DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN CERTAINTY

Competency Assessment

FORM 5198-C / REVISION UNAVAILABLE
Assessment Instructions

You will answer eight questions covering logic, language, mathematics, and general knowledge.

Before beginning, estimate how many questions you expect to answer correctly.

Your estimate will be compared with your actual performance.

Please answer without external assistance. This is an experimental exercise, not a validated psychological assessment.

Section I: Self-Evaluation

Out of eight questions, how many do you expect to answer correctly?


Section II: Evaluation

01. Logical Reasoning

All florps are wugs. No wugs are zibs. Could a florp be a zib?

02. Quantitative Reasoning

Five machines take five minutes to produce five identical parts. Assuming each machine works at the same constant rate, how long would 100 machines take to produce 100 parts?

03. Vocabulary

Which word is closest in meaning to laconic?

04. Pattern Recognition

What number comes next?

2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?

05. General Knowledge

Bronze is traditionally made by combining copper with which metal?

06. Probability

On a single roll of a fair six-sided die, what is the probability of rolling exactly five?

07. Deductive Reasoning

If the statement "All doors are locked" is false, which statement must be true?

08. Numerical Ability

What is 30% of 90?


About the Dunning-Kruger Effect

In 1999, psychologists Justin Kruger and David Dunning published research examining the relationship between performance and people's assessments of their own abilities.

Their findings suggested that people with relatively poor performance in certain domains could substantially overestimate their performance.

Later research has debated the size, interpretation, and statistical explanation of the effect.

Importantly, the difference between one person's predicted and actual score on a short quiz does not establish the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Kruger and Dunning (1999)

Gignac and Zajenkowski (2020): A statistical critique

Reevaluating the effect (2023)

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