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Concentration testsareusedtoselectpersonnel whoneedtoworkthrough itemsofinformationina
systematicwaywhilemakingveryfewmistakes.Theyaremostoftenusedwhenselecting
candidatesforadministrativeandclericaljobswheremistakescanhaveseriousorexpensive
consequences.Thisincludesareaslikefinancialservices,legalservicesandhealthcare.
Theteststhemselvesarespeedtests.Thismeansthatgivensufficienttimetocompletethem,most
peoplewouldbeabletoobtainaperfectscoreprovidedthattheywerecapableofworkingina
systematicandcarefulway.However,thetimelimitisusuallysetsothatthetestisimpossibleto
complete.Inaddition,thequestionstendtobesimilarandratherrepetitivewhichmakesitdifficult
tomaintainattentiveness.Thesefactorstakentogethermakethistypeoftestidealforselecting
candidateswhoareabletoprocessinformationaccuratelyandmaintaintheirconcentrationeven
when certainparts ofthejobmayberepetitive.
Beforeyouattemptthistestmakesurethatyouunderstandwhatitisthatyouneedtodo.Thisis
describedintheexamplequestion onthenextpage.
Onlywhenyouarehappythatyouunderstandhowthesequestionsworkshouldyouattemptthe
samplepaper.Rememberthattheobjectistoworksystematicallythroughthequestionsandavoid
mistakes.
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ExampleQuestion
Thequestioncomprises:
1. Agridinwhichtherearerowsofsymbols,numbersandletters.
2. Akeywhichcontainsonesymbol,onenumberandoneletter.
3. Aseriesoffiveansweroptions.
Asyoucanseefromthegridabove,thekeycontainsonesymbol,onenumberandoneletterwhich
haveeachbeentakenfromadifferentcolumninthegrid.Inthisexample,theletterLhasbeen
takenfromcolumn2,thesymbolhasbeentakenfromcolumn3andthenumber4hasbeentaken
fromcolumn5.
Youneedtoexaminetheansweroptionsanddecide In which optionhavethethreeelementsbeen
takenfromthesamecolumnsasthoseofthekey.Inotherwords,youarelookingfortheoption
whereoneelementhasbeentakenfromcolumn2,onefromcolumn3andonefromcolumn5.
Consideringeachoftheansweroptionsinturn.
OptionA Incorrectasneitherthesymbolnorthenumber1arefoundincolumns2,3 or5.
OptionBIncorrectastheletterPisnotfoundincolumns2,3or5.
Option CCorrectaseachelementcanbefoundