Test descriptions
© Paul Cooijmans
These are rough intuitive descriptions of the outer appearance of the tests. Do realize it cannot be seen on the outside what a test measures. For more exact, objective information, see the statistical reports on the tests.
Unless otherwise indicated, the tests are unsupervised, untimed, individual, non-multiple-choice, designed by Paul Cooijmans and allow reference works and calculator.
| Number of items | 72 |
| Verbal analogies | 28 |
| Verbal association problems | 20 |
| Visual spatial problems (mostly drawing) | 24 |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 96 |
| Sub-scores given | Verbal and spatial (each normed in their own right) |
| Weighting | Verbal 1, Spatial 2 (this weighting may be phased out in the future as it turns out the unweighted scores have an even balance between verbal and spatial to begin with) |
| Year of creation of original version | 1995 |
| Prior versions | Many experimental Association tests, Short Test For Genius (English and Netherlandic), Long Test For Genius (English, Netherlandic, French, German), Association and Analogies (Netherlandic, French, German) |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | High |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here |
| Number of items | 39 of two columns each |
| Verbal | 15 |
| Numerical | 12 |
| Spatial | 12 |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 39 |
| Sub-scores given | Verbal, numerical and spatial (not normed in their own right) |
| Weighting | .5 point per column |
| Year of creation of original version | 1998 |
| Prior versions | Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 1E; Cooijmans Intelligentietest - Vorm 1NL |
| Nature of the problems | Recognize common feature of the elements of a column; semi culture free |
| Apparent knowledge and math requirement | Low |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English or Netherlandic (choose) |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here |
| Number of items | 22 |
| Verbal | 12 |
| Numerical | 5 |
| Spatial | 4 |
| Logical | 1 |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 22 |
| Year of creation | 1997 |
| Nature of the problems | Diverse and extremely hard |
| Apparent knowledge and math requirement | Moderate |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here. But be warned that Nemesis signifies the wrath of the gods at human presumption. |
| Number of items | 60 |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 60 |
| Year of creation | 2003 |
| Nature of the problems | Recognize common association of a set of words |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | Moderate |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Cannot be ordered or taken in its own right |
| Number of items | 30 |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 30 |
| Year of creation | 2004 |
| Nature of the problems | Visual spatial analogies; draw the figure that completes the analogy |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | None |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Availability | Cannot be ordered or taken in its own right |
| Number of items | 111 |
| Numerical | 44 |
| Spatial | 15 |
| Verbal | 52 |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 111 |
| Sub-scores given | Verbal, numerical and spatial (each normed in their own right) |
| Year of creation of original versions | 2003 |
| Prior versions | Numerical Insight Test, Spatial Insight Test, Verbal Insight Test |
| Nature of the problems | Diverse |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | High |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Included | Photo of Paul Cooijmans running |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here |
| Number of items | 40 |
| Verbal | 10 |
| Numerical | 10 |
| Spatial | 10 |
| Logical | 10 |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 40 |
| Year of creation | 2006 |
| Nature of the problems | Diverse and dealing with a true historic event |
| Apparent knowledge and math requirement | Moderate |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here. But watch out for railway tunnels; oh, and retests are not allowed. |
| Number of items | 51 |
| Verbal analogies | 33 |
| Diverse numerical problems | 15 |
| Diverse spatial problems | 3 |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 51 |
| Years of creation of original versions | 1999, 2002, 2002 |
| Prior versions | Analogies #1, Evens, Bonsai Test, Test of Shock and Awe |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | High |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here |
| Number of items | 46 |
| Verbal "Flying Dutchman" problems | 11 |
| "Bonobo" probability problems | 9 |
| Spatial dice problems | 12 |
| Logical verbal analogies | 14 |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 46 |
| Year of creation | 2006 |
| Apparent knowledge and math requirement | Moderate |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Included | Photo of two pigs |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here |
| Number of items | 200 |
| Nature of the problems | Verbal and logical "True or False" questions |
| Possible raw score range | -100 to 100 |
| Year of creation of original version | 2002 |
| Prior versions | QMC #1, QMC #2, QMC #3 |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | High |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Co-author | Jonathan Wai |
| Availability | Cannot be ordered or taken in its own right |
| Number of items | 15 |
| Nature of the problems | Diverse logical problems |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 96 |
| Year of creation | 2003 |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | None |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Cannot be ordered or taken in its own right |
The Sargasso Sea is an area of the Atlantic Ocean in the centre of the clockwise-rotating Gulf Stream, strewn with free-floating brown seaweed of the genus Sargassum. In the past, sailors believed that any wrecked or abandoned ship would eventually be carried to the heart of the Sargasso Sea by the currents of the Gulf Stream. There, it was thought, lay a huge, slowly rotating graveyard of shipwrecks, clustered together, so that one could climb from one to another. No one who attempted this ever lived to tell however, for it was impossible to approach the site without getting one's own ship entangled in the sea of wrecks, after which slow starvation was inevitable.
