Wonderlic : Recognizing duplicate pairs of words

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Example Questions

Example Question #6 : General Knowledge And Recognition

How many of these pairs of words are exact duplicates?

1) quadrilateral AND quadriateral

2) obtuse AND obtuse

3) isosceles AND isoseles

4) circumference AND circumference

5) radian AND radian

Possible Answers:

Three

Two

Four

One

Five

Correct answer:

Three

Explanation:

The exact matches are in boldface; the unmatched words are noted, with their difference:

1) quadrilateral AND quadriateral

["l" is missing from the second word]

2) obtuse AND obtuse

[exact match]

3) isosceles AND isoseles

["c" is missing from the second word]

4) circumference AND circumference

[exact match]

5) radian AND radian

[exact match]

The correct response is three.

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