<p>[Spatial</a> Reasoning Test – Easy Difficulty](<a href=“http://www.fibonicci.com/spatial-reasoning/test/easy/]Spatial”>http://www.fibonicci.com/spatial-reasoning/test/easy/)</p>
<p>Do you need to have good spatial reasoning to be an engineer?</p>
<p>Are you supposed to be able to visualize it in your head? If so some of those would be pretty tough for me. If I draw them, though, I get all of them right.</p>
<p>I don’t think that quiz applies directly to the kinds of things an engineer needs to be able to do but I’m sure being good at that is a plus. Engineers are focused on how things work and what problems they can solve. That quiz is simply putting shapes together. That’s probably more important for an architect, but either way - in that quiz you’re reverse engineering the puzzle rather than designing it.</p>
<p>Spatial-reasoning abilities are critical to higher level math and physics. The test itself doesn’t have to be related to anything at all that ‘engineers do’, but such a test is seeking to capture more fundamental aptitude that is required for understanding and succeeding in math-heavy disciplines.</p>
<p>Having said that, I just gave this test to someone I know who has scored in the 99.99th percentile on the equivalent component of several well accepted IQ tests (e.g. WISC, Stanford Binet). This person however only got about 50% correct. </p>
<p>Keep in mind, almost all of the free ‘on-line’ quizzes lack validity. They are fun to do but almost always quickly put together. Most look right (e.g. have what we call ‘face validity’), but because they are not developed in a rigorous way, they lack psychometric properties necessary to be useful for anything. So you might score really high or really low, and it really doesn’t say much about your aptitude for anything nor predict your future success.</p>
<p>^ what he said</p>
<p>Thank god because I only got 3 right.</p>
<p>Got 7 out of 8. I can’t really think of many branches of engineering this would be remotely applicable to other than maybe making layouts for sheet metal stamping.</p>
<p>I got 6 of the 8 right. Missed 4 and 8… Guess every fourth trips me up haha. Sure it was fun, but a test like that isn’t going to determine how successful you can be as an engineer.</p>
<p>I missed 6 O_O
But this is like randomness. I got the one that look like a building. But the cone/cylinder piece threw me off.</p>
<p>I just got them all right and I’m a sucky engineer.</p>
<p>At first I wasn’t sure what to do. lol.</p>
<p>CorrectAnswers: 6</p>
<p>Incorrect Answers: 2</p>
<p>Oh, my, I got 3 right and 5 wrong! My mind is very 2D. And yes, spatial reasoning is very important for a structural engineer! All the time, we have to draw different views of 3D objects, such as at the intersections of concrete piers, walls, and footings. That’s why I struggle sometimes. For a couple of years, I even worked as a precast concrete detailer - there would be very complicated shapes that I’d have to draw views of, for the factory guys to fabricate. I would literally have nightmares involving 3D shapes!</p>
<p>From talking to people, I get the feeling that spatial reasoning is much harder for MOST women than it is for MOST men. I can say that since I’m female, right? ;)</p>
<p>Sent it to my son, he only got one wrong. He has very strong spatial skills.</p>
<p>I had no problem with this in 4th grade and when it got harder in 7th grade. I felt shocked that the majority of the class could not figure it out (they had no pattern like this test btw).</p>
<p>I work in electromagnetism - visualising 3D spatial relationships is a primary part of the job and one of the reasons I chose to pursue the specialty, but most people in my line of work would still struggle with tests like these. I did the test in about 30 seconds.</p>
<p>I got 6/8, taking it on my phone.</p>
<p>Hahahaha</p>
<p>Got all of them right. Easy as pie.</p>
<p>But seriously, doesnt this way of thinking have more to do with the fields of art/design and Architecture? Artists and Designers are trained to see this way during their foundational years at college because it’s a basic ability needed to suceed in art/design related profesions. But I really cant see how spatial intelligence and other visualization abilities has much to do with engineering, math, and physics.</p>
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<p>Visualization abilities helps tremendously in physics and some areas of upper level math, imo.</p>
<p>Other areas of math, not so much. I studied Statistics, and visualization doesn’t come into play too much in that field (but you need to be able to “see” certain things graphically, including 3-D).</p>
<p>I got 7 out of 8 (got lazy/quick on the last one), but I have an additional background in another field (frequently using blueprints and sketching layouts of buildings) that developed my visualization techniques.</p>
<p>I got 7 out of 8, missed the last one. I do a bit of 3D paper art, so I am used to looking at patterns like this. My son, an EE major, got them all right.</p>
<p>I got 6 out of 8 but I wasn’t really concentrating. It’s good that I can’t remember any ChE math that needed that much spatial reasoning anyway.</p>
<p>Really, I side with the person that said that this test had little bearing on one’s spatial reasoning abilities. Anyone that knows how to make a few cardboard packages or construct a book - or just possess decent measuring skills -would easily be able to get all of these right, but I dont think being able make a cardboard box gaurantees a promising career in engineering.</p>
<p>Maybe if the object was rotated or if perspective shifts were integrated into the problems, otherwise this exercise is just a fun distraction.</p>