The Sargasso Test is the Sargasso Sea of test problems; it contains items that have been removed from my other tests in the course of twelve years for various reasons. They were too easy, too hard, "ambiguous", never solved, too knowledge-based, too math-biased, or simply weird. Experience has shown though that such "bad" items are often the best for detecting intelligence at the very highest level. So they get a second chance, to make up for their premature removal. In the Sargasso Test they lay clustered together, waiting to be solved by you. Be careful though; no one who attempted this has lived to tell yet, for it seems impossible to approach the test without getting one's head entangled in this sea of wrecks, after which slow starvation is inevitable.
| Number of items | 65 |
| Verbal | 43 |
| Numerical | 8 |
| Visual spatial | 10 |
| Logical | 4 |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 65 |
| Years of creation of original versions | 1995 to 2002 |
| Prior versions | Test For Genius (all versions except Revision 2004), Cooijmans Intelligence Test Form 1, Evens, Qoymans Multiple-Choice #1 and #2, Qoymans Automatic Test #1 |
| Nature of the problems | Diverse |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | High |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here. Be careful though; no one who attempted this has lived to tell yet, for it seems impossible to approach the test without getting one's head entangled in this sea of wrecks, after which slow starvation is inevitable. |
This test is to identify the most intelligent individual ever in the universe. Expressed on a scale normed on the universe population of an estimated 1022 to 1024 individuals, Isis level is around IQ 240 (SD=15), with a rareness of about 1 in 1022 to 1 in 1024.
| Number of items | 5 |
| Verbal analogies | 4 |
| Number series | 1 |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 5 |
| Year of creation | 2001 |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | High |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here |
This test aims to measure the cognitive abilities at which females are known to outscore males. The choice of item types used is based on information from Arthur Jensen's 1998 book The g factor, chapter 13, "Sex differences in g". The test may be taken by both males and females and requires a good knowledge of the English language.
The FIT (Female Intelligence Test) should be taken in one supervised session and timed by the supervisor. There is no time limit, but you lose a point for every minute used while you gain a point with every correct answer. It is not allowed to use reference aids, calculators or computers or to consult others.
To take the test you will have to travel to my house; contact me for an appointment.
Before taking the test, register with this form if you have not already done so.
Pay the fee as explained here.
| Number of subtests | 9 |
| Verbal subtests | 4 |
| Arithmetic subtest | 1 |
| Clerical accuracy subtest | 1 |
| Visual comparing subtest | 1 |
| Motoric accuracy subtests | 2 |
| Allowed time | Unlimited, but used time is recorded |
| Test administration conditions | Supervision; no reference works; no calculator; no scrap paper; individual (in group is also possible) |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 145 |
| Sub-scores given | 9 subtest scores and the used time (not normed in their own right) |
| Year of creation | 2003 |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | Moderate; requires good knowledge of the English language |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
The LCAT is a test of the traditional kind:
- Taken under supervision
- Time limit (only for practical reasons, one gets ample time: 2 hours)
- No reference aids
- No calculator
- No scrap paper
- Average difficulty (not a high-range test, but estimated to go from IQ 90 to 150)
- Suitable for group administration
The test is computer-based (HTML) and scored automatically (JavaScript), but can also be used in pen-and-paper form, which may in many situations be more practical. It has 25 numerical and 25 spatial items. The current norms are only preliminary, as very few have taken the LCAT.
