Multiple valid answers for some questions
Whoever wrote these questions didnt run them by enough people. In the first 50 questions, I found a few that have multiple valid answers. For instance, one such question was "Sun : Planet :: Earth : ?" and both Moon and Satellite were options. Now, the moon is a satellite technically, and so the precision of language is off. Its a little annoying to have to assume that the test is made for people who dont know the actual definition of "satellite." Another one was "99 : 98 :: 198 : ?" and both 197 and 196 were listed. The test maker says its the obvious answer (197), not recognizing that 198 is just twice 99 and 196 is twice 98, so 196 is the answer if youre thinking in terms of proportions (as opposed to the simple linguistic connection of "minus 1"). What I mean is proportionally/multiplicatively, 99:98=198:196. With at least two such questions out of just the first 50, its obvious to me that the test makers didnt vet their questions. And anyway the questions generally seem to be too easy, at least the first 50.
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