Hey guys i have my aptitude test a week today (test on oct 10th) and to be honest, im absolutly s******g myself!
Im applying for communication and information system specialist and heard you have to score highly on the test.
Ive gone through the book you get to "practise" and did ok apart from the maths section with the fractions/decimals etc where i failed like every question (have no idea how to times/devide etc fractions)
Don't really know why im telling you guys. Anyone have any advice? Whats it like on the day?
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Proud Salopian
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Andr3w,
I can't really tell you how they mark the papers but i can tell you what it is like on the day. I took the test a couple of years ago and you are put into a room with a group of other people. The paper is divided into sections (mechanical comprehension, fractions etc). You are given a very short amount of time to answer as many questions as you can in that set time. You have to think very quickly so practice doing Maths or English problems at great speed. When i went, there was a member of the RAF standing in the room with a stop watch so he could tell us when to stop and put our pencils down.
After (or before, i can't remember) the test we watched a video about basic training then we waited until we were called into another office to be told whether we had passed or not. Beyond this point i don't know what happens because i failed the test and went away disappointed but with the realisation that my heart wasn't in it from the start. My advice is be as quick as you can but at the same time try to scan the paper for questions you know straight away, in other words don't do the questions in order but attempt the ones that jump out at you. I wish you luck with the test and hope you are positive about the outcome whatever it might be.
I can't really tell you how they mark the papers but i can tell you what it is like on the day. I took the test a couple of years ago and you are put into a room with a group of other people. The paper is divided into sections (mechanical comprehension, fractions etc). You are given a very short amount of time to answer as many questions as you can in that set time. You have to think very quickly so practice doing Maths or English problems at great speed. When i went, there was a member of the RAF standing in the room with a stop watch so he could tell us when to stop and put our pencils down.
After (or before, i can't remember) the test we watched a video about basic training then we waited until we were called into another office to be told whether we had passed or not. Beyond this point i don't know what happens because i failed the test and went away disappointed but with the realisation that my heart wasn't in it from the start. My advice is be as quick as you can but at the same time try to scan the paper for questions you know straight away, in other words don't do the questions in order but attempt the ones that jump out at you. I wish you luck with the test and hope you are positive about the outcome whatever it might be.
Sorry I have to disagree with you there Proud Salopian. DO do the questions in order as they start off easier and get harder.
You dont get marked down for wrong answers or questions you havnt completed.
As said though be as quick as you can dont spend too much time on a question if you become stuck, move on. A weeks not a lot of time to practise so make sure you put the time in, its worth it when you pass!
good luck
You dont get marked down for wrong answers or questions you havnt completed.
As said though be as quick as you can dont spend too much time on a question if you become stuck, move on. A weeks not a lot of time to practise so make sure you put the time in, its worth it when you pass!
good luck
I think it works like this...Andr3w wrote:Do i get marked down on the questions i dont finish, or are you only marked one the ones you do?
Can you tell me what its like on the day?
there is a formula of corse the more questions you answer correctly the better, but if you answer 100 questions and get 10 correct you will get a better score if you answer 11 and get 10 correct. its based on accuracy, speed and amount answered. so basically, try and be moderatly quick, skip questions your unsure of because slowing yourself down will not do you any favors, and try to be accurate.
