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Critical thinking skills test

Postby Tastyvixen » Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:01 pm

Critical thinking skills (I so failed this)

I made the answers white. highlight the answer section to see the correct answer.

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
Stop and think about it and decide on your answer before you look at the answer.
The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.


2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Correct Answer: Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator? That would be wrong. You open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.


3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals
attend .... Except one. Which animal does not attend?
Correct Answer : The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. This tests your memory. Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.


4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and
you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?
Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.


According to AndersonConsulting Worldwide, around 90% of the Professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. AndersonConsulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals do not have the brains of a four-year-old.
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Postby Gridfan » Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:46 am

Any logical person would fail all of those, I did.
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Postby Shigy » Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:52 am

I got the third one simply from following the other ones...other than that I got them all wrong lol
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Postby Twisty » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:50 pm

I got them all right except the last one. But then, I've heard the joke before. I've done it to a few people myself too when I was a kid.
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Postby Samalicious » Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:02 pm

Well I utterly phailed that test. The last question, I voted to take the elephant out of the refrigerator and feed it to the crocs so I could swim across. I still think that would work.....
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Postby lutzie » Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:37 pm

epic Fail on the First question, it involved a chainsaw, got the rest.
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Postby Samalicious » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:17 am

Steak anyone? ;)
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