Wonderlic WBST flashcards
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- Synonym
- A word that means the same as, or nearly the same as, another word. Synonym questions ask you to choose the answer option closest in meaning to the given word.
- Antonym
- A word that means the opposite of another word. Antonym questions ask you to choose the answer option most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
- Analogy
- A pair of words with a specific relationship that must be matched by a second pair with the same relationship. For example, 'finger : hand :: toe : foot' shows a part-to-whole link.
- Part-to-whole analogy
- The first word names a piece and the second names the larger thing it belongs to, as in 'petal : flower'. The answer pair must repeat that same part-then-whole order.
- Cause-and-effect analogy
- The first word produces the second, as in 'rain : flood'. The matching pair must also place the cause before the effect, never in reversed order.
- Degree analogy
- One word is a stronger or weaker version of the other, as in 'warm : hot' or 'mist : downpour'. The correct answer pair shows the same step in intensity.
- Function analogy
- The first word is a tool or object and the second is what it does, as in 'scissors : cut'. The answer pair must keep the object-then-use order to be correct.
- Contrast signal words
- Words such as but, although, however, despite and yet show that a sentence changes direction, so the missing word should carry a meaning opposite to what came before.
- Continuation signal words
- Words such as and, because, therefore and since show that a sentence keeps the same direction, so the missing word restates or extends the idea already given.
- Context clue
- Information in the surrounding sentence that narrows a word's meaning. On vocabulary-in-context items the sentence, not outside knowledge, decides which sense of the word fits.
- Odd one out
- A classification item that gives several words in a shared category plus one that lacks the category's defining property. Name the shared property, then pick the word that fails it.
- Passage-supported answer
- A reading comprehension answer that can be justified using only words actually in the passage. Choices that are true in real life but absent from the text are incorrect.
- Subject-verb agreement
- A singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. Phrases between the subject and verb, such as prepositional phrases, do not change the number.
- Pronoun-antecedent agreement
- A pronoun must match the noun it replaces in number and gender. If the antecedent 'each employee' is singular, the later pronoun must be he, she or it, not they.
- Misplaced modifier
- A descriptive phrase placed too far from the word it describes, so the sentence appears to describe the wrong thing. The modifier belongs directly beside its noun.
- Homophone
- One of two or more words that sound alike but are spelled differently and carry different meanings, such as 'their' and 'there' or 'to' and 'too'.
- Percent change
- Calculate percent change as (new value minus old value) divided by old value, times 100. A positive result is an increase and a negative result is a decrease.
- Percent of a number
- In word problems 'of' means multiply and 'is' means equals. So 30% of 80 is written 0.30 times 80, which equals 24.
- Discount price
- A discount lowers a price by a percentage: final price equals original price times (1 minus the discount rate). A 25% discount on $80 leaves $80 times 0.75, or $60.
- Markup price
- A markup raises a cost by a percentage: selling price equals cost times (1 plus the markup rate). A 40% markup on $50 gives $50 times 1.40, or $70.
- Mean average formula
- Average equals the sum of all values divided by the number of values. Equivalently, sum equals average times count, which lets you rebuild a missing total.
- Find a missing value
- When one value is unknown but the average and the count are given, multiply average by count to get the required total, then subtract the known values.
- Distance formula
- Distance equals rate multiplied by time. Rearranged as time equals distance divided by rate, or rate equals distance divided by time, it solves standard motion problems.
- Combined work rate
- For two workers finishing a job together, 1/a plus 1/b equals 1/t, where a and b are their individual times and t is the time taken working together.
- Ratio cross-multiplication
- A proportion written a/b equals c/d is solved by setting a times d equal to b times c, then dividing to isolate the unknown term.
- Order of operations
- Evaluate an expression in this order: parentheses first, then exponents, then multiplication and division left to right, then addition and subtraction left to right.
- Fraction of a number
- To take a fraction of an amount, multiply the amount by the numerator and divide by the denominator: 3/4 of 60 is 180 divided by 4, or 45.
- Comparing fractions
- Cross-multiply to compare two fractions: for a/b and c/d, compare a times d with c times b. The larger product sits beneath the larger fraction.
- Constant-difference series
- A number sequence in which each term changes by the same amount, such as adding 3 each step. Subtract consecutive terms to confirm the pattern before extending it.
- Constant-ratio series
- A number sequence in which each term is multiplied by the same factor, such as doubling each step. Divide consecutive terms to confirm the pattern before extending it.
- Alternating series
- A sequence that runs two separate patterns at once, one on the odd positions and one on the even positions. Check every other term when simple differences and ratios fail.
- Estimation shortcut
- On timed arithmetic items the answer choices are usually far apart, so round each number to the nearest ten or hundred and select the option closest to your rounded result.