Wonderlic Basic and Verbal Skills Practice Test

Question 1

Choose the best word to finish the phrase.
"I'm so _________ that I could eat an enormous supper!" Jayson said passionately.

Accepted Answer

starved

Answer

satisfied

Answer

congested

Answer

nauseated

Question 2

Take a look at the numbers in the row below. What should be the next number?
10 20 15 30 25 50?

Accepted Answer

45

Answer

30

Answer

35

Answer

90

Question 3

Arman's and Jay both start working at the same company. Arman starts off earning twice as much as Jay, but he doesn't get a rise for five years, whilst Jay gets a $5,000 raise every year. Their salaries are equivalent after five years.
When they first started working, how much did Jay earn?

Accepted Answer

$25,000

Answer

$8,000

Answer

$30,000

Answer

$80,000

Question 4

How much greater is the distance between cities A and C than the distance between cities A and B if it takes 1.5 hours to travel from city A to city B and 9 hours to fly from city A to city C?

Accepted Answer

Six times as great

Answer

Four times as great

Answer

Seven-and-a-half times as great

Answer

Two times as great

Question 5

At the same moment, two people leave a city. One individual drives at 30 miles per hour and gets at his destination three hours later. The second individual travels 120 miles and arrives at the same time as the first. What is the speed of the second person?

Accepted Answer

40 miles an hour

Answer

60 miles an hour

Answer

50 miles an hour

Answer

30 miles an hour

Question 6

What day does the 27th of May fall on if the first of May is a Friday?

Accepted Answer

Wednesday

Answer

Friday

Answer

Thursday

Answer

Tuesday

Question 7

Assume that both of the following assertions are correct: Before graduating, all students are expected to take a math course.
Sandra is a university student.
Which of the following propositions may be concluded logically?

Accepted Answer

Sandra required to take a math class

Answer

Sandra is not required to take a math class

Answer

Sandra is currently taking a math class

Answer

Sandra is not a student

Question 8

Which of the following terms has the most different letters in it?

Accepted Answer

Disillusionment

Answer

Abracadabra

Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 9

Which of the following does not belong in the list below?

Accepted Answer

regret

Answer

provoke

Answer

outrage

Answer

inspire

Question 10

Choose the term that best explains the meaning of the word you've been given.
Vicariously translates as

Accepted Answer

Lived through another

Answer

Loudly and emotionally

Answer

A thick liquid

Answer

Wickedly

Choose the best word to finish the phrase. "I'm so _________ that I could eat an enormous supper!" Jayson said passionately.

Choose the best word to finish the phrase.
"I'm so _________ that I could eat an enormous supper!" Jayson said passionately.