simple test

Apollyon67 · 03-15-2005, 07:36 PM

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you
whether you are qualified to be a "professional." Scroll down for each
answer. The questions are NOT that difficult. But don't scroll down
UNTIL you have answered the question!

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and
close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple
things
in an overly complicated way.

2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator? Did you say, "Open
the
refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?" Wrong
Answer.

Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the
elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through
the repercussions of your previous actions.

3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals
attend... except one ... Which animal does not attend?

Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You
just put him in there. This tests your memory.

Okay even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly,
you
still have one more chance to show your true abilities.

4. There is a river you must cross but it is inhabited by crocodiles,
and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?

Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not
been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting.

This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes. According
to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals
they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several
correct answers.

Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory
that most professionals have the brains of a four year old.

NorCalAshnjikov · 03-15-2005, 11:15 PM

Hey, let's flip for it, heads I win, tails you lose?

Stupid test.

Big Dog · 03-16-2005, 04:50 AM

An excellent test. You just have to think "out of the box", or the fridge in this case! Companies and State office's often include tests like this in their employee testing.

Shaun · 03-16-2005, 09:45 AM

kind of stupid to me neither animal can fit in a refrigerator

Big Dog · 03-16-2005, 12:45 PM

That's the point. That kind of 'logical' thinking makes you over-complicate things.

Being a programmer makes me tend to do the same - we want all the parameters of the test, all the "I's" dotted and the "T's" crossed.
The true innovators often see past the limitations of simple logic.

Shaun · 03-16-2005, 12:59 PM

Being that I am in IT BigDog I see it as you described -- you can't make decisions without all the information

ShooMac · 03-16-2005, 01:07 PM

I am the only person here professional enough to put a giraffe in a refrigerator.

AAAHHH! I just shot myself in the leg!

Big Dog · 03-16-2005, 05:48 PM

"BWAHAHAHAHA!"

I needed that . . .

gunssb · 03-16-2005, 06:23 PM

you guys are weird

DANA · 03-16-2005, 07:09 PM

Even simple questions can trip up many people I.E. I have two coins that add up to 55 cents and one of them is not a nickle. What are the two coins?

DANA

Apollyon67 · 03-16-2005, 07:20 PM

Dana, a half dollar and a nickle. Only one is not a nickle. and yes I know it was a stupid test, thats why its in the HUMOR forum.

DANA · 03-16-2005, 08:13 PM

Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10

DANA

gunssb · 03-16-2005, 08:20 PM

Apollyon67 · 03-16-2005, 08:23 PM

Apollyon67 · 03-16-2005, 08:24 PM

Gunssb beat me to it.

Javert · 03-16-2005, 10:49 PM

NICKEL!!! NOT NICKLE!! NICKEL!!! AS IN THE METAL! Ain't none of you never ben to skool?? kant yoo reed and rite?

Apollyon67 · 03-17-2005, 06:56 PM

Thanks Javert, I get a bit off at times. Keep me on the straight and narrow

Gunnie Ed · 03-18-2005, 08:57 AM

I think that test gave me an annurism...

03-15-2005, 07:36 PM	#1
Apollyon67 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 2,228 Trader Rating: (0)	simple test The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are qualified to be a "professional." Scroll down for each answer. The questions are NOT that difficult. But don't scroll down UNTIL you have answered the question! 1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way. 2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator? Did you say, "Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?" Wrong Answer. Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions. 3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend... except one ... Which animal does not attend? Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. This tests your memory. Okay even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities. 4. There is a river you must cross but it is inhabited by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it? Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes. According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four year old. __________________ "To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish." Ben Franklin

03-16-2005, 04:50 AM	#3
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,063 Trader Rating: (0)	An excellent test. You just have to think "out of the box", or the fridge in this case! Companies and State office's often include tests like this in their employee testing. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

03-16-2005, 09:45 AM	#4
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,585 Trader Rating: (0)	kind of stupid to me neither animal can fit in a refrigerator __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

03-16-2005, 12:45 PM	#5
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,063 Trader Rating: (0)	That's the point. That kind of 'logical' thinking makes you over-complicate things. Being a programmer makes me tend to do the same - we want all the parameters of the test, all the "I's" dotted and the "T's" crossed. The true innovators often see past the limitations of simple logic. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

03-16-2005, 12:59 PM	#6
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,585 Trader Rating: (0)	Being that I am in IT BigDog I see it as you described -- you can't make decisions without all the information __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

03-15-2005, 11:15 PM	#2
NorCalAshnjikov Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 688 Trader Rating: (0)	Hey, let's flip for it, heads I win, tails you lose? Stupid test.

03-16-2005, 01:07 PM	#7
ShooMac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 354 Trader Rating: (0)	Look at me! I'm a DEA agent! I am the only person here professional enough to put a giraffe in a refrigerator. AAAHHH! I just shot myself in the leg! __________________ "Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun." - Ash

03-16-2005, 05:48 PM	#8
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,063 Trader Rating: (0)	"BWAHAHAHAHA!" I needed that . . . __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

03-16-2005, 06:23 PM	#9
gunssb Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: socal Posts: 1,833 Trader Rating: (0)	you guys are weird

03-16-2005, 07:09 PM	#10
DANA Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: WAITSFIELD VERMONT Posts: 1,590 Trader Rating: (0)	Even simple questions can trip up many people I.E. I have two coins that add up to 55 cents and one of them is not a nickle. What are the two coins? DANA

03-16-2005, 07:20 PM	#11
Apollyon67 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 2,228 Trader Rating: (0)	Dana, a half dollar and a nickle. Only one is not a nickle. and yes I know it was a stupid test, thats why its in the HUMOR forum. __________________ "To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish." Ben Franklin

03-16-2005, 08:13 PM	#12
DANA Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: WAITSFIELD VERMONT Posts: 1,590 Trader Rating: (0)	Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10 DANA

03-16-2005, 08:20 PM	#13
gunssb Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: socal Posts: 1,833 Trader Rating: (0)	70

03-16-2005, 08:23 PM	#14
Apollyon67 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 2,228 Trader Rating: (0)	70 __________________ "To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish." Ben Franklin

03-16-2005, 08:24 PM	#15
Apollyon67 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 2,228 Trader Rating: (0)	Gunssb beat me to it. __________________ "To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish." Ben Franklin

03-16-2005, 10:49 PM	#16
Javert Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Boston, MO Posts: 67 Trader Rating: (0)	NICKEL!!! NOT NICKLE!! NICKEL!!! AS IN THE METAL! Ain't none of you never ben to skool?? kant yoo reed and rite? __________________ The 2nd amendment was never intended to allow private citizens to 'keep and bear arms.' If it had, there would have been wording such as 'the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.' --Ken Konecki What? --Yogi Berra Posted from the excitement and splendour of northeast rural Missouri.

03-17-2005, 06:56 PM	#17
Apollyon67 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 2,228 Trader Rating: (0)	Thanks Javert, I get a bit off at times. Keep me on the straight and narrow __________________ "To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish." Ben Franklin

03-18-2005, 08:57 AM	#18
Gunnie Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: three clicks left of center. Posts: 808 Trader Rating: (0)	I think that test gave me an annurism... __________________ http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95.../warinmine.gif