Unsupervised Internet Test of Cognitive Ability – Level 1 (UIT CA1 208) - Sample questions

Note: The contextual information in the sample questions and the test questions is fictional.

Similarities questions

In each similarities question, five pairs of words are presented. Your task is to select the pair that refers most clearly to the same general concept.

Try to find the pair in the following example:

Question 1

1. DRIVER - AUTOMOBILE
2. CARROT - ONION
3. AUTOMOBILE - CARROT
4. ONION - CLOUD
5. CLOUD - DRIVER

Among these five pairs, the second, CARROT - ONION, refers most directly to the same concept: that of vegetables (or garden products). Therefore, you would select the second option, as illustrated below.

• DRIVER - AUTOMOBILE
• CARROT - ONION
• AUTOMOBILE - CARROT
• ONION - CLOUD
• CLOUD - DRIVER

In similarities questions, each of the other four pairs of words may also refer to a common concept:

• DRIVER and AUTOMOBILE both refer to driving.
  • Please note that, while DRIVER and AUTOMOBILE "go together" in the sense that automobiles have drivers, the two words do not represent a general concept or belong in the same category. Therefore, it is not a good answer choice.
• AUTOMOBILE and CARROT are consumer goods.
• ONION and CLOUD both contain water.
• CLOUD and DRIVER are things that move.

In each case, however, the association is less clear and the similarity weaker than for CARROT-ONION.

Question 2

1. SPEED - LENGTH
2. SPEED - STRENGTH
3. LENGTH - WIDTH
4. STRENGTH - COLOUR
5. STRENGTH - WIDTH

Although all the pairs are made up of words expressing various concepts of quality, only the third pair, LENGTH - WIDTH, is made up of words expressing exactly the same concept: dimension. Therefore, you would select the third option, as illustrated below.

• SPEED - LENGTH
• SPEED - STRENGTH
• LENGTH - WIDTH
• STRENGTH - COLOUR
• STRENGTH - WIDTH

Numerical questions

In this type of question, you must choose the correct answer to a practical numerical problem. Use of rough paper is permitted.

Question 3

You are a pay clerk and must calculate overtime pay for employees in your division. Due to a heavy workload, an employee had to do 35 hours of overtime in two weeks. Seven of these hours are at "double time" (i.e. twice the usual pay). The rest are at "time-and-a-half" (i.e. one and a half times the usual pay). The employee's usual pay is $375 per week, at $10 per hour.

How much overtime money should the employee be paid for the two-week period?

1. $340
2. $420
3. $560
4. $760

To calculate the overtime paid, you would add the 7 hours of work at a rate of $20 per hour (double time) to the 28 hours of work at a rate of $15 per hour (time-and-a-half). Therefore, the overtime to be paid for the week would be $140 plus $420, which equals $560. You would select option 3, which corresponds to $560.

• $340
• $420
• $560
• $760

Question 4

If a clerk can file 100 letters in half an hour, how many letters can the person file in 2 hours?

1. 100
2. 200
3. 500
4. 300
5. 400

Since two hours is 4 times longer than half an hour, the clerk should be able to file 4 times as many letters in that length of time. The correct answer is therefore 400 (i.e. 4 × 100), so you would select the fifth option, as illustrated below.

• 100
• 200
• 500
• 300
• 400

Number series questions

In a number series task, you are to determine the number that would come next in the series. You first have to establish the rule that has been used to make up the series, and then apply this rule to complete the series correctly.

Question 5

3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18,

1. 19
2. 20
3. 21
4. 22
5. 23

In this example, each number of the series is the preceding number plus three. The number that completes the series correctly is obtained by adding 3 to 18. Since 21 is the correct answer, you would select option 3.

• 19
• 20
• 21
• 22
• 23

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