Aptitude Test 2

Here is the second of the Aptitude Tests that will be uploaded on a regular basis to help students ensure that they remain on top of the verbal and numerical tests that you will have, either online or at the assessment centre.

Have a go at all five, and again I shall upload the answers to you in one months time. Best of luck.

1. Which sentence, if either, is incorrect:
    A. After going on the training course Susan was skilful in the way she managed to coordinate the concurrent sales and marketing conferences.
    B. After going to her training course Susan was able to coordinate skilfully the concurrent sales and marketing conferences.
    C. Neither of these. 

2.  Put these sentences into the correct order:
     A. Alternatively, on the verdict of guilty, the defendant will be sentenced immediately or have the case adjourned for sentence in order to allow a pre-sentence report to be made.
     B. At the end of the speeches the judge will sum up the case for the jury, who will then retire in the custody of the jury bailiff to make their deliberations.
     C. Counsel for defence will make her closing speech.
     D. Having given their verdict, the defendant, if she is acquitted, is then free to leave.

3. Read the following passage and then answer the following questions as either True, False or You Cannot Tell:

Quarter 3, 1996 data showed that the US economy expanded by just 0.4% against a 1.1% increase in the first quarter of 1996.
All that year, forecasters argued that the US dollar was overvalued, yet it continued to appreciate against every other currency. Finally, in the third quarter the dollar weakened.

A. US economic growth cooled markedly in 1996.

True            False            You  Cannot Tell

B. Depreciation of the US currency could easily gather momentum during the remainder of 1996.

True            False            You  Cannot Tell

C. Economic growth was a factor behind the appreciation of the US dollar.

  

True            False            You  Cannot Tell

D. An American coming to Europe in the autumn of 1996 found that he could buy more with his dollars than when he visited Europe earlier that year.

True            False            You  Cannot Tell

4. Interpret the data below to answer the questions:

The table below indicates the total number of young people and what they did after leaving school in a rural district of an English county between the years 1988 and 1991: 

Year	1988	1989	1990	1991
No. of school leavers	3,000	2,196	2,400	1,652
Returned to education	450	769	480	798
Entered employment	300	285	240	189
Entered training	600	483	480	266
Unemployed	750	373	480	147
Left district	150	66	120	189
Unknown	750	220	600	63

  

A. Between the years 1988 and 1990, which post-school activity saw the greatest percentage increase?

1) Returned to eduction      2) Entered training

3) Became unemployed       4) Left the district

B. How many activities were selected by the same percentage of young people in 1988 and 1990?

1) Two categories   2) Four categories   3) Five categories   4) Three categories

C. How many more times popular was returning to education compared with entering training in 1991?

1) Five times   2) Six times   3) Four times   4) Three times

D. Over the four-year period, what was the average number of annual school leavers?

1) 2,309   2) 3,216   3) 2,312   4) 2,038

5. The following question deals with your ability to look at a question beyond what you may think is theoretically the right answer:

How many degrees are there between clock hands at 3.15 pm?

A. 0 degrees   B. 90 degrees   C. 32.5 degrees   D. 7.5 degrees