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Engineers have high IQ

Posted by HuiHui on 7:28 AM
Got locked out from my linux workstation early morning. Browsed thro’ EETimes, Malaysiakini, thestar; checked my hotmail, yahoo & friendster (with my laptop) and at 7am I was done with those. So, to kill some time while waiting for the IT guy to report to work, I “wu liao”-ly clicked at the pop-up link that brought me to complete a set of 130+ tickle questions. At the wee hour of the morning, I scored 131.

Congratulations, Hui!Your IQ score is 131
This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others. Your Intellectual Type is Visual Mathematician. This means you are gifted at spotting patterns — both in pictures and in numbers. These talents combined with your overall high intelligence make you good at understanding the big picture, which is why people trust your instincts and turn to you for direction — especially in the workplace. And that's just some of what we know about you from your test results.


Curious to know what 131 means, I asked the person who knows best -> the omniscience Mr. Google. Look what I've found at the first return of the search.

http://www.audiblox.com/iq_scores.htm

Half of the population have IQ’s of between 90 and 110, while 25% have higher IQ’s and 25% have lower IQ’s:
Descriptive Classifications of Intelligence Quotients

IQ Description % of Population
130+ Very superior 2.2%
120-129 Superior 6.7%
110-119 High average 16.1%
90-109 Average 50%
80-89 Low average 16.1%
70-79 Borderline 6.7%
Below 70 Extremely low 2.2%

Apparently, the IQ gives a good indication of the occupational group that a person will end up in, though not of course the specific occupation. In their book, Know Your Child’s IQ, Glen Wilson and Diana Grylls outline occupations typical of various IQ levels:

140 Top Civil Servants; Professors and Research Scientists.
130 Physicians and Surgeons; Lawyers; Engineers (Civil and Mechanical)
120 School Teachers; Pharmacists; Accountants; Nurses; Stenographers; Managers.
110 Foremen; Clerks; Telephone Operators; Salesmen; Policemen; Electricians.
100+ Machine Operators; Shopkeepers; Butchers; Welders; Sheet Metal Workers.
100- Warehousemen; Carpenters; Cooks and Bakers; Small Farmers; Truck and Van Drivers.
90 Laborers; Gardeners; Upholsterers; Farmhands; Miners; Factory Packers and Sorters


WOOWWW….. Mr Glen Wilson & Miss Diana Grylls certainly do think very highly of the Engineers.


**The tickle questions were very similar to my favoriate paper in UPSR. An extra paper we had to sit for in 1991....which was called Ujian Perolehan?!?! Argggh... I can't recall. Anyone can help? What was that extra IQ paper called?

13 Comments


are you sure we sit for extra iq paper? I have no recollection of the extra exam at all.
i knew there was BM, English, Maths..
Alam & Manusia was not counted in the UPSR


we never get to know the grade. I think it was only for 1991 UPSR and we were the only
guinea pig.

weird...i found most ppl do not have any recollection of that. was i hallucinating?


we never get to know the grade. I think it was only for 1991 UPSR and we were the only
guinea pig.

weird...i found most ppl do not have any recollection of that. was i hallucinating?

Anonymous says:

eh...i think i recall we did some latihan on that..but not sure if we took upsr for that or not. i hate that paper...and i remember ah hui loved it sooo much...she bought extra buku latihan to practice

Anonymous says:

btw...i think i did one test in tickle..but it's EQ...i got 130++ damn high in EQ..ho ho ho~~ i think my IQ should be below 100..since i dun use my brain much...hahahahhaa

Anonymous says:

It stated that it require IQ score of 120 to become a manager while Engineer scores 130.Now Engineer got valid justification to see the managment differently..hahaha...


management is memang ------


hahaha.. karen, you're so right! the reason i remember it is b'coz i come across those book latihan a few years back when i was tiding up my store room... but due to my extremely poor memory, i forgot what is that subject called again.

Anonymous says:

me too~ can't remember the subject..peralihan? hmm..can't recall leh...

i remmeber those questions consist of some cubes..then imagine those cubes from what what direction. or a few things there, choose one that doesnt belong to the group something like that.

Anonymous says:

hahha.a.maybe manager need other attributes more..like leadership, EQ,(ehem..ehem), communications, etc etc. IQ..so-so enough already for them.


i seriously cannot remember the exam.
did we sit for it, or it didn't happen in the end? wow, i can't even remember things happening when I was 12 years old!!!!!


i think we did.
lets ask the rest of the gals during next year reunion. :)

Anonymous says:

also noticed the Engineer > Manager IQ .. kakakaka..... so if someone gets promoted to become manager, it means his IQ dropped? :P

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