Do you trust online IQ tests?

[OliX]

One on Facebook told me I hav 135 in IQ and then it recomended me for a Advanced test to make it more accurate since I got the high score.

And that advanced one told me I have IQ of 157. Now that would be nice if it's true but how valid is that test at all? I guess I should pay a visit to Mensa after all...

Did you ever visited Mensa? Are you a member? Do you know what IQ do you have and what is it? Did you got any results from a online IQ test and what?

[Velvet-Tongue]

I only trust the internet for porn and maps.

[TheCosmicSheriff]

I only trust the internet for porn and maps.

Porns ok, but your going a bit far with the maps.

I dont need no stinking tests to tell me Im a Genius.

[Ajax Knucklebones]

I was told when I was young that my I.Q. was 128. I took some online I.Q....Don't know which one, but I scored exactly a 128 again. I DO think online I.Q. tests are bias, though. One of my questions was about baseball. Well, what if you know nothing of the sport. How does that show intelligence?

[Dusk]

I got told that I have an IQ of 189 when I was in year 4, but the internet ones keep on giving me different answers.
And the baseball thing was probly an exercise in common sense. If it asked you something that you needed to know the answers for then it was unfair.

[Ajax Knucklebones]

It actually asked a baseball specific question. Something about a certain player. Like which one of these players never got to play in the world series. A multiple choice question and you had correctly pick the right player.

[Dusk]

Well thats stoopid

[OliX]

No, that's common knowledge. You have many types of intelligence. Mathematical, social, logical etc....

[Wickedanima]

Online IQ tests don't work. They aren't structured quite right because you can skip questions and still get a rather high IQ and not do the WHOLE test. That and the evaluations of your team of shrinks is an important part of IQ... and ALOT of factors.

[Dusk]

But if you dont follow sports how are you supposed to answer a question that recquires intimate knowladge on a certain sport?

[Mindgames]

In theory it's possible to devise a purely written test that gives a reasonably accurate figure, but in reality it doesn't happen on the Web - sites stick to things that are simple to program, and so end up being a raft of multi-choice questions. People also cheat, of course, either by ignoring time limits or going back to correct answers. As a result it's generally taken that the online tests (free or otherwise) only give a figure +/- 50. They're OK as a comparative bit of fun, but won't reflect a 1-on-1 examination. I've tested people many times and the accuracy of a test is more about interpreting the results than just counting up ticks in boxes. Your single 'IQ value' is a broad-spectrum composite of several factors, and many of them are easily contaminated by things like exam nerves, poor math skills, or even the time of day.

My response to being asked my IQ would usually be "can you explain why you feel you need to know?"

[Mouse]

A lot of times IQ tests are ranked in terms of how fast you can get through them. I think many of the online ones are formatted in this manner for an inflated score. I have never taken a certified test for fear of finding out I am brain dead or legally retarded... although I have taken an online one and scored relatively well. I don't trust them though, like I said they are mostly scored to inflate one's ego and to scam you to pay the extra dough to take the "expert" test.

[Ajax Knucklebones]

I got told that I have an IQ of 189 when I was in year 4, but the internet ones keep on giving me different answers.
And the baseball thing was probly an exercise in common sense. If it asked you something that you needed to know the answers for then it was unfair.

Do you REALLY have an I.Q. of 189? I mean, genius level is 140 and above. 189 is like super-dooper genius level. Like prodigy level shit. Your parents should have chucked your ass on a piano when you were 3. By 6, you could have been playing concert halls and shit!

[vincentvardia]

i think his was about 140... and mine was meant to be about 130

yet i scored about 60 on an internet one xD

[Ajax Knucklebones]

60? Hahaha! We need to get you a job cleaning garbage at McDonald's.

[inox]

Go away...baitin'.

[Ajax Knucklebones]

Go away...baitin'.

Not at all. I know his I.Q. isn't 60. It just amazes me how untrue online I.Q. tests are. That is a monumental indifference in scores between the actual truth and what a online test gave him as a score. No baitin' here. I'm not lookin' to start a hassle....Really.

[OliX]

Some questions that was in the test:

Your building company is working on two sites - a house and a shop. The company employs three people - Sam the bricklayer, Monica the electrician and a plumber called Abdul. Only one employee works on each site at a time. All of the employees work on both sites at some point during the week. The bricklayer is the only one who works four days a week. Everyone takes Saturday and Sunday off. Abdul works for a different company on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The shop is too far from the house for an employee to work at both sites on the same day. Sam only works on the house on Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Monica takes four day long weekends.
What type of work can you get done on the house on Friday?



X : Don't know
A : Bricklaying
B : Plumbing
C : Electrical
D : Nothing
E : Any type
F : There is not enough information in the question



The smallest denomination in this currency is one whole groat. Two digits in this note have been smudged. Which of the following choices is nearest to the price in groats of one turnip?



X : Don't know
A : 40
B : 60
C : 80
D : 100
E : 120
F : 140
G : 160
H : 180
I : 200
J : 220
K : 240


Anneka buys jackets wholesale for 50 groats each and sells them in her shop for 100 groats each .
One day, a customer comes in and buys one jacket using a 200 groat gift voucher. She doesn't have enough cash in the till to give the customer change, so she goes to the shop next door and exchanges the voucher for 200 groats cash. Anneka then gives the customer the jacket and 100 groats cash as change.
The next day the owner of the shop next door comes in and complains that the voucher is a fake, so she gives him 200 groats cash and takes the voucher back.
How many groats has Anneka lost? (Assume she has no insurance, there are no other expenses and the customer is not caught)


X : Don't know
A : 0
B : 50
C : 100
D : 150
E : 200
F : 250
G : 300
H : 350
I : 400
J : 450
K : 500

You meet three people called Vlad, Jeremy and Bushra. You know that one of them is always honest and one of them always lies.
Vlad says: "Jeremy always responds with rectitude".
Jeremy says: "I do not respond in a homogeneous manner".
Bushra says "Jeremy is always perfidious"
. Which of them are telling the truth and which are lying?



X : Don't know
A : Vlad:Truth, Jeremy:Lie, Bushra:Truth
B : Vlad:Truth, Jeremy:Lie, Bushra:Lie
C : Vlad:Lie, Jeremy:Truth, Bushra:Lie
D : Vlad:Lie, Jeremy:Lie, Bushra:Truth
E : Vlad:Truth, Jeremy:Truth, Bushra:Lie
F : Vlad:Lie, Jeremy:Truth, Bushra:Truth

Answer