APT Tests: Itude
APT Tests: Itude
APT Tests: Itude
TESTS
"An occupation out of harmony with the worker's
aptitudes and capacities means inefficiency,
unenthusiastic and perhaps distasteful labor, and low
pay; while an occupation in harmony with the nature
of the man means enthusiasm, love of work, and high
economic values-superior product, efficient service,
-Frank Parsons, Choosing a Vocation
and good pay."
What is APTITUDE?
Aptitude can be :
Achievement tes
Ability/skill/talent
Physical
Skill test
For vocational/career guidance
and planning they are used to measure different
aptitudes such as:
Present
Industrial tests
(Aptitude)
Flanagan Industrial Test
John Clemans Flanagan (1916-1966)
BS Physics in University of Washington and PhD
in mental measurement from Truman Kelly
“Practical psychologist” in Air Corps in WWII
Aviation Psychological Program American
Institutes of Research:
Contribute to the science of human behavior and
fuller development and utilization of mankind’s
capacities and potential
Flanagan Industrial Test
Made in 1975 with 18 individually sold distinct
aptitude
From Flanagan Aptitude Classification Test (FACTTM)
Selection, placement, reassignment, and vocational
counseling
Designed for supervisory, technical, office, skill labor
and other industrial positions
Measures distinct aptitudes or functions important to a
variety of industrial positions
Percentile norms were based on more than 40 job
classification
Validation studies: Predictive of job success for a
number of different jobs
Takes 5-15 minutes per test, using booklets, and
stencils (Raw score, percentile norm, and
classification)
Arithmetic - Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Five-minute
time limit.
Assembly - Ability to visualize how separate pieces will look as a
whole. Ten-minute time limit.
Components - Ability to identify a simple figure that is part of a
complete drawing. Ten-minute time limit.
Coordination - Ability to control hand and arm movements while
working through a series of mazes. Five-minute time limit.
Electronics - Ability to understand electrical and electronic principles as
well as analyze diagrams of electrical circuits. Fifteen-minute time limit.
Expression - Knowledge of correct grammar and sentence structure.
Five-minute time limit.
Ingenuity - Ability to think of ingenious and effective ways of solving
problems. Fifteen-minute time limit.
Inspection - Ability to spot imperfections or flaws in a series of objects.
Five-minute time limit. ***
Judgment and Comprehension - Ability to read and comprehend
given information. Fifteen-minute time limit.
Mathematics and Reasoning - Ability to reason through mathematical
word problems. Fifteen-minute time limit.
Mechanics - Ability to understand mechanical principles and analyze
mechanical movement. Fifteen-minute time limit.
Memory - Ability to memorize different terms and their meanings. Ten-
minute time limit.
Patterns - Ability to perceive and reproduce pattern outlines accurately.
Five-minute time limit.
Planning - Ability to plan, organize and schedule various types of
activities. Fifteen-minute time limit.
Precision - Capacity for precision work with small objects. Five-minute
time limit.
Scales - Ability to read scales, graphs and charts. Five-minute time
limit.
Tables - Ability to read tables quickly and accurately. Five-minute time
limit.
Vocabulary - Knowledge of words used in business and government
environments. Fifteen-minute time limit.
Inspections or Patterns
ASVAB- History
Army Alpha and Army Beta; WWI. Army General
Classification Test and Navy General Classification
Test; WWII.
Armed Forces Qualification Test (1950s)- uniform
general ability measurement to identify probable
successful military applicants in the services; while
Army Classification Battery to classify
ASVAB (1968)- used by Air Force and Marine in
1973-74; 1996-1997, the CAT-ASVAB was
implemented at all Military Entrance Processing
Stations; P&P-ASVAB in low volume satellite
locations
Developed and maintained by Department of Defense
ASVAB
ASVAB stands for Army
Services Vocational
Aptitude Battery
Three version: P&P-
ASVAB, CAT-ASVAB, and
Student-ASVAB
Measures strengths,
weaknesses, and
potential future success,
providing career
information for various
civilian and military
occupations; indicator of
future endeavors (college,
vocational school, or
military courses);
determine of career field
ASVAB
Individual and Required
Service
composite sub-tests AFQT
Branch
Score*
Armed Forces
Qualification Test Army 31
Critical
Navy 35
Arithmetic reasoning,
math knowledge, and
Marines 31
verbal composite
(word knowledge and Air Force 36
paragraph
comprehension) Coast Guard 45
CAT-ASVAB
For a large number of potential recruits, and
for enlistment purposes
It takes 1 and a half hour, time-limit
Includes 10 sub-tests, similar to the MET-site
ASVAB
Computerized Adaptive Testing= correct
difficult
9 Subtests Minutes Questions Descriptions
science.
Measures ability to
Measures knowledge of
Mathematics Knowledge
18 16 mathematical concepts and
Measures knowledge of
systems.
Measures knowledge of
and repair.
Measures knowledge of
practices.
A. embarrass. A. left.
B. struggle. B. limp.
C. provoke. C. budding.
D. worship. D. requested.
ASVAB- Paragraph
Comprehension
l who enter it with A thin transparent layer of
preconceptions of sand and oxide protects the metal
cacti around every bend. It has titanium against corrosion. The
a look and atmosphere that same thin layer attracts artists
does not fit the boots-and- interested in making their art
saddle image of the state. with the help of technology. By
The author implies that the look using heat or electricity, an
and atmosphere of east Texas artist can thicken the oxide
does NOT resemble that of the layer and thereby turn the
metal a range of vivid colors.
A. marshlands. According to the passage,
B. mountains. some artists work with titanium
C. seashore. because it
D. desert.
A. is transparent.
B. does not corrode.
C. generates its own heat.
D. can assume a variety of
colors.
ASVAB- Mathematics Knowledge
27/3= Length=8 Width=3
Height=4
A. 3 The volume of the brick
B. 3 is
C. 9
D. 12 A. 15
B. 36
C. 44
D. 96
ASVAB- Electronics Information
A. total weight. A.
B. allowable speed. B.
C. center of gravity. C.
D. center of buoyancy. D.
ASVAB- Assembling Objects
Which figure best shows how Which figure best shows how
the objects in the left box will the objects in the left box will
touch if the letters for each appear if they are fit together?
object are matched?
A.
A. B.
B. C.
C. D.
D.