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Practical Aptitudes

Practical Aptitudes is designed for use with production workers, apprentices, engineers, designers and scientists working in technical roles. Each test is shorter than the industry standard whilst maintaining robust reliability and validity.

Practical Diagrammatic Reasoning

This test assesses the ability to evaluate processes represented through diagrams. The assessment contains panels and illustrations that define logical processes followed by questions which need to be answered using the diagrams presented. Please note that Diagrammatic Analysis in Professional and Work Aptitudes is a more difficult alternative which also features 'Finding Faults' and 'Comparing Flowchart Sequences' item types.

Sub-scores:

  • Understanding Logical Rules
  • Comprehending Process Diagrams
  • Identifying Causes

Time: 14 mins

No of questions: 28

Practical Spatial Reasoning

This test assesses the ability to recognise shapes. Each item in the test contains four shapes where three of the shapes are identical while one shape is different. The task is to identify the shape that is different.

Sub-scores:

  • Estimating Lengths and Angles
  • Recognising Rotated Shapes
  • Visualising Three-dimensional Objects

Time: 7 mins

No of questions: 28

Practical Mechanical Reasoning

This test assesses mechanical understanding through items that present a problem with a number of possible answers. The task is to identify the correct answer to each problem.

Sub-scores:

  • Understanding Mechanical Problems
  • Comprehending Physical Principles
  • Estimating Movement of Objects

Time: 12 mins

No of questions: 28