Reply With QuoteNothing too much to worry about here mate. These tests are mostly based around common sense.
They can also be called psychometric testing and there are several practice tests you can perform online. Google is your friend.
Master
Hey all
I have an aptitude test on Friday for a pre-apprenticeship course - Certificate II in Electrotechnology Studies (Pre-vocational) Certificate II in Electrotechnology Studies (Pre-vocational)
Well after 20 years in IT, im more than ready for a career change and not wanting to bore you with all the details i'll jump straight in with my question ....
What the hell do i study for this? Its been 15 years since i last did any real Maths!
This is all i know-
Please note: There are no practice tests. The test will cover general aptitude, literacy and numeracy skills. You are not permitted to bring a calculator to your test.
Please bring the following items to the test session:
Pencil - HB
Eraser
Pen
I will be competing with VCE students straight out of school, i reckon i will be okay in literacy but not numeracy?
Does anyone have any helpful insider info???
Cheers
Matt
Nothing too much to worry about here mate. These tests are mostly based around common sense.
They can also be called psychometric testing and there are several practice tests you can perform online. Google is your friend.
Swaggie
It is tafe, I can't imagine it being difficult.
I can't imagine it being much more difficult than multiplication and division.
Practice some multiplication and division, square roots and pythagoras's theorem.
No calculator - so they can't ask for sin/cos etc.
Master
psychometric testing....
Cool! That gives me a good starting point with my good mate Google
No Calculator has to be good thing? Unless its because its all Algebra?!?
Swaggie
CERT II, should't be too difficult, maths should be pretty basic
Master
We used to do sine, cosine etc from booksOriginally Posted by isuzurover
no calculators
Ivan
RoverLord
you'll be up against
- basic BIMDAS up to and including triple digit figures
- Single variable equations(IE solve for x where 3x^2=12)(Heres a link)
- polynomials (2x^4+6x-5) (Heres a link)
and maybe
- some quadratics (I cant make a simple example make sense, heres a link)
- maybe some binomials (Again I cant make a simple example make sense heres a link)
and as for where to go when you need maths help?
the same place I go when I need to make sure Im doing the crunching right.
Math is Fun - Maths Resources
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In the old days it was psychoimperial testing
And we put air in tyres, not kilopascals..
Take your slide rule with you, not many examiners would even know what it is, That is if you have one and can remember how to use it.
Master
I did an aptitude test for an auto electrical apprenticeship a few years back. Lots of the maths was more along the lines of your lateral thinking and thinking outside the box type of question (for example the picture of half a dozen gears or cogs with an arrow indicating the turning direction of one cog and asking for the direction of another specified cog), pretty simple and I suck at maths but aced the psychometric testing and the aptitude test. Check out the Police websites for most Australian states - they use psychometric testing and have sample tests you can do online (or they did a few years back).
Would have got in too if my %&@^ing optometrist wasn't such a tool and misdiagnosed a detached retina, one of my eyes is blurred vision now so no chance.
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