Cognitive Reflection Test Identifying Cognitive Traps 2

Question 1

A bat and a ball cost $1.10 together, and the bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. What is the intuitive-but-wrong answer people give for the ball's price?

Accepted Answer

10 cents

Answer

5 cents

Answer

15 cents

Answer

1 cent

Question 2

The tendency to accept the first answer that feels right without checking it is best described as which cognitive trap?

Accepted Answer

Intuitive substitution

Answer

Anchoring bias

Answer

Confirmation bias

Answer

Availability heuristic

Question 3

If a machine array of 100 machines makes 100 widgets in 100 minutes, how long for the same rate per machine to be understood correctly?

Accepted Answer

100 minutes

Answer

1 minute

Answer

10 minutes

Answer

50 minutes

Question 4

Which mental state most reliably triggers cognitive traps on the Cognitive Reflection Test?

Accepted Answer

Fast automatic intuition

Answer

Slow deliberate analysis

Answer

Complete uncertainty

Answer

Careful rechecking

Question 5

A lily pad patch doubles in size daily and covers a lake in 48 days. The trap answer for half coverage is which day?

Accepted Answer

24

Answer

47

Answer

46

Answer

12

Question 6

Recognizing that your first gut answer might be wrong and pausing to verify is called what?

Accepted Answer

Cognitive reflection

Answer

Cognitive dissonance

Answer

Cognitive load

Answer

Cognitive bias

Question 7

Why are CRT questions designed with a specific numeric wrong answer built in?

Accepted Answer

To lure intuition toward a plausible error

Answer

To measure typing speed

Answer

To test vocabulary

Answer

To confuse randomly