Educational Testing Terms

noun a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test

• The intelligence quotient is a measure of a person's cognitive abilities.
• My IQ score is pretty high, I guess I'm pretty smart.
• She's got a high IQ, she's a real brainiac.
• His emotional intelligence quotient is off the charts, he's very in tune with others' feelings.

noun a difficult or perplexing problem or question

adjective causing puzzlement or confusion

• The difficult math problem proved to be quite a stumper for the students.
• I can't figure out this stumper of a crossword puzzle.
• That riddle was a real stumper, I couldn't solve it no matter how hard I tried.
• The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the artifact was a real stumper for the detectives.