/apart etc.
>
> I would imagine none of it is really rocket
> science. Just memorizing a few simple rules like
> that will probably boost your result, which I
> guess can be an argument against IQ tests which
> hinge on these types of questions.
The 1st question was indeed from the MENSA test!
 
swaptiongamma Wrote:
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> daviskr Wrote:
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> > I always liked Jumble and other word games as a
> > kid …. But I start with the most commom
> endings
> > in words and try to work from there. Stuff
> like
> > ate, ing, ers, ment … Or I try to combine the
> > vowels together …
>
>
> But ‘ute’ in the prior (parachute) case is nowhere
> even close to being common ending suffix.
I didn’t say it worked all the time … i landed on the para here …. look for double letters too btw ;)
 
swaptiongamma Wrote:
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> Try this - which I pulled out of my a$$.
>
> What is the following word when it is
> unscrambled?: T T A O I C N R O A R P S I N
>
15 secs procrastination.
 
swaptiongamma Wrote:
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>
> The 1st question was indeed from the MENSA test!
That’s a pretty idiotic question for an IQ test. It’s like asking what is 13 to the power of 25 or what is 763 times 54. I’m sure there are little numbers theory rules that you can apply to these sorts of problems, but I would hardly consider knowledge of these rules a determining factor in what is commonly understood by the term ‘intelligence’.
I hope this type of question does not heavily factor in the total result of the test.
 
They have one more in their free test (but this one is easily Googlable)
Q1. Only one other word can be made from all the letters of INSATIABLE. Can you find it?
[Time: 3 sec]
 
22. Which of the following is least like the others?
Poem
Novel
Painting
Statue
Flower
I chose ‘Painting’ because it’s the only verb while others are not. Sigh.. they have some other reasoning.
 
swaptiongamma Wrote:
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> 22. Which of the following is least like the
> others?
> Poem
> Novel
> Painting
> Statue
> Flower
>
> I chose ‘Painting’ because it’s the only verb
> while others are not. Sigh.. they have some other
> reasoning.
Is it flower cause all others are man made
 
I would chose flower as the rest are forms of art but I’m biased in that reasoning so it’s probably wrong.
 
cfagoal2 Wrote:
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> swaptiongamma Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> > 22. Which of the following is least like the
> > others?
> > Poem
> > Novel
> > Painting
> > Statue
> > Flower
> >
> > I chose ‘Painting’ because it’s the only verb
> > while others are not. Sigh.. they have some
> other
> > reasoning.
>
>
> Is it flower cause all others are man made
Agree with you on flower … what’s the answer?
 
Don’t be sad, it’s not so easy.
Take this word for instance, easy for some, impossible for others:
Ä F G I L N N Ö Ö R S S S T T T T U
There is a crossword where every letter has a specific digit, and usually one word is either given or you can figure it out from some picture. Let’s say the picture shows a child with a balloon, and the word has 7 blank letters, marked with 1-2-3-3-4-4-5 and nothing else. If you can guess the word, you have these letters, then you scan the entire sheet for double letters or common word endings, suchlike, which will possibly give you some of the keys. It’s actually quite fun, but I don’t take the time very often to solve these puzzles included in our morning paper.
I’d suppose the same thing goes for these words, you just stare at it and try to recognize some part of the word. Why do you ask anyway? Isn’t it a pretty useless talent?
 
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