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SELF-REFERENTIAL APTITUDE TEST

by Jim Propp

The solution to the following puzzle is unique; in some cases the knowledge that the solution is unique may actually give you a short-cut to finding the answer to a particular question, but it's possible to find the unique solution even without making use of the fact that the solution is unique.

1. The first question whose answer is B is question
   1. 1
   2. 2
   3. 3
   4. 4
   5. 5
2. The only two consecutive questions with identical answers are questions
   1. 6 and 7
   2. 7 and 8
   3. 8 and 9
   4. 9 and 10
   5. 10 and 11
3. The number of questions with the answer E is
   1. 0
   2. 1
   3. 2
   4. 3
   5. 4
4. The number of questions with the answer A is
   1. 4
   2. 5
   3. 6
   4. 7
   5. 8
5. The answer to this question is the same as the answer to question
   1. 1
   2. 2
   3. 3
   4. 4
   5. 5
6. The answer to question 17 is
   1. C
   2. D
   3. E
   4. none of the above
   5. all of the above
7. Alphabetically, the answer to this question and the answer to the following question are
   1. 4 apart
   2. 3 apart
   3. 2 apart
   4. 1 apart
   5. the same
8. The number of questions whose answers are vowels is
   1. 4
   2. 5
   3. 6
   4. 7
   5. 8
9. The next question with the same answer as this one is question
   1. 10
   2. 11
   3. 12
   4. 13
   5. 14
10. The answer to question 16 is
    1. D
    2. A
    3. E
    4. B
    5. C
11. The number of questions preceding this one with the answer B is
    1. 0
    2. 1
    3. 2
    4. 3
    5. 4
12. The number of questions whose answer is a consonant is
    1. an even number
    2. an odd number
    3. a perfect square
    4. a prime
    5. divisible by 5
13. The only odd-numbered problem with answer A is
    1. 9
    2. 11
    3. 13
    4. 15
    5. 17
14. The number of questions with answer D is
    1. 6
    2. 7
    3. 8
    4. 9
    5. 10
15. The answer to question 12 is
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E
16. The answer to question 10 is
    1. D
    2. C
    3. B
    4. A
    5. E
17. The answer to question 6 is
    1. C
    2. D
    3. E
    4. none of the above
    5. all of the above
18. The number of questions with answer A equals the number of questions with answer
    1. B
    2. C
    3. D
    4. E
    5. none of the above
19. The answer to this question is:
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E
20. Standardized test is to intelligence as barometer is to
    1. temperature (only)
    2. wind-velocity (only)
    3. latitude (only)
    4. longitude (only)
    5. temperature, wind-velocity, latitude, and longitude

(From http://www.math.wisc.edu/~propp/srat.html)