A Timed Test

[Barry_White]

Print this out and try it

FOR ALL PERSONS A TIMED TEST.

CAN YOU FOLLOW DIRECTIONS? TRY THIS TIMED TEST. ALLOWING YOURSELF THREE MINUTES.

1 READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY BEFORE DOING ANYTHING.

2 PRINT YOUR NAME IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THIS PAPER

3 CIRCLE THE WORD “NAME” IN SENTENCE NUMBER 2.

4 DRAW 5 SMALL SQUARES IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE SHEET

5 PUT AN “X” IN EACH SQUARE.

6 SIGN YOUR NAME AT THE TOP OF THIS PAPER

7 IN FRONT OF YOUR NAME, WRITE YES, YES, YES.

8 LOUDLY SPEAK UP SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU, AND CALL OUT YOUR NAME.

9 PUT A CIRCLE COMPLETELY AROUND SENTENCE NUMBER 2.

10 PUT AN “X” IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THIS PAPER.

11 DRAW A TRIANGLE AROUND THE “X” YOU JUST PUT DOWN.

12 IN YOUR NORMAL SPEAKING VOICE, COUNT DOWN FROM TEN TO ONE.

13 DRAW A RECTANGLE AROUND THE WORD “CORNER” IN SENTENCE NO. 4.

14 MULTIPLY 156 X 10. USE EMPTY SPACE AT THE BOTTOM FOR WORKING IF NECESSARY AND WRITE HERE. ________________

15 PUNCH THREE SMALL HOLES IN THE TOP OF THIS PAPER, WITH YOUR PENCIL OR PEN POINT.

16 LOUDLY SPEAK SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU, AND SAY I AM NEARLY FINISHED & I HAVE FOLLOWED DIRECTIONS.

17 NOW THAT YOU HAVE FINISHED READING EVERYTHING CAREFULLY. DO ONLY QUESTION 1&2.

[DavidG]

I actually handed this one out to a room full of students at uni. Only one person sat there without doing the whole thing.

This was followed by a number of "you bas...d" comments from various locations around the room.

Nearly P'd myself.

[Barry_White]

Thats probably normal for any group of people which goes to show that people don't really follow instructions very well.