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CMIAS β€” COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT

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Important: This assessment, certificate, and report are intended for educational and personal-development purposes. They are not clinical psychological evaluations and should not be used for diagnosis, employment, educational placement, legal decisions, or Mensa qualification.

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βœ“ 56 open-ended questions βœ“ 7 cognitive dimensions βœ“ Full AI evaluation βœ“ 7-dimensional profile βœ“ Certificate of completion βœ“ 14-day guarantee
Original Open-Response Framework

What the CMIAS cognitive assessment measures

CMIAS is a DesperateMinds framework for evaluating written reasoning across seven dimensions. It is not presented as a replacement for a supervised clinical intelligence test.

Novel Problem Solving

Reasoning through unfamiliar problems when no rehearsed solution is supplied.

Cross-Domain Transfer

Recognizing a useful structure in one area and applying it to a different context.

Question Quality Generation

Producing questions that reveal assumptions, alternatives, and missing information.

Assumption Identification

Finding the hidden premises on which a claim, plan, or argument depends.

Uncertainty Calibration

Matching stated confidence to the quality and correctness of the reasoning provided.

Conceptual Compression & Expansion

Moving between concise explanations and detailed models without losing the core idea.

Speed of Updating

Revising a position when new evidence changes the balance of reasons.

Automated profile

AI evaluates submitted responses and produces an educational profile, estimated result, report, and certificate of completion.

How to interpret the CMIAS report

The seven-dimension profile describes performance on this set of open-response tasks. The estimated IQ-equivalent is not a clinical IQ score and should not be used for diagnosis, school placement, employment, legal decisions, or Mensa admission. The site does not claim that CMIAS has representative national norms, independent psychometric validation, peer review, or demonstrated equivalence to WAIS or Stanford–Binet testing.

Choose the Advanced IQ Test for a shorter assessment combining multiple-choice and open responses, or the free online IQ test for a quick score band. For interpretation limits, read about online test accuracy and cultural and language bias.

CMIAS questions

What does CMIAS stand for?

CMIAS stands for Comprehensive Multidimensional Intelligence Assessment System, an original DesperateMinds open-response framework.

How is CMIAS different from a standard IQ test?

CMIAS uses 56 open-ended tasks across seven dimensions rather than relying primarily on multiple-choice verbal, numerical, logical, and spatial questions.

How are CMIAS answers evaluated?

The submitted text is evaluated automatically by AI across the stated dimensions. The assessment does not promise clinical interpretation or human review by a licensed psychologist.

Is CMIAS independently validated?

The site does not present CMIAS as independently psychometrically validated, nationally normed, peer reviewed, or equivalent to a supervised clinical intelligence test.

CMIAS β€” AI EVALUATED β€” 7 DIMENSIONS

Comprehensive Multidimensional
Intelligence Assessment

A 90-minute, open-response cognitive assessment with 56 questions across seven dimensions and automated AI evaluation.

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90 Minutes
56 open questions
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7 Dimensions
Full cognitive map
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AI Evaluated
Every answer scored
Seven dimensions measured β€” all open-ended:
πŸ”· NPS β€” Novel Problem Solving (8 Qs)
πŸ”· CDT β€” Cross-Domain Transfer (8 Qs)
πŸ”· QQG β€” Question Quality Generation (8 Qs)
πŸ”· AI β€” Assumption Identification (8 Qs)
πŸ”· UC β€” Uncertainty Calibration (8 Qs + confidence)
πŸ”· CCE β€” Conceptual Compression/Expansion (8 Qs)
πŸ”· SU β€” Speed of Updating (8 Qs)
⚠ About the UC Component (Questions 33–40)

The Uncertainty Calibration section requires you to both answer each question AND provide a confidence rating (0–100%). A score of 70% means "I believe I am correct about 70% of the time when I am this confident." Your confidence accuracy is measured, not just your answers.

Before you begin

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You have 90 minutes for 56 questions. All are open-ended β€” type your reasoning in full. There are no multiple choice options.

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Write at least 40 words per answer. The AI evaluates the quality of your reasoning β€” not keywords. Write as you would explain your thinking to an intelligent colleague.

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For the Uncertainty Calibration section (Qs 33–40) you must also rate your confidence (0–100%) for each question.

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Your 7-dimensional cognitive profile, estimated IQ equivalent, certificate of completion, and full report will be emailed automatically on completion.

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Do not refresh the page. Your progress will be lost. This assessment cannot be paused.

7-dimensional profile, estimated IQ result, certificate of completion, and full report emailed on completion

Question 1 of 56 90:00
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Novel Problem Solving
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QUESTION 1
Novel Problem Solving
NPS
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0 words β€” aim for 40+
Rate your confidence in your answer (0–100%)

A rating of 70% means: "If I answered 100 similar questions at this confidence level, I would be correct approximately 70 times." Be honest β€” calibration accuracy is measured separately from answer quality.

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0% β€” Certain I am wrong50% β€” Complete uncertainty100% β€” Certain I am right
Write at least 15 words to continue
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NPS ⏳ CDT ⏳ QQG ⏳ AI ⏳ UC ⏳ CCE ⏳ SU ⏳
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