Below is a list of supervisors one may contact to take this test.
To me one will pay the usual fee, and one has to register with this form if one has not already done so.
Supervisors
- Paul Cooijmans
- Rudimar Schmitz
Location: Curitiba - Parana - Brazil
- Burak Yulug
Location: University of Uludag
Bursa , Turkey
| Number of items | 50 |
| Mental arithmetic problems | 16 |
| Number series | 9 |
| Visual spatial analogies | 25 |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 50 |
| Allowed time | 2 hours |
| Test administration conditions | Supervision; no reference works; no calculator; no scrap paper; individual or in group |
| Sub-scores given | Numerical and spatial (not normed in their own right) |
| Year of creation | 2004 |
| Related version | Laaglandse Aanlegtest; the Netherlandic version, consisting of the same numerical and spatial problems, plus 50 verbal ones |
| Nature of the problems | Multiple-choice with 10 alternatives |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | None |
| Language of instruction | English |
De LAT is een test van het traditionele soort:
- Bedoeld om onder toezicht af te leggen
- Tijdlimiet (alleen om praktische redenen, men krijgt zeer ruim de tijd: 3 uur)
- Geen naslagwerken
- Geen rekenmachine
- Geen kladpapier
- Geschikt voor groepsafname
De test is computergebaseerd (HTML) en wordt automatisch nagekeken (JavaScript), maar kan ook gewoon op papier ingevuld worden, wat in veel situaties toch praktischer is. Hij is Nederlandstalig en heeft 50 verbale, 25 numerieke en 25 ruimtelijke opgaven (de Engelstalige versie, LCAT, bestaat uit dezelfde 50 numerieke en ruimtelijke opgaven). Er zijn geen normen omdat nog niemand de LAT afgelegd heeft. De LCAT heeft voorlopige normen dus enige indicatie is mogelijk. De LAT is moeilijker dan de LCAT, maar het precieze plafond is nog niet bekend; we weten nog niet hoe hoog de LAT ligt, als men begrijpt wat ik bedoel.
Men kan de LAT bij mij thuis komen afleggen voor het normale honorarium. Dit kan individueel of met maximaal vier tegelijk. Men kan contact opnemen voor een afspraak, en men moet zich eerst registreren met dit formulier als men dat nog niet gedaan heeft.
| Aantal opgaven | 100 |
| Synoniemen | 25 |
| Analogieën | 25 |
| Hoofdrekensommen | 16 |
| Getallenreeksen | 9 |
| Visuele ruimtelijke analogieën | 25 |
| Mogelijk bereik puntenaantal | 0 tot 100 |
| Toegestane tijd | 3 uur |
| Aard der opgaven | Meerkeuze met 10 keuzemogelijkheden |
| Omstandigheden bij afname | Toezicht; geen naslagwerken; geen rekenmachine; geen kladpapier; individueel of in groep |
| Onderdeelscores | Verbaal, non-verbaal, numeriek, ruimtelijk (verbaal en non-verbaal ook zelfstandig genormeerd wanneer mogelijk) |
| Scheppingsjaar | 2004 |
| Gerelateerde versie | Low Countries Aptitude Test; bestaat uit de 50 non-verbale opgaven van de LAT |
| Taal van instructie en verbale opgaven | Nederlands |
Een test met extreem hoog plafond en tijdlimiet van vier uur. Wordt afgenomen in een mondelinge situatie. De test is gebaseerd op opgaven van de eerdere Giga- en Graal tests.
