1. Spontaneous Reaction A paperclip… What is it? What could it be?

2. What it tests… Fluency - how many uses you can come up with Originality – how uncommon those uses are (e.g. “router restarter” is more uncommon than “holding papers together”) Flexibility – how many areas your answers cover (e.g. cufflinks and earrings are both accessories, aka one area) Elaboration – level of detail in responses; “keeping headphones from getting tangled up” would be worth more than “bookmark”

3. Incomplete Figure… See what you can turn this into Uncommon subject matter, implied stories, humor, and original perspective all earn high marks.

4. Solve! This! Riddle! A man has married 20 women in a small town. All of the women are still alive and none of them are divorced. The man has broken no laws. Who is the man?

5. The Answer… A Priest Psychologists use riddles to measure creative problem solving potential, or convergent thinking.

6. Remote Associates… Time – Hair – Stretch Manners – Round – Tennis Ache – Hunter – Cabbage Come up with a fourth word that connects all three words.

7. Possible answers… Long, Table, Head With Remote Association problems, solutions typically arise as a flash of insight.