I don’t think Tom is really a sociopath: he’s just very self-absorbed. However, part of the issue seems to be that he thought about the questions, rather than simply emoting.
For example, one question was about a group of young children getting into a dispute at the playground, and one starts to cry. What would you do? Tom said he would do nothing. That was not the “empathetic” response. However, it’s the smart response, because (a) if none of them is your child, someone will call the cops if you get involved, and (b) if adults intervene when children have a conflict, they’ll never learn to work things out for themselves.
Yeah, the tests are rigged for such outcomes.
Given intelligent answers makes it skew towards “we detect EEEvil!”
[in my case they said “Hyperactive antisocial”]
My dad would have said, “Stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about.”