Synopses & Reviews
With over a thousand realistic practice questions and detailed answer explanations,
Ultimate Aptitude Tests provides essential practice for test takers. The book offers practical skills and understanding of psychological tests, abstract visual tests, verbal and numerical reasoning aptitudes, recruitment tests, aptitude assessment, and different types of mechanical and spatial tests. This updated third edition contains a new section to cover the variety of online testing formats, a new test in the Core Intelligence section, and a free extended version of the test online.
About the Author
Jim Barrett is a psychologist and consultant with many years of experience advising organizations on their selection procedures and assessment systems. He is the co-author of Test Your Own Aptitude and author of How to Pass Advanced Aptitude Tests and Aptitude, Personality and Motivation Tests (all published by Kogan Page). Tom Barrett runs a consulting firm specializing in online software development. His expertise in the fields of web software architecture, web standards, usability and content management has been sought by numerous public and commercial organizations. He has developed the software for the online psychometric tests available at insight-tests.com.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART ONE
Abstract visual tests
1. Constructs
2. Sequences
3. Perceptual
PART TWO
Abstract numerical tests
4. Reasoning
5. Interpolation
PART THREE
Abstract verbal tests
6. Deduction
7. Analysis
PART FOUR
Physical tests
8. Dynamics
9. Tracing
PART FIVE
Spatial tests
10. Formation
11. 3D tests
PART SIX
Practical numerical tests
12. Reckoning
13. Arithmetic
14. Figure work
15. Number skills
16. Calculations
PART SEVEN
System tests
17. Systems
18. Coding
PART EIGHT
Practical verbal tests
19. Word usage
20. Vocabulary
21. Verbal precision
PART NINE
Online testing
22. Core intelligence test
Calculating your IQ