Just took an IQ test

Question

Im 18 years old and I scored: 126

are these things accurate? what exactly are they used for??

Answer 1

if it was on the internet then you can't be too sure, but i guess it depends on the site you did it on.it's used to "measure" your intelligence i think, or common knowledge/common sense.

Answer 2

Not bad sonny, full score is normally 140. Well done. The test is to indicate the intellegence level of the  participant, it should have more details about your strength in some fields.

Answer 3

If by 'these things' you mean online IQ tests, then no, they are neither accurate nor precise - they don't give you an official score, and they don't give you the same score as another one would.  I've taken most of them for fun, and my score has changed more than 60 points from one to another.  What are they used for?  Online IQ tests are just for fun.  Official, proctored IQ tests are supposed to measure your ability to learn and reason, but really, there's no really good way to measure actual intelligence.  I guess that's what life is for.