ASD testing question

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So I’m getting evaluated for autism. I went in today to take some tests.

One of them was I had to look at a page with 15 or so pictures and guess which one the tester was thinking of. I had to ask “is it alive?” “is it an animal?” etc etc type of questions until I narrowed down my guesses. The point was to make as few guesses as possible.

One of the times we did this I asked, “Is it a mammal?”

And she said yes.

Long story short, she had picked an owl, and I spent minutes just staring at the pictures in befuddlement before I went back, asked more questions, and was able to correctly guess what she had picked.

The second time we played this game, I asked, “does the object hold water?” and she said, “some people would probably say it does”. A whole ton of wrong answers later, she revealed that the object was a helicopter -_-

I was afraid to correct her, because correcting authority has never gone well for me.

So my question is, was this woman f*****g with me, or was she conducting the test correctly???

I don't want to search earlier posts because I don't want "spoilers" for the additional tests I am doing Friday, otherwise I would have checked them first.

Some people get the words ''mammal'' and ''animal'' wierdly confused in their heads.
And maybe she had aerial firefighting in mind.

Maybe. I asked her if it was a mammal twice, just to be sure, but I have a slight speech impediment. At the time I didn't even consider that maybe I wasn't being clear in my pronunciation >_< whoops.

That would do my head in if it happened to me. I would be exactly the same as you. I would be questioning it too, I don't know if I would have said anything at the time though. To me it sounds like part of the test - to see how you react when you are given what are supposed to be facts but are in fact lies and your reaction when you realise this.

It must have been frustrating...

I don't get what her point was. Maybe she was simply wrong, maybe she was testing your reaction to lie, maybe she was testing you if you can detect lie by body language and take her yes for a no, maybe she didn't understand your questions, maybe you didn't understand her answers...

If I were you I would probably ask "How is owl a mammal?" once it was known owl is the correct answer - because I would want to know if I am missing something.
Same with the helicopter - but I would probably let that one go because it wasn't half wrong, just beating around the bush (more accurate would be "It can." or "Sometimes." unless those "some people" are stupid enough to think fuel is water).

Hello. I did this exact part, and I asked a question something similar to that (like "it is used for transportation" or "is it warm-blooded") and she said "yes", and I guessed all of that category and it was something else. I correct ANYONE no matter what. Even if they don't like it. If I get something wrong, I do admit it, and I tend to correct myself too. At the end, she said that it was her fault for it.

So yes, even people testing you make mistakes like this. I don't believe I have speech problems (other than pragmatic), so I don't think it was your fault for it. Sometimes, especially with adults and teens who have lots of knowledge (like me), we ask questions about the topic the tester forgot about a long time ago. What adult would still remember a bird is warm-blooded? It's not important. Hope this makes you feel a bit better

I decided to email the person in charge of my evaluation and ask for clarification. I can accept if she was being intentionally misleading as part of the test, but if she wasn't then it probably would be for the best to be retested--by someone who knows an owl is not a mammal, preferably.