Form birth to old age, we encounter tests at almost every turning point in life. The baby’s first test conducted immediately after birth is the Apgar test, a quick, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color. The total Apgar score (0 to 10) helps determine the need for any immediate medical attention. Later, a toddler who previously received a low Apgar score might be a candidate for development disability assessment. The preschool child may take school-readiness tests. Once a school career begins, each student endures hundreds, perhaps thousands, of academic tests before graduation not to mention possible tests for learning disability, giftedness, vocational interest, and college admission. After graduation, adults may face tests for job entry, driver’s license, security clearance, personality function, marital compatibility, developmental disability, brain dysfunction the list is nearly endless. Some persons even encounter one final indignity in the frailness of their later years: a test to determine their competency to manage financial affairs.