Men kan de IGNIT bij mij thuis komen afleggen voor het normale honorarium. Men kan contact opnemen voor een afspraak, en men moet zich eerst registreren met dit formulier als men dat nog niet gedaan heeft.
| Aantal opgaven | 124 |
| Aantal onderdelen | 6 |
| Verbale onderdelen | 2 |
| Numerieke onderdelen | 2 |
| Ruimtelijk inzicht | 1 |
| Geheugen | 1 |
| Mogelijk bereik puntenaantal | 0 tot 124 |
| Toegestane tijd | 4 uur |
| Omstandigheden bij afname | Toezicht; geen naslagwerken; geen rekenmachine; geen kladpapier; individueel |
| Onderdeelscores | De 6 onderdelen (zelfstandig genormeerd wanneer mogelijk) |
| Scheppingsjaren van oorspronkelijke versies | 1997 en 1999 |
| Voorgaande versies | De Gigatest; De Graaltest |
| Taal van instructie en verbale opgaven | Nederlands |
| Number of items | 52 |
| Nature of the problems | Verbal analogies |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 52 |
| Year of creation of original version | 1997 |
| Related version | De Laatste Test (Netherlandic version); one can take both versions if desired |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | High |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here |
| Number of items | 35 |
| Nature of the problems | Verbal analogies |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 35 |
| Year of creation | 1997 |
| Related version | De Test Der Testen (Netherlandic version); one can only take one of the two language versions |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | High |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here |
| Number of items | 80 |
| Number of crosswords | 9 |
| Nature of the problems | Crossword puzzles (verbal) |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 80 |
| Year of creation | 2001 |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | High |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here |
| Comprises these subtests | Letters and Words - see there for description |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 80 |
| Sub-scores given | Letters and Words (each also normed in their own right) |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here |
| Number of items | 40 |
| Nature of the problems | Anagrams of trivial words |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 40 |
| Year of creation | 2003 |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | Low |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Cannot be ordered or taken in its own right |
| Number of items | 40 |
| Nature of the problems | Anagrams of high-brow words |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 40 |
| Year of creation | 2003 |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | High |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Cannot be ordered or taken in its own right |
| Aantal opgaven | 97 |
| Aard der opgaven | Verbale analogieën |
| Mogelijk bereik puntenaantal | 0 tot 97 |
| Scheppingsjaar | 1997 |
| Verwante versie | The Final Test (Engelse versie); men kan desgewenst beide tests afleggen |
| Kennelijk benodigd kennisniveau | Hoog |
| Taal van instructie en opgaven | Nederlands |
| Verkrijgbaarheid | Kan besteld worden zoals hier uitgelegd |
| Aantal opgaven | 35 |
| Aard der opgaven | Verbale analogieën |
| Mogelijk bereik puntenaantal | 0 tot 35 |
| Scheppingsjaar | 1997 |
| Verwante versie | The Test To End All Tests (Engelse versie); men kan slechts één van de twee versies afleggen |
| Kennelijk benodigd kennisniveau | Hoog |
| Taal van instructie en opgaven | Nederlands |
| Verkrijgbaarheid | Kan besteld worden zoals hier uitgelegd |
| Aantal opgaven | 32 |
| Verbale associatie-opgaven | 22 |
| Verbale analogieën | 10 |
| Mogelijk bereik puntenaantal | 0 tot 32 |
| Scheppingsjaren van oorspronkelijk versies | 1994 tot 1999 |
| Voorgaande versies | Vroege experimentele associatietests; Test Voor Genialiteit; Analogieën #1 |
| Aard der opgaven | De Sargassozee is een gebied in de Atlantische Oceaan in het centrum van de klokgewijs roterende Golfstroom, bedekt met ronddrijvend bruin zeewier van het geslacht Sargassum. In het verleden geloofden zeelui dat elk vergaan of verlaten schip uiteindelijk door de Golfstroom naar het hart van de Sargassozee gevoerd zou worden. Daar, zo dacht men, lag een reusachtig, langzaam ronddraaiend kerkhof van scheepswrakken, samengedreven, zodat men het ene naar het andere kon klimmen. Echter, niemand die dit probeerde heeft het ooit overleefd, daar het onmogelijk was de locatie te benaderen zonder zijn eigen schip gevangen te zien raken in de zee van wrakken, waarna een langzame hongerdood onontkoombaar was.
