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This article introduces the reader to the Test of Encyclopedic and Analytic Knowledge (TEAK).

Author

Herbert Glarner

Published

2009-Oct-17

TEAK

Introduction

The Test of Encyclopedic and Analytic Knowledge is an unsupervised, but timed test comprising questions from a diverse spectrum of categories. It is a classical test in the sense, that you won't find questions about popular TV series or recent sports results.

Instructions

Once that you click on the link labelled [The Test] near the top of this page, the actual test is started immediately, if you are alredy logged in. If not, you are taken to the login page, where you also have the chance to register yourself, if you do not have a user account yet. After logging in or registering, you are taken back to the test which then is started immediately.

Once that all questions were loaded, a timer is started. You are given 4 seconds to answer each question. This time is enough to read the question and the 4 options, of which one is the answer, and also to mark the answer you think is correct by clicking on its radio button. The time is not enough, though, to allow a lookup in dictionaries or in the Web: attempting to do so inevitably will result in a loss of time better spent in answering other questions.

The number of questions determines the overall test duration. Once started, the remaining time is shown in the bottom right of the window (countdown in seconds).

Note, that the categories repeat in cycles; in each cycle you will be asked more difficult questions than in the previous cycles, so it might be a good strategy to answer the first few questions as fast as possible in order to gain a small time reserve towards the more difficult end.

Score and Certificate

Your score is expressed as the percentage of correctly answered questions in relation to all presented questions. E.g.: out of 24 questions, you answer 15, and of those, 12 are correct. Your score will then be 50, because 12 out of 24 is 50%.

To obtain a certificate you need to score 40. This may seem low, but rest assured that it is not: the test is designed so, that you most likely won't be able to answer all asked questions.

Note, that if you retake the test later on, you do so implictely with the intention of scoring better. Hence, by starting a new test you will erase any previously gained certificate right at the beginning. The consequence is, that your new certificate may be inferior to your former one, or that you may end with no certificate at all, even when having earned a such in a previous test.

High Scores

The link labelled [High Scores] near the top of this page will take you to a list with the current high scores. Hope to see you there soon. By participating, you agree that you will be listed in it provided that you belong to the top scorers.

Start

Start the test. Remember that you might be taken to the Login/Registration page first, but will be returned immediately to the test page after you provided your credentials.

Good luck!