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Overview
This book contains carefully selected tests and exercises designed to identify and familiarise you with the skills and aptitudes used by employers to recruit jobs, especially for those in the Police Force, the Australian Defense Force, Fire Brigade, Ambulance and the Public Services.
This comprehensive guide is based on the latest test formats and has been extensively revised and expanded to eliminate weak areas and provide the practice and confidence-building needed to obtain top scores.
The new third edition of this best-selling reference text previously titled Preparing for Career Selection Tests has been revised to more effectively cover the skills needed to succeed at ability tests. The author of this text is an educational consultant and psychologist who has many years experience in teaching numeracy and helping people pass selection tests.
- Full length pre- and post-tests which reflect the actual question types and degree of difficulty, designed so that you determine your level of readiness for a selection test.
- 8 skill builders to help you gradually increase your confidence and degree of difficulty in tests.
- Strategies for test-taking and tactics to help you increase your score.
- 10 most common mistakes made by low scorers.
- Additional useful website references.
- Tips on interview techniques.
- Full length pre- and post-tests which reflect the actual question types and degree of difficulty, designed so that you determine your level of readiness for a selection test.
- 8 skill builders to help you gradually increase your confidence and degree of difficulty in tests.
- Strategies for test-taking and tactics to help you increase your score.
- 10 most common mistakes made by low scorers.
- Complete basic math refresher even if you have failed maths previously.
- New practice section on mechanical reasoning.
- New chapter on spatial visualisation.
- Additional useful website references.
- Tips on interview techniques.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
How to avoid the 10 most common mistakes of test-takers
How to handle tests
The selection process
Part 1: Pre-Tests
• Sample tests
• General ability test
• Mechanical reasoning test
• Mathematics test: Level 1
• Mathematics test: Level 2
• Personality or psychological tests
• General ability pre-test
• Answer sheet: General ability pre-test
• Mathematics tests
• Pre-test checklist
• Multiplication table
Part 2: Skill Builders
• Skill builder 1: Automatic responses
• Skill builder 2: Mental mathematics
• Skill builder 3: Problem-solving
• Skill builder 4: Analogies
• Skill builder 5: Abstract reasoning
• Skill builder 6: Mechanical reasoning and spatial relation skills
• Skill builder 7: Reading for meaning
• Skill builder 8: Mathematical skills
• Timed computation
Part 3: Achievement Tests
• General ability post-test
• Answer sheet: General ability post-test
• Timed mathematics post-test: Level 1
• Untimed mathematics post-test: Level 1
• Timed mathematics post-test: Level 2
Appendix: Useful Resources on the Web
Answers part one: Pre-tests
Answers part two: Skill builders
Answers part three: Achievement tests
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