Critical Thinking Test for Teenagers - the question form
Questions: 16 · 3 minutes
1. Look at the picture. What can you say about the lengths of the line segments?
A. They are the same length.
B. Of course the second one is longer.
B. The first one is still longer.
2. Your friend drew a diagram of a bus. Can you tell which direction it is moving?
To the right.
To the left.
How could you possibly tell?
3. Imagine you flip a coin 5 times in a row. Which option do you think is more likely?
Heads and tails will alternate, starting with heads.
Only heads will come up all 5 times.
Only tails will come up all 5 times.
All options could be equally likely.
4. A friend promised to help, but did not keep the promise and let you down. What are your thoughts about this?
He is not my friend anymore!
You cannot rely on him. If he let me down once, he will do it again.
I should find out what happened and why he could not keep his promise.
5. Your friend says: “There is no such thing as ball lightning. I have never noticed it. Have you seen it? No? I have seen ordinary lightning 100 times, but not ball lightning. So it is all made up!” Do you think this is a valid argument?
Yes, what he says is correct.
Maybe he is lying; he could not have seen lightning 100 times.
If he has not seen ball lightning, that does not mean it does not exist.
6. Your friend says: "The book is boring. Borya read it and didn’t like it." What do you think?
A. That makes sense—if Borya didn’t like it, then it’s not worth reading.
B. If Borya didn’t like the book, that doesn’t necessarily mean I won’t like it.
7. In an advertisement for a new chocolate bar, several advantages are listed. Which of these can be considered an attention-worthy fact?
An incredible taste!
It contains milk chocolate, hazelnut, and caramel.
Unmatched pleasure!
The favorite chocolate of all the best athletes!
8. Imagine you log in to your social media page and see a message from your friend asking tearfully for you to transfer 100 rubles. What would you do?
Of course I would help. Friends are there in hard times.
I would definitely not transfer any money. They must have been hacked.
First, I would contact my friend and tell them about the message.
9. You have been saving for a new gadget you really want, but you still do not have enough money. Then you see an ad offering the gadget for five times less than the usual price. What would you do?
A. Of course I would buy it. You cannot pass up an offer like that.
B. That seems a bit suspicious. I should check whether this seller is trustworthy. I would probably ask my parents for advice.
10. You know that spoiled food should not be eaten. There is something in the box that should not be eaten. So it must be spoiled food. Is that correct?
A. It could be anything.
B. Yes, that is correct: there is spoiled food in it.
C. On the contrary, there is fresh food in it.
11. Which word does not belong in this list: to hurl, to throw, to kick, to scatter, to toss?
A. To hurl
B. To throw
C. To kick
E. To scatter
D. To toss
12. Imagine a fictional animal called a "striped fastling." We do not know what it looks like. We do know that it has either a tail, or wings, or both. Which statement must be true?
The striped fastling cannot be without a tail.
The striped fastling cannot be without wings.
The striped fastling cannot have neither a tail nor wings at the same time.
If the striped fastling has a tail, then it also has wings.
13. Word analogy: "good" is to "worst" as "evil" is to…
A. Kind
B. Best
C. Kindest
D. Most evil
14. Think of words that could start with these letters. Continue the sequence: P, V, S, Ch, P, ...?
G
S
A
D
15. All gamers play games well, right? Some programmers are gamers. What conclusion would you draw?
A. All programmers play games well.
C. Some programmers play games very well.
B. Programmers definitely do not have time for games. They are serious people.
16. This is the final, very challenging task. Use your imagination and consider it from different angles. Which number should replace the question mark: 1111 – 02480 – 37523 – 06666 – 40005 – 32689 – ?
1
3
4
8