Every morning before starting your usual software testing tasks or other daily routines take a small test. Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. It's important to check that you are ready to start your job today. Below is a very effective way to gauge your readiness to start working and your intelligence. Take the test presented here to determine if you're ready or not. The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until you've decided on your answer. OK, relax, clear your mind and begin.

There is no need to cheat. The questions are not that difficult.
You just need to think like a QA professional.

1. What do you put in a toaster?

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2. Say "silk” five times. Now spell "silk". What do cows drink?

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3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?

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OK, if you did not answer the last three questions correctly, this one may be your last chance to test your qualifications to be a Software Tester.

4. It's twenty years ago, and a plane is flying at 20,000 feet over Germany (If you will recall, Germany at the time was politically divided into West Germany and East Germany ) Anyway, during the flight, two engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the engine fails before he can do so and the plane fatally crashes smack in the middle of "no man's land" between East Germany and West Germany. Where would you bury the survivors? East Germany, West Germany, or no man's land"?

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5. If on a clock the hour hand moves 1/60th of a degree every minute then how many degrees will the hour hand travels in one hour?

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6. Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales . In London , 17 people get on the bus. In Reading, six people get off the bus and nine people get on. In Swindon , two people get off and four get on. In Cardiff, 11 people get off and 16 people get on. In Swansea , three people get off and five people get on. In Carmathen, six people get off and three get on. You then arrive at Milford Haven. What was the name of the bus driver"

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So... If you answered six out of six questions correctly, you are a true Software Tester. You can start testing today.

If you answered four or five out of six questions correctly take a day off.

If you answered three out of six, you have some catching up to do but there's hope for you. You can try youself as a QA manager.

If you answered two out of six, consider a career as a hamburger flipper in a fast food joint.

If you answered one out of six, try selling some of your organs. It's the only way you will ever make any money.

If you answered none correctly, consider a career that does not require any higher mental functions at all, such as law or politics.

The following is a classic example of a math interview question that is related to software testing: