Pymetrics Games Core Game Mechanics 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In the Pymetrics Balloon Game, what happens if you pump the balloon too many times?
- It earns a bonus reward
- It explodes and you lose all accumulated money for that balloon (Correct answer)
- The game pauses and resets the round
- You are prompted to collect your winnings automatically
Correct answer: It explodes and you lose all accumulated money for that balloon
If the balloon pops, you lose all money accumulated for that particular balloon and earn nothing for that round.
Question 2: The Pymetrics 'Digits Forward' memory task primarily tests which cognitive ability?
- Long-term episodic memory
- Visual-spatial processing
- Working memory capacity (Correct answer)
- Procedural memory
Correct answer: Working memory capacity
The digits forward task measures working memory by requiring you to hold and repeat a sequence of numbers in the correct order.
Question 3: During the Money Exchange game in Pymetrics, what does consistently accepting unfair offers indicate to assessors?
- High risk tolerance
- Strong leadership drive
- High agreeableness or low fairness sensitivity (Correct answer)
- Superior numerical reasoning
Correct answer: High agreeableness or low fairness sensitivity
Consistently accepting low offers suggests the candidate prioritizes practical gain over perceived fairness, indicating high agreeableness or low fairness sensitivity.
Question 4: In the 'Stop' reaction-time game within Pymetrics, what cognitive function is primarily being assessed?
- Emotional regulation
- Response inhibition and impulse control (Correct answer)
- Spatial reasoning
- Verbal fluency
Correct answer: Response inhibition and impulse control
The Stop game measures response inhibition — the ability to suppress an already-initiated action when a stop signal appears.
Question 5: Which Pymetrics game is most directly associated with measuring a candidate's tolerance for ambiguity?
- The Keypress game
- The Card Sorting game
- The Balloon (BART) game (Correct answer)
- The Digits Backward game
Correct answer: The Balloon (BART) game
The Balloon game presents uncertain outcomes where the optimal stopping point is unknown, directly measuring comfort with ambiguous risk.
Question 6: In the Pymetrics Faces game, participants are shown facial expressions and asked to identify emotions. What trait does this primarily assess?
- Attention to detail
- Emotional intelligence and empathy (Correct answer)
- Processing speed
- Risk appetite
Correct answer: Emotional intelligence and empathy
The Faces game assesses emotional intelligence by measuring how accurately and quickly a person recognizes emotions in others' facial expressions.
Question 7: In the Pymetrics 'Hard/Easy Task' game, choosing the harder task more often is typically linked to which trait?
- Introversion
- Need for achievement and intrinsic motivation (Correct answer)
- Risk aversion
- Agreeableness
Correct answer: Need for achievement and intrinsic motivation
Consistently selecting harder tasks signals a high need for achievement and a preference for challenging work driven by internal motivation.
Pymetrics Games Core Game Mechanics 2
In the Pymetrics Balloon Game, what happens if you pump the balloon too many times?