De Golfstroomtest is de Sargassozee van de testopgaven; hij bevat opgaven die om diverse redenen verwijderd zijn uit mijn andere tests in de loop van twaalf jaar. Ze waren te gemakkelijk, te moeilijk, "niet eenduidig", nooit opgelost, tezeer kennisgebonden, of gewoonweg bizar. De ervaring heeft niettemin aangetoond dat zulke "slechte" opgaven vaak de beste zijn voor het detecteren van intelligentie op het allerhoogste niveau. In deze test liggen zij samengedreven, wachtend beklommen te worden door u. |
| Kennelijk benodigd kennisniveau | Hoog |
| Taal van instructie en opgaven | Nederlands |
| Verkrijgbaarheid | Kan besteld worden zoals hier uitgelegd. Maar wees voorzichtig; niemand die dit probeerde heeft het tot nu toe overleefd, want het schijnt onmogelijk te zijn de test te benaderen zonder gevangen te raken in deze zee van wrakken, waarna een langzame marteldood onontkoombaar is. |
| Aantal opgaven | 80 |
| Te verklaren spreekwoorden | 25 |
| Woordomschrijvingen waarbij het woord gezocht moet worden | 55 |
| Mogelijk bereik puntenaantal | 0 tot 80 |
| Scheppingsjaar voorgaande versie | 1997 |
| Voorgaande versie | De Gigatest (twee onderdelen daaruit die niet in de IGNIT zijn opgenomen) |
| Kennelijk benodigd kennisniveau | Hoog |
| Taal van instructie en opgaven | Nederlands |
| Verkrijgbaarheid | Kan besteld worden zoals hier uitgelegd. Maar bedenk dat een schurftig paard niet zonder reden de roskam vreest. |
| Number of items | Infinite |
| Nature of the problems | Logical, numerical, verbal; each problem has to be solved to be able to go to the next problem |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to ∞ |
| Year of creation | 2001 to 2008 |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | Low |
| Language of instruction and verbal items | English |
| Availability | Login information can be ordered as explained here. But be warned: the <COLT> will blow your brain right off. |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Nature of the problem | Logical and very extremely hard; find a path through a four-dimensional labyrinth of agony while being interrogated by a hungry Minotaur who is a fan of multiple-choice. When entering the labyrinth you are given a bag with 222 marbles. After a truthful answer the Minotaur demands you feed him 1 marble; if you choose to lie - who wouldn't, on Crete - you must feed the monster as many marbles as there were answering alternatives to that question. If you run out of marbles, no matter where, the Minotaur drags you to his dungeon of eternal pain, where the torture never stops. |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 222 |
| Year of creation | 1999 |
| Apparent knowledge requirement | None |
| Language of instruction and Minotaur's questions | English |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here. But be prepared to suffer; remember: in the Minotaur's dungeon of despair, the torture never stops. |
| Number of items | 20 |
| Nature of the problems | Number series ranging from easy to very hard |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 20 |
| Year of creation | 1995 |
| Related tests | Test For Genius (older versions); these number series were part of the Short TFG and original versions of the Long TFG |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here. |
| Number of items | 15 |
| Nature of the problems | Number series ranging from moderately hard to hard |
| Possible raw score range | 0 to 15 |
| Year of creation | 2002 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Co-author | Anonymous Giga Society member |
| Availability | Can be ordered as explained here. |