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Aptitude Tests
Posted: Wed 01 Jan, 2003 1:46 pm
by LMDAVIES
Hi - Does anyone have any good resources for one to pratice before sitting the aptitude entry tests? I was told that it also contains some mechanical questions!
Corporate life and computer programming has made my brain lazy!
I assume it will be questions like Jane is taller than Bill and Joseph is shoter than Jesus; Put the word FOX above the word COX; etc etc
Cheers Lee.
Posted: Wed 01 Jan, 2003 2:30 pm
by El Prez
Trot along to a book shop, and get a set of IQ tests, preferably those created by Prof Eysenck (pron. Eye Sank) They'll help get the head around the aptitude tests. Go to Google, try 'IQ tests Prof Eysenck'.
Posted: Wed 01 Jan, 2003 4:39 pm
by Geoff
a hint for that marine written test, practice reading and understanding a question by reading it fast because you get very little time on each question if you work it out for seconds/per question. and some of the questions on mine were trick questions, what seemed the most obvious answer was usually wrong
i still passed though
hope it helps.
Posted: Wed 01 Jan, 2003 5:11 pm
by voodoo sprout
Are the RM tests the same as the RN? As I got a booklet with some example questions [the booklet is mainly a combined RN/RM affair] when I sent off for an information pack, and they seemed quite easy [though that is a rather subjective statement, you'll want to have a look yourself], the main danger seemed to be the panic factor making you do stupid mistakes or not reading the question properly. And there are mechanical comprehension questions, though they seem to be common sense more than anything else. and it might beworht remembering the acedemic calibre of the people they expect to be taking this, with one question I read too much into a question and ended up buried in online debate about the intricacies of circular motion and other A level physics stuff because I thought the answer given was wrong.
Posted: Wed 01 Jan, 2003 6:21 pm
by El Prez
There are NO intricacies regarding circular motion, what goes round, comes around!
Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2003 11:58 am
by LMDAVIES
Test
Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2003 12:51 pm
by westy1984
The questions themselves were'nt all that hard, maths was the hardest for everyone who took it when i did. The only problem is the time given for each of the four sections as Geoff said....i never really had the chance to go back and read through things and on the maths i ended up ticking the last questions randomly because i ran out of time. Only one person failed and he could'nt even figure out the practice questions for each section and also circled the wrong areas etc.
Theres no difference between the tests for the RN and RM except that for the RN you have to get certain scores to go into different areas of the Navy and the Marines its one score....pass or fail.
Hope that helps.
Tom
P.S. They also give you a parctice test book with info in that prior to your test.
on the first
Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2003 1:16 pm
by Chris
on the first on the list i got
The result
Your score was 25/42.
Your IQ for this test is:
110
Your IQ is above the avarage.
2nd on list
Congratulations!
Your general IQ score is 133.
A person whose IQ score falls in the range of 129-143 is considered to be "highly intelligent".
Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2003 2:55 pm
by Bringer
The practice test booklet I recieved with my paperwork and info packet was pretty standard. I know
www.military.com has some resources for helping people pass the American ASVAB apptitude test, which is quite similar to the RN/RM one. You could give that a go and see how you do. I aced the RN/RM practice test but for the maths section, where I couldn't remember some of the formulas needed to derive the answer. I haven't had to calculate the volume of a cylinder or whatever in the five years since I left school. I don't know if you get a bit of scratch paper for the exam, but I'm pretty sure you don't get a calculator.
Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2003 3:24 pm
by El Prez
Pye (sorry can't find the symbol) x D x Length, if my old cells remember rightly.
Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2003 3:36 pm
by Bringer
It's that or pi*r^2 (radius squared).
I just don't recall which. I know the one I picked for answer was wrong though.
Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2003 4:42 pm
by El Prez
pye R2 = circumference of a circle
Pye x Diameter + area of a circle, therefore multiply by the height/length of the cylinder = volume. I hope.
Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2003 5:08 pm
by voodoo sprout
It's the area of a circle (Pi x r^2) multiplied by the height, so (Pi)r^2h.
Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2003 6:40 pm
by tony dean
WHOA, WHOA, WHHOOAAA!!!
Slow down eggheads!....
Now, whats a circle?............
Posted: Thu 02 Jan, 2003 6:42 pm
by Bringer
Circle: A square with an infinite number of points.