The Programming IQ Test | The Coffeehouse

tfraser

I found this semi-humorous, semi-serious IQ test for developers and thought it was quite neat and worthy of a mention here.

Some questions have obvious answers but there's also a few that could stump you (or at least stumped me). Oddly, the joke questions were harder than the technical ones.

I scored 65 (out of 100), though I should add that I intentionally sacrificed some points at Question 10 (you'll understand when you get there). If you take the test then post your results so all the Niners can see.

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

I got 80. I also got frustrated by the long loading time of each question.

EDIT: And I object to calling a knowledge quiz an IQ test; IQ has nothing to do with knowledge. Tongue Out

RoyalSchrubber
One. How many time travellers does it take to change a lightbulb?

Meh, I thought I'd see right answers when finished with the quiz..

got 70..

EDIT: found it Smiley

Ion Todirel
buuu

In reply to RoyalSchrubber

#Oct 19th, 2008 @ 3:39 AM

well excuse me for not knowing what beverage contains the most sugar and caffeine Tongue Out

EDIT: I got 60 points, damn that funny questions like the beverage one

jonathansampson
stick a scissor in you eye!

Meh, 35. I'm a confined developer, knowing very little about the history of languages, the authors of those languages, or the creators of camelCase etc. Anybody suggest a book that would cover all of this stuff? Smiley

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

In reply to Ion Todirel

#Oct 19th, 2008 @ 5:47 AM

I answered that one correctly simply by using the reasoning that it was most likely to be the least obvious one (the orange drink).

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

In reply to Sven Groot

#Oct 19th, 2008 @ 12:30 AM

65 here, I got the trick questions wrong. Then there were some questions that had multiple right answers:

For instance the P=NP one, both "I don't know" and "Sometimes" are acceptable answers. Ditto with Javascript, since (part of) its syntax is derived from Java, but the rest is marketing.

I also felt I got the drinks questions wrong too.

...unless someone wants to correct me?

evildictaitor
if( !succeed( try() ) ) { while(true) try(); }

In reply to W3bbo

#Oct 19th, 2008 @ 6:55 AM

"Sometimes" is certainly wrong for the question is "P = NP". The answer is either Yes or No, but it hasn't been proved which. It certainly isn't sometimes Yes or sometimes No.

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

In reply to W3bbo

#Oct 19th, 2008 @ 6:55 AM

The P=NP thing is completely unknown. If you think you any of the other answers is correct, and can prove it, you've got a Turing award waiting for you.

Javascript and Java don't have anything in common. Javascript was not derived from Java, it's syntax stems from the general C-like languages, which is what Java also comes from.

Dr Herbie
Horses for courses

In reply to Sven Groot

#Oct 19th, 2008 @ 7:17 AM

Hmm, 75.
I feel cheated that the drink question didn't involve tea, though.

And the N= NP question I answewde truthfully: I have no idea what either of them means (and I don't really care, come to that).

Herbie

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

In reply to Dr Herbie

#Oct 19th, 2008 @ 8:47 AM

I feel cheated that the drink question didn't involve tea, though.

Tea doesn't contain a whole lot of caffeine though (tea leaves contain a lot of caffeine, more than coffee, but a cup of tea contains less caffeine than a cup of coffee), and only as much sugar as you yourself put in it. Smiley

Ion Todirel
buuu

In reply to Sven Groot

#Oct 19th, 2008 @ 7:17 AM

yeah, reminds me of the quote: "Java is to JavaScript what Car is to Carpet" Tongue Out

ScottWelker

65

Man some of that was obscure. Fun though.

magicalclick

I got dummy face, score 45. Sad

If it is about Xbox games, I can score at least 90, LOL.

Ion Todirel
buuu

In reply to magicalclick

#Oct 19th, 2008 @ 12:17 PM

really, say then who is the best friend of Master Chief, it's hair and eyes color Tongue Out

joechung

That's weird. The page said that I scored an 80, but when I read the answer key afterwards, I figured out that the test should have given me an 85.

obiwankenobi

While waiting here for the next questions to load it's quite interesting to read which ones made you gonna fall ,-)
So when all questions are load and finished I hope I have at least a score as you.