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12 Wonderlic-style questions to try

  1. Question 1 · Synonym

    Which word is closest in meaning to OBSOLETE?

    1. Abroken
    2. Bunusual
    3. Coutdated
    4. Drare
    5. Edamaged
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    C: outdated. Obsolete means no longer used because something newer has replaced it. An obsolete machine may still work perfectly, so broken is wrong.

  2. Question 2 · Analogy

    Warm is to hot as cool is to ?

    1. Aheat
    2. Bcold
    3. Cice
    4. Dwinter
    5. Ewet
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    B: cold. Hot is a stronger degree of warm, and cold is a stronger degree of cool. Ice is an object, not a degree of temperature.

  3. Question 3 · Meaning

    Do these two sentences have similar meanings, opposite meanings, or neither? "First impressions are often misleading." "You can't judge a book by its cover."

    1. ASimilar meaning
    2. BOpposite meaning
    3. CNeither similar nor opposite
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    A: Similar meaning. Both warn that outward appearance may not reflect what something is really like.

  4. Question 4 · Odd one out

    Which word does not belong with the others?

    1. Adolphin
    2. Bseal
    3. Cshark
    4. Dotter
    5. Ewhale
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    C: shark. Whales, dolphins, seals and otters are mammals that breathe air; a shark is a fish.

  5. Question 5 · Jumbled sentence

    Rearrange the words to make a sentence. Is the sentence true or false? FREEZES DEGREES WATER ZERO AT CELSIUS

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
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    A: True. The words make the sentence "Water freezes at zero degrees Celsius." This is true.

  6. Question 6 · Following directions

    Look at the letters K G J B N S Y. Which letter comes immediately after the letter that is third from the start?

    1. AS
    2. BK
    3. CJ
    4. DY
    5. EB
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    E: B. The third letter from the start is J, and the letter immediately after it is B.

  7. Question 7 · Quick maths

    Which of these numbers is the largest?

    1. A4/5
    2. B3/4
    3. C0.69
    4. D2/3
    5. E0.65
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    A: 4/5. Turn each into a decimal: 4/5 = 0.8, 3/4 = 0.75, 0.69, 2/3 ≈ 0.667, 0.65. The largest is 4/5.

  8. Question 8 · Word problem

    A price is increased by 40%. Later, the new price is reduced by 40%. Overall, how has the price changed compared with the original?

    1. A40% decrease
    2. B16% increase
    3. C16% decrease
    4. DNo change
    5. E32% decrease
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    C: 16% decrease. Start from 100: up 40% gives 140, then 40% of 140 is 56, leaving 84. That is a 16% decrease, not "no change", because the cut is taken from a bigger number.

  9. Question 9 · Number series

    What number comes next in the series? 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, ?

    1. A6
    2. B4
    3. C2
    4. D-1
    5. E3
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    C: 2. Each term is double the one before, minus 2: 2 × 2 − 2 = 2.

  10. Question 10 · Letter series

    What letter comes next in the series? B, C, E, F, H, I, ?

    1. AM
    2. BJ
    3. CK
    4. DL
    5. EI
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    C: K. The jumps alternate +1, +2, +1, +2. The next jump is +2: I → K.

  11. Question 11 · Deduction

    No plegs are sabs. Some plegs are yarls. Some yarls are not sabs. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is:

    1. AUncertain
    2. BTrue
    3. CFalse
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    B: True. Some yarls are plegs, and no pleg is a sab, so those yarls are not sabs. So the statement "Some yarls are not sabs" must be true.

  12. Question 12 · Next in series

    Which figure comes next in the series?

    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E
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    C. The shaded half moves 45° clockwise around the pentagon each step. So the next figure is a half-shaded pentagon shaded on the right.

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Are these real Wonderlic questions?

No. They are original questions written in the same style. Real Wonderlic questions are confidential.

What kinds of questions are on the Wonderlic?

Vocabulary, analogies, sentence meaning, jumbled sentences, following directions, arithmetic, word problems, number and letter series, simple logic and shapes.

Do Wonderlic questions get harder?

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