Aptitude, Personality and Motivation Tests: Analyse Your Talents and Personality and Plan Your Career (Testing Series) PDF
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Whilst the author has made every effort to ensure that the content of this book is accurate, please note that occasional errors can occur in books of this kind. If you suspect that an error has been made in any of the tests included in this book, please inform the publishers at the address printed below so that it can be corrected at the next reprint. Publisher’s note Every possible effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this book is accurate at the time of going to press, and the publishers and authors cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions, however caused. No responsibility for loss or damage occasioned to any person acting, or refraining from action, as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by the editor, the publisher or any of the authors. First published in Great Britain and the United States as Test Yourself! in 2000 by Kogan Page Limited Second edition, 2004 published as Aptitude, Personality and Motivation Tests Third edition, 2009 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publi- cation may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms and licences issued by the CLA. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside these terms should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned addresses: 120 Pentonville Road 525 South 4th Street, #241 London N1 9JN Philadelphia PA 19147 United Kingdom USA www.koganpage.com © Jim Barrett, 2000, 2004, 2009 The right of Jim Barrett to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. ISBN 978 0 7494 5651 1 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Barrett, James. Aptitude, personality and motivation tests : analyse your talents and personality and plan your career / Jim Barrett. -- 3rd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7494-5651-1 1. Occupational aptitude tests. 2. Vocational interests--Testing I. Title. HF5381.7.B67 2009 153.9’4-dc22 2009012988 Typeset by Jean Cussons Typesetting, Diss, Norfolk Printed and bound in India by Replika Press Pvt Ltd Contents Preface to the third edition ix Introduction 1 Part 1 Aptitudes 9 1. Visual reasoning test 11 Answers to visual reasoning test 24 2. Numerical reasoning test 26 Answers to numerical reasoning test 30 3. Verbal analysis test 32 Answers to verbal analysis test 40 4. Sequential reasoning test 43 Answers to sequential reasoning test 53 5. Spatial recognition test 55 Answers to spatial recognition test 64 6. Three-D test 66 Answers to three-D test 78 vi Contents 7. Systems test 80 Answers to systems test 86 8. Vocabulary test 88 Answers to vocabulary test 95 9. Figurework test 97 Answers to figurework test 101 10. Aptitude profiling and ‘IQ’ 103 Level of score 103 Your aptitude profile 104 Difference between scores 105 IQ 126 Intelligence tests 126 The IQ scale 127 Your IQ 128 Part 2 Personality 129 11. Personality test and job satisfaction 131 Personality test 131 Personality chart 138 Understanding your personality further 139 Interpretation of your scores 141 Description of personality titles 144 Part 3 Motivation 149 12. Career search test 151 Instructions 151 Career search test 153 Scoring 159 Motivation and careers chart 160 Interpretation of motivation and careers chart 161 Careers guide 161 Contents vii 13. Career development test 168 Instructions 168 Career development test 170 Scoring 175 Areas for career development 179 Part 4 Career profiles 191 14. Career database 193 Explanation of test items 218 Further reading from Kogan Page 245 Preface to the third edition In this third edition I have included an explanation, or ratio- nale, by which readers may check the answers to the abstract reasoning tests: Visual reasoning, Numerical reasoning, Verbal analysis and Sequential reasoning. The only practical test where it is necessary to do this is the Figurework test, where a revision of the arithmetical rules may prove useful. Otherwise, understanding of Spatial recognition and 3-D is not rendered easier but is made tortuous by comparing the angles, shapes and volumes, Systems can easily be checked and Vocabulary can be referred to a dictionary. Explanation of the abstract tests and figurework seems to me to give readers a greater means by which they can prepare for tests they might encounter in other situations; it has always been my objective to demonstrate that test items they may get wrong or simply leave out because they ‘look too difficult’ are often achievable when it is understood what is exactly that is required of them. My experience is that many people under- perform when they are being tested so that they risk losing out on something important to them (such as a job!) and, by the same token, the people who are doing the testing also lose out
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