The Wonderlic Personnel Test is a short form test of general cognitive ability and has been used worldwide since 1937. Cognitive ability is often referred to as general intelligence and is used to describe the level at which an individual learns, understands instructions and solves problems.
Here are some tips on preparing for the test
Review basic math skills such as the use of fractions and decimals; algebra and basic math problems
•Review vocabulary skills and logic
•Practice taking tests, under timed conditions, to become more accustomed to time pressures.
•Determine the exact location, date, and time of the test.
The Wonderlic Personnel Test contains 50 questions that increase in difficulty and must be completed within 12 minutes. It contains various types of questions that must be completed without the aid of a calculator or other problem-solving device. The questions include word comparisons, disarranged sentences, sentence parallelism, following directions, number comparisons, number series, story problems requiring either mathematics or logic solutions.
Here are 75 samples questions:
Here are 75 samples questions:
1. A physical education class has three times as many girls as boys. During a class basketball game, the girls average 18 points each and the class as a whole averages 17 points per person. How many points does each boy score on average?
2. Randolph
3. John is a mechanic. He makes $8.50 an hour, plus $3 extra for every oil change he performs. Last week he worked 36 hours and performed 17 oil changes. How much money did he make?
4. A box of staples has a length of 6 cm, a width of 7 cm, and a volume of 378 cm cubed. What is the height of the box?
5. What is the average of all of the integers from 13 to 37?
6. A basketball player averaged 20 points a game over the course of six games. His scores in five of those games were 23, 18, 16, 24, and 27. How many points did he score in the sixth game?
7. Arnold Arnold
8 If three inches of rope cost 7 cents, how much would 2 feet of rope cost?
9. What is the next number in the sequence: 5, 10, 20, 40,...?
10 What is the next number in the sequence: 3, 8, 18, 38...?
11. What is the next number in the sequence: 5, 9, 17,33,...?
12. What is the next number in the sequence: 9, 3, 1, 1/3,...?
13. What is the next number in the sequence: 24, 12, 6, 3...?
14. Which of the following numbers represents the greatest amount: 6, 6.0, 0.600, 60?
15. Which of the following numbers represents the smallest amount: 0.400, 0.04, 4.0, 40?
16. Which of the following numbers represents the smallest amount: 3.26, 0.54, 89.00,0.09?
17. Which of the following numbers represents the smallest amount: 3899, 629, 89001, 9867?
18. CREDIT CREDENCE these words:
A: Have similar meanings.
B: Have opposite meanings.
C: Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
19. VINTAGE NOVELTY these words:
A: Have similar meanings.
B: Have opposite meanings.
C: Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
20. ASPIRE SPIRE these words:
A: Have similar meanings.
B: Have opposite meanings.
C: Have neither similar nor opposite meanings
21. PRODUCE REDUCE these words:
A: Have similar meanings.
B: Have opposite meanings.
C: Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
22. ABSTAIN RETAIN these words:
A: Have similar meanings.
B: Have opposite meanings.
C: Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
23. CONVERT INVERT these words:
A: Have similar meanings.
B: Have opposite meanings.
C: Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
24. RESUME ASSUME these words:
A: Have similar meanings.
B: Have opposite meanings.
C: Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
25. SIEGE BESIEGE these words:
A: Have similar meanings.
B: Have opposite meanings.
C: Have neither similar nor opposite meanings.
