How to Pass Technical Selection Tests - Softcover

Bryon, Mike

 
9780749409838: How to Pass Technical Selection Tests

Synopsis

Complete with specimen extracts and practice material, this guide explains how technical selection tests work. It describes how these tests are based on technical vocabulary, the use of English, numerical computation, the ability to interpret drawings and technical know-how.

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About the Author

Sanjay Modha BSc(Hons) Msc is a full time lecturer in a large Further Education College in London. He currently teaches Computing but has taught on a wide range of courses. He is also a qualified and registered user of Psychometric tests. Sanjay Modha has been involved in the setting up and running of recruitment and selection courses for large business organisations and government departments.

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1 A brief guide to tests

What are selection tests?

Do tests discriminate?

Reliability and validity

Why do companies use tests?

Test administration

Test scores

2 How to prepare for tests

Practice makes perfect

How best to practise

Organise your study

Doing your best on the day

Test strategies

You have to try hard to do well in a test

What to do if you fail

3 Some of the most common types of technical tests

Categories of tests

Attainment tests

Aptitude tests

Work sample tests

Trainability tests

Technical tests of verbal reasoning

Technical tests of numerical reasoning

Tests of diagrammatic reasoning

Tests of mechanical reasoning

4 Other types of test that you may encounter

5 The technical selection tests essential dictionary

6 Technical numerical questions

Section one

Section two

Practice test

Area, volume and surface areas

Trainability and selection tests in construction

Electrical power

7 Technical verbal questions

Basic vocabulary of science and engineering

Basic principles of physics

8 Tests of diagrammatic reasoning

The format of the questions

9 Mechanical questions

Section one

Section two

10 Answers and explanations

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