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Free PI Cognitive Assessment practice test: 50 questions, 12 minutes
Four answer choices, 14.4 seconds a question, and you may skip and come back, which changes the best strategy. See how many you reach and where the points went.
12:00 on the clock · 50 questions
- 50 questions, four answer choices (three on logic statements)
- You can skip and come back: use All questions to jump
- Wrong answers do not count against you
- No calculator. Scratch paper and a pencil are fine.
The clock starts when you press the button and cannot be paused. No email, no sign-up.
What you see when the clock stops
Your score and where it stands
Correct answers, questions reached, and a rough percentile from the one example the publisher gives, labeled as an estimate.
The questions you should have skipped
Every question that held you past the pace and earned no point, with the seconds it cost and the points that time was worth.
Your weak types, by name
Right, wrong and seconds for each question type, so tonight's practice goes where the points are.
Also in the questions: "Some" means at least one, possibly all. Dates are written month/day/year. A figure may be turned, but it is never flipped unless the question says so.
The PI Cognitive Assessment: what the publisher says
| Format | 50 questions in 12 minutes, no calculator. Most people will not answer all 50. Source: The Predictive Index, Cognitive Assessment page. |
|---|---|
| Moving around | The real assessment shows five questions to a page with Previous and Next: skipping and going back are allowed. Source: The Predictive Index, Administrator's Guide. |
| Guessing | Wrong answers do not count against the score. Source: The Predictive Index, Administrator's Guide. |
| Three areas | At most 16 verbal, 18 numerical and 16 abstract questions. Source: The Predictive Index, scoring page. |
| Nine question types | Analogies, antonyms, formal logic; number series, word problems, lowest value; figure series, figure analogies, common features. Four answer choices, three on formal logic. Source: The Predictive Index, sample questions. |
| Scores | The employer sees a scaled score from 100 to 450, where 250 is average. The publisher's example: 29 correct is 340, the 86th percentile. Source: The Predictive Index, scoring page. |
| Typical raw score | The publisher's blog says the average scaled score of 250 corresponds to about 20 correct answers. The full raw-score table is not published, so any percentile is a rough estimate. Source: The Predictive Index blog. |
What is on our PI Cognitive Assessment practice tests
The area totals are the publisher's (at most 16 verbal, 18 numerical, 16 abstract). The split between the nine types follows its sample set.
- Word analogies6
- Number series6
- Word problems6
- Number comparison6
- Figure series6
- Antonyms5
- Logic statements5
- Figure analogies5
- Common features5
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PI Cognitive Assessment practice
- 6 full timed tests in the PI Cognitive Assessment format (the first is the free one)
- An explanation and a fast method for every question
- The full result analysis after every test
- Mistake notebook: redo only what you missed
- One-page cheat sheet to print
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Questions about the PI Cognitive Assessment
Is this the real PI Cognitive Assessment?
No. It is a practice test written by us in the same format: 50 questions, 12 minutes, the nine question types, four answer choices. We are not affiliated with The Predictive Index.
What is a good PI Cognitive Assessment score?
There is no universal pass mark. The employer sets a target scaled score for each role; 250 is the average on the 100 to 450 scale, which the publisher's blog puts at about 20 correct answers of 50.
Can you go back on the PI Cognitive Assessment?
Yes. The publisher's guide describes Previous and Next buttons, five questions to a page. A good plan is to take the fast questions first and return to the slow ones.
Is the PI Cognitive Assessment the same as the PI Behavioral Assessment?
No. The Behavioral Assessment is an untimed checklist of adjectives with no right answers. Employers often send both.
Are wrong answers penalized?
No. Wrong answers do not count against you, so no question should be left blank at the end.