Print
Discuss
Send to friend
RSS feedsThese tests measure your ability to make connections and recognises similarities between groups of abstract objects.
In the example below, there are two groups of four boxes each (A and B) and within each box are three shapes. Below the two groups are five individual boxes (1?5) . You would be asked to mark, on a separate sheet, whether you think each of the individual boxes match box A, box B or neither (C).
Therefore, If you have decided that the common similarity of patterns in group A is that the trio of shapes are all displayed vertically, then the individual boxes 1 and 5 would match box A. Likewise if you feel the common similarity of patterns in Box B is that the trio of shapes are all displayed horizontally, then the individual box 2 would match group B.
The remaining two individual boxes, 3 and 4 would match neither and therefore you would mark C on the answer sheet for these two.
Verbal
These test your skill at making sense of reports which cannot be relied upon to be objective, truthful or even consistent.
The test consists of a series of short passages of prose, each of which includes a number of statements intended to convey information, or persuade the reader of a point of view.
Each passage is accompanied by four statements relating to the information or arguments it contains. Assume that what is stated in the passage is true - even if it contradicts what you know or believe to be the case in reality - and decide for each statement whether, on this assumption, it is true or false, or whether you cannot tell and need more information.
The definitions are:
True: | This means that the statement is already made in the passage, that it is implied by, or follows logically from a statement or statements made in the passage. |
False: | This means that the statement contradicts a statement made in, implied by, or following logically from, the passage. |
Can't tell: | This means that there is insufficient information in the passage to draw firm conclusions about the truth or falsity of the statement. |
In recent years it has become clear that man's use of fossil fuels is likely to have a major impact on the world's climate. As a result of this, increased concentrations of 'greenhouse' gases such as carbon dioxide and methane will lead to global warming - an overall small increase in average temperatures whose impact is difficult to predict. Whilst some scientists predict melting of the polar ice caps, and so a rise in sea levels, others think this will be balanced by increased precipitation at the poles. |
1. | If we go on using fossil fuels at the present rate, we must expect climatic change. |
2. | Depletion of the ozone layer will result in global warming. |
3. | Scientists are agreed that use of fossil fuels will eventually lead to a rise in sea levels. |
4. | The burning of fossil fuels increases the concentration of methane in the atmosphere. |
| |
A True | B False | C Can't tell | |
In the example above, the answers to 1 and 4 are 'A'. The statements are true on the basis of the information given in the first two sentences of the passage. The answer to 2 is 'C'. No information about the ozone layer is given in the passage so it is impossible to tell whether the statement is true or false.
The answer to 3 is 'B'. The statement is false because it contradicts the information given in the last sentence of the passage. The answer to 4 is A. The opening clause of the second sentence 'As a result of?' refers to the previous sentence on burning fossil fuels as the cause of increased concentrations of green house gases such as methane.
Numerical
This is a test of your skill at reasoning with numbers. First, you are given some information in a variety of forms - text, tables or graphs - followed by three related questions. For each question, choose what you think is the correct answer from the possible answers A to P.
| An insurance scheme pays benefits to its members who are sick for extended periods of time at the following rates: | |
1st month: | Nil |
2nd ? 4th months: | 50% of normal salary |
5th and succeeding months: | 25% of normal salary |
on the first £24,000 p.a. of salary for each month in which the member is sick and is not paid by the employer. How much does the scheme pay to: | |
1. | John, who is off work for two months, whose salary is £12,000 p.a., and who gets no sick pay. |
2. | Pat, who is ill for 6 months, but who is paid normally for the first two months and whose salary is £18,000 p.a. |
3. | Hilary, whose salary is £30,000 p.a., gets 3 months' sick pay from her employer, and has to take 9 months off. |
A £250 | B £500 | C £750 | D £1,000 |
Answers
Q1: B (£500) - John gets no sick pay and therefore qualifies for compensation for the 1st and 2nd months. Payment is only made in the second month and it would be 50% of his monthly salary of £1,000 (£12,000/12), which would be £500.
Q2: I (£2,250) - Pat qualifies for payment after the first two months (when she no longer gets a salary), this means that she will get 50% of her monthly salary of £1,500 (£18,000/12) for the 3rd and 4th month, which is a total of 1,500. For the 5th and 6th months she only gets 25% of her monthly salary. Logically this would be half the figure of the 3rd and 4th month payment, which would be £750. Adding the two figures together would give her a grand total of £2250.
Q3: N (£3,500) - To begin, take note that payments are only made on the first £24,000 of a salary. So, effectively Hilary's monthly salary should be calculated as £2,000 (£24,000/12). Her employer pays her salary for the first 3 months. She will get 50% of her salary for the 4th month, which would be £1,000 (£2,000/2). For the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th months she would get 25% of £2,000, which is £500, times by 5 months for a total of £2,500, and a grand total of £3,500.
All IT Careers and skills
del.icio.us
Digg this
reddit!
