The Test No Q Anon Adherent Or Follower Would Be Able To Pass

 By "pass"  I mean a 7 out of 10.  This follows from Dr Pat Bannister's 1972 seminar that belief- gullibility is mutually exclusive with analytical ability.  One simply can't possess the latter and be susceptible to being snookered - by insane beliefs, or conspiracy ideations.  The beauty of the test - one of several designed by Bannister-  is that no special background knowledge is needed, only following logically the information given in each question or problem and responding correctly to the situation.  

Believers and conspiracy ideationists fail because they are unable to apply critical thought to the problems.   They may believe they can "decode" the content of so-called Q "drops" but are woefully helpless in the face of a genuine analytical problem. After watching Part I of HBO's  Q: Into The Storm last night Janice agrees,  and doesn't think the typical Q person would get even one right - unless it's a lucky guess.  As she put it:  "Only an idiot would believe Democrats sacrifice babies, and idiots turn out to fail IQ tests!"

Time:30 minutes:

1.  Object O is 2 degrees F. higher in temperature than body B which is 1.8 C higher than body C which is at 0 C. What is the temperature of O in Celsius degrees? (Hint: Every 1 C increase in temperature = 1.8 F)

A) 2.8     B) 1.8     C) 2.91      D)1.91

2.The equilateral triangle shown in Fig. 1(a) is rotated clockwise through 60 degrees, then 60 degrees counterclockwise, 

Then through 360 degrees clockwise– what will the new orientation look like (Select option from  4 shown in  Fig. 1b)

   

A)         B)         C)           D)

3. If proposition X is true, then Z is also true. If X is false, then Y is true. If X and W are false, then Z MAY be true or false. If it is found that proposition Z is false, then:

A) X is false 

B) Y is true 

C) W is false 

D) all the preceding may be true

4) Roger is Paul’s uncle. Deke is Roger’s brother. Gerald is Deke’s father. Carmela is Gerald’s niece. Beula is Carmela’s daughter. How is Beula related to Roger?

A) niece        B) sister     C) cousin      D) 2nd cousin

5) Consider these operations:

Let addition by 1 be denoted by A
Let multiplication by 2 be denoted by S
Let division by 4 be denoted by F
Let subtraction by 1 be denoted by T

Then given the sequence of operations: 28 SFATS, the result one obtains is:

A) 14       B) 28       C) 56        D) 7

6) Referencing the square shown in Fig. 2,   below,

One can apply the following operations, each of which can alter its orientation:

R1: Rotation clockwise by 90 degrees
R2: rotation clockwise by 180 degrees
R3: rotation clockwise by 270 degrees
M1: Mirrors corners exactly through the midline of the square
M2: Mirrors two opposing diagonal corners: from top left to bottom right
M3: Mirrors two opposing corners in the opposite sense to M2

If we apply the sequence of operations to the square (in the order identified):

R2 M1 M3

Then the result is (assuming the square in Fig. 2 is given by ABCD):

A) ABCD    B) BCDA     C) DABC     D) CDAB

 

7) An experiment is performed in which the bacterium E. Coli, grown in a medium devoid of galactosides, so that its three available proteins (alpha, beta, gamma – or A, B, G) are synthesized at an exceedingly slow rate – approximately 1 molecule every five generations.

If galactoside is introduced into the medium the rate of synthesis of all three proteins is increased a thousandfold. 

If it is withdrawn, the synthesis rate returns to its original low form:

A/t = B/t = C/t    =   1 molecule / 5 generations

A chemical K is added in a new experiment, which increases the density of all 3 proteins by 100 times. If the galactoside is re-introduced but at half the concentration as before, then we can expect the new rate of synthesis for all three proteins, and for every five generations to be:

A) 5 molecules

 B) 500 molecules 

C) 25 molecules 

D) 250 molecules

8)Examine the sequence of steps in Fig. 3a  below and the possible next configuration in Fig.. 3b, below that. 

The new configuration (lower panel) will most likely be that for:

A)      B)       C)        D)

9) A person makes the claim:

“Physical (natural) laws are part of a general law. But they are descriptive , whereas logical laws -  just like ethical laws -  are prescriptive parts of the general law. That is, laws of logic tell us how we ought to reason in order to conform our thought to how things really are.  Just as ethical laws tell us how we ought to behave. A miracle is an exception to physical law but not to logical or ethical law. As such it does not contradict the general law . The comparison between physical laws and laws of thought or ethical laws is invalid ”

The logical error committed by the author is:

A) Making the claim both logical and ethical laws are “prescriptive”

B) Making the claim that the laws of logic tell us how to reason, since reason created the laws in the first place.

C) Inventing an ad hoc law to permit miracles and that contradicts laws of logic and the general law.

D) All of the above

10) Given the author's reference to "general law"  what would you conclude?

A) He has conflated "general law" with laws of thought, without defining the former.

B) He has committed the "one True Scotsman" fallacy, i.e. asserting a certain association always trumps any other associations by virtue of having some special dispensation or quality (usually an appeal to "authority" or an undefined God).

C) He has erred in extrapolating from the particular to the general.

D) He has committed all the above.