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...and then accept that if you are staunch constitutionalist Cruz will most closely match your beliefs

That is a statement. The premises in this statement include:

1. That the results from the test are valid - though my own experiments and those of other demonstrate that this "black box" is heavily biased.

2. That I should accept what I am told by a mechanical device without scrutiny.

3. That the questions, if answered accurately will determine whether or not you are a "true conservative."

4. That you, or the author of this test are the arbiters of what constitutes "true conservatism" or "constitutional conservatism."

5. That Ted Cruz is the only "true conservative" under that definition, much less any generally accepted definition.

6. That the test accurately reflects the views of the candidates.

7. That the test also accurately reflects the issues that weigh most with the voters - e.g. for me someone with the weight, heft and focus on making those parts of government that must work actually work competently is not reflected in the test, but competence is surely a value of "true conservatives and incompetence in managing anything is a strong negative for "true conservatives."

I could go on, but you can also examine your own beliefs and come up with other premises that I have not listed.

I and a number of others here were / are nuclear submariners. We were trained by Rickover or in his school. The first thing that we do when given a new toy is to see if we can break it. Rickover was famous for this. As head of the electrical section in the Bureau of Ships during WWII someone brought him a newly designed "shock-proof battle hard" circuit breaker. His office was on the 2nd floor of his building and he hurled it out the window. The breaker popped open on impact with the ground and failed a key design criteria.

This test failed the Rickover drop test. It's junk - garbage, useless detritus, of no value anyone for anything.