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sink:water as rest:???
werehippy
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Random question:
I was taking a personality test for a job (which is a whole other story) and got the following word pair question:
Sink:water
Rest: ???
Earth
Air
Faucet
Relax
What the deuce is the answer supposed to be? Unless I'm being completely thick absolutely none of those follow. Any ideas?
edit: Fixed the fourth option
I was taking a personality test for a job (which is a whole other story) and got the following word pair question:
Sink:water
Rest: ???
Earth
Air
Faucet
Relax
What the deuce is the answer supposed to be? Unless I'm being completely thick absolutely none of those follow. Any ideas?
edit: Fixed the fourth option
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I'd say it'd be earth. I think they're trying to confuse you by making you think sink like kitchen sink rather than sink like a ship in water.
I've no idea what answers determine what personality types either.
A sink is filled with water, the rest is filled with air.
I got 100% on word matching when I took the SATs (and they still had that exercise) so I must be right.
My logic is flawless.
I like your reasoning, which I had completely missed and I suppose it makes sense.
I'm usually really great at word play and things like this (crushed the verbal section on the SATs, etc etc) but for whatever reason I just completely spaced on this one and it's driving me nuts.
Water causes something to sink, relaxing causes something to rest.
A sink is filled by water, a rest is filled by relaxing
I think faucet is the answer serial killers give.
One of the distant obscure definitions of "rest" is "a supporting device" which I guess could be a counter of some sort.
So.. MAYBE it could be faucet.
The sink holders the water. The rest holds the faucet.
Fucked up question though.
However, something sinks in water, so, thusly, they'd rest on earth.
You could argue air with that too, but of the two, earth is the more likely.
Edit:
If you want to get crazy and pedantic about it, rest could also be worked into that as an object -- rest on a rest. This is ultimately tricky. If you are able to (not online or #2 pencil scan test), circle all 4 and write why all 4 match it.
Earth: objects can rest on the earth (sand/dirt/ground)
Air: air is restful, and can be motionless (similar to buoyancy in water, the reason for sinking)
Faucet: if the sink is an actual sink, the "rest" is in the faucet (this makes less sense overall)
Rest: One could rest themselves on a rest (an object like a "back rest")
Ambiguous SAT-like relations are ambiguous.
IMO that you're of normal intelligence and don't put up with nonsensical bullshit. It's a horrible question. There is no possible answer that doesn't require you to very charitably interpret the meanings.
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