I have taken other sample Mensa exams in the past for the fun of it, and they all seem to have similar questions and "tricks" in some cases. The sequencing questions are interesting, the various types of alphanumeric sequences that are typically present can be easily learned by doing a lot of them....there's nothing original about most of them. As Mensa states, this is not an IQ test. I agree, in fact, IMHO the Mensa tests are a combination of: 1. Numerical sequencing "tricks" 2. Visual problems including more sequences 3. Verbal skill problems

I always do well on the visuals (a guy thing) and pretty fair on the numerical sequences...the verbals get me though (I get about half or a little better right).