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Old 25-November-2005, 01:12 PM
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Just for fun I tried the Verbal test to see what the result would be from having English as my second language (I'm danish), result was 134, which I think shows what a steady diet of (untranslated) science fiction can do to a person.
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I've been wondering this for a week or so after seeing some of the responses posted.

If one prints out the questions, researches them, and then fills out the answers a true reflection of your actual IQ? This approach seems to be distorting the true purpose of an IQ Test.

If I remember from the Iowa Test, we were only allowed one blank piece of paper and a pencil during the testing hour(s).

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It depends on the test. If you are breaking the rules of the test you are distorting the purpose. But there are several different types of test obviously. Printing out the questions for the timed test and digesting them over several days obviously goes against the intent. I don't think the ultimate test gave any indication of limit to the time or resources you were to use. A comment about IQ I heard long ago was something along the lines of 'true IQ isn't just knowing the answers, but knowing where to find the answers you don't know'. Of course figuring out a way to cheat and not get caught may aslo be a reflection of IQ.
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I took it again (about 20 minutes), and readily qualified.

But then they said they wanted between $60 and $250 for membership.

I passed that question, too, by refusing to join.
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I got 129 which means, if accurate, that I've lost some marbles since I was last tested.
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