APTITUDE
TESTS
WHAT ARE APTITUDE TESTS?
According to Bingham and Freeman, Aptitude test are tests that will predict success to some
degree. It help us to measure the probability of success in an activity.
In general words Aptitude is the ability/capability or talent of a person either inner or outer or
both to perform any work or duty. It is directly related to the mind and the creativity that
person use while doing any task.
The tests which are conducted to measure or judge these capabilities and talents are known as
Aptitude tests.
USES OF APTITUDE TESTS
Admissions
Aptitude tests can be used in admitting candidates for various types of professional training such as
engineering, medicine and training etc.
Guidance
Aptitude test can be used for the purpose of guidance in selecting subjects for studying in educational
institutions
Scholastic aptitude tests are helpful in giving educational and vocational guidance to students.
PURPOSE OF APTITUDE TESTS
Aptitude tests are made by analyzing the particular occupation or activity for which aptitude is
to be measured for example:
Art Aptitude Test
Clerical Aptitude Test
Manual Aptitude Test
Mechanical Aptitude Test
Medical Aptitude Test
Musical Aptitude Test
Scholarly Aptitude Test
Scientific Aptitude Test
Teachers Aptitude Test
IMPORTANCE
Aptitude test can provide information that helps in determining the
Learning readiness
Individualizing instructions
Organizing classroom groups
Diagnosing learning problems
Help students in their educational and vocational plans
help to predict success to some degree
It help to measure the probability of success in an activity
TYPES OF APTITUDE TESTS
Aptitude tests are broadly divided into three categories.
1. General Aptitude test
2. Spatial Aptitude test
3. Manual Dexterity and Physical Ability
GENERAL APTITUDE TEST
These are most common types of tests majorly conducted for checking different reasoning
abilities, Numerical abilities, language, spelling etc.
Example:
Differential Aptitude Test: It is developed by psychological corporation of U.S.A. It consist of
some tests i.e.
• Verbal reasoning • Numerical Ability • Abstract Reasoning • Space Relations • Mechanical
Reasoning • Clerical Speed and Accuracy • Language Usage, Grammar and Spelling
SPATIAL APTITUDE TESTS
Spatial reasoning tests your ability to think about objects in both two and three
dimensions, and draw conclusions to those objects from limited information.
These tests allow you to visualize two and three-dimensional images in your mind,
and mentally manipulate these images into the shape that you want.
Where are Spatial Ability tests used?
Spatial ability tests are used as part of the recruitment process of engineers,
architects, chemists, mechanics, line assembly workers, and more. The tests are
often a part of the school admission exam for education as architects, graphic
designers, air traffic controllers, pilots, and more.
MANUAL DEXTERITY TEST
Dexterity tests measure the accuracy of hand and finger movements under
controlled conditions. They can also be used to pre-screen employees for jobs that
rely on fine motor skills and coordination with the fingers, hands and arms.
PHYSICAL ABILITY TEST
Physical ability tests typically ask individuals to perform job-related tasks requiring
manual labor or physical skill. These tasks measure physical abilities such as
strength, muscular flexibility, and stamina.
Basic Ability Tests: Measures a single ability that consists of medical-related
information (e.g., aerobic capacity, heart rate)
Physical Ability Tests (e.g., lifting, running, jumping) and Job Simulation Tests
(those related to essential job tasks such as lifting/carrying objects, stair climbing,
carrying a fire hose, climbing a fence)
EXAMPLES OF PHYSICAL
ABILITY TESTS
Muscular Tension Tests - Tasks requiring pushing, pulling, lifting
Muscular Power Tests - Tasks requiring the individual to overcome some initial
resistance (e.g., loosening a nut on a bolt)
Muscular Endurance Tests - Tasks involving repetitions of tool use (e.g., removing
objects from belts)
Cardiovascular Endurance Tests - Tasks assessing aerobic capacity (e.g., climbing
stairs)
Flexibility Tests - Tasks where bending, twisting, stretching or reaching of a body
segment occurs (e.g., installing lighting fixtures)
Balance Tests - Tasks in which stability of body position is difficult to maintain (e.g.,
standing on rungs of a ladder)
SOME
STANDARDIZED
TEST FOR
APTITUDE
TESTING
STRONG VOCATIONAL
INTEREST BLANK
The Strong Interest Inventory (SII) is a psychological test used in career
assessment. It is also frequently used for educational guidance as one of the most
popular personality assessment tools. The test was developed in 1927 by
psychologist E.K. Strong, Jr. to help people exiting the military find suitable jobs. It
was revised later by Jo-Ida Hansen, and David Campbell and published as
the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory.
The newly revised inventory consists of 291 items, each of which asks you to indicate
your preference from three responses.
KEY FEATURES
• Looks at six broad interest areas determining to what extent a person is artistic,
social, enterprising, conventional or realistic
• Measures preferences within 30 professional fields, from the arts to law
• Ranks the top ten most compatible occupations from a possible 260 specific jobs
• Describes an individual’s personal style within five workplace themes, such as
teamworking, leadership and risk-taking
• Based on large, representative norms that account for race, age and gender
USES
Use the Strong assessment for: -
Career planning
Career change
Career development
Coaching
Career counselling
BENEFITS
Generates personalized career options
Identifies careers that might never have been considered
Increases suitable options for starting/choosing a career, changing careers and
coaching
Reduces risk during selection
Helps in understanding student’s motivation
KUDER OCCUPATIONAL
INTEREST SURVEY
The Kuder Occupational Interest Survey ("The Kuder") is a self-report vocational
interest test used for vocational guidance and counseling. It originated in the work of
G. Frederic Kuder who first began publishing on the instrument in 1939.
The Kuder is often compared to other vocational interest tests, such as The Strong
Interest Inventory. Whereas the Strong compares the interests of the person to those
of certain groups of people holding certain occupations, the Kuder focuses on
measuring the person's broad areas of interest
10 BROAD AREAS
Kuder will yield the person's scores along ten vocational interest scales:
• Outdoor,
• Mechanical,
• Clerical,
• Computational,
• Scientific,
• Literary,
• Social Service,
• Persuasive,
• Artistic, and
• Musical.
The survey itself is a paper-and-pencil test that consists of 100 forced-choice triads of
activities. For each triad, the person marks the activity preferred most and preferred
least, leaving his or her intermediate choice blank. The test usually takes about 30
minutes to complete. It is published by Science Research Associates, Inc. in Chicago,
IL.
THE MINNESOTA
VOCATIONAL INTEREST
INVENTORY
For people who are more interested in a vocational course or apprenticeship rather
than regular college
This is mostly used for skilled or semi skilled trade
It has nine basic interest areas
A self-report inventory consisting of 158 triads, using forced-choice technique, for
occupations at the nonprofessional level with primary emphasis on those persons who
seek employment without having attended college
CAREER ASSESSMENT INVENTORY (CAI)
The Career Assessment Inventory takes individual’s workplace interests and
compares them with other individuals currently in one of the 111 careers in their
database. The instrument helps college-bound and non-college bond people find a
job geared towards their interests.
There are currently two version of the CAI – The Enhanced Version and
the Vocational Version. The Vocational version targets careers in which less than two
years of post-secondary training are necessary.
The Enhanced Version includes a 370-item report using a 5-point scale for responses.
Testing takes 35 to 40 minutes to complete and is done online or pencil-to-paper
format.
Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
VERBAL REASONING
..… is to water as eat is to ….. ..... is to night as breakfast is to …..
A. continue ----- drive A. supper ----- corner
B. foot ----- enemy B. gentle ----- morning
C. drink ----- food C. door ----- corner
D. girl ----- industry D. flow ----- enjoy
E. drink ----- enemy E. supper ----- morning
….. is to one as second is to …..
A. two ----- middle
B. first ----- fire
C. queen ----- hill
D. first ----- two
E. rain ----- fire
Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
NUMERICAL ABILITY
Add
A. 8
30 B. 15
20 C. 16
D. 26
N. none of these
Add
A. 14
13 B. 16
12 C. 25
D. 59
N. none of these
Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
ABSTRACT REASONING
PROBLEM FIGURES
ANSWER FIGURES
A B C D E
Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
ABSTRACT REASONING (CONT.)
PROBLEM FIGURES
ANSWER FIGURES
A B C D E
Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
MECHANICAL REASONING
A B
Which weighs more?
(If equal, mark C.)
Mechanical
Reasoning (cont.)
Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
SPACE RELATIONS
A B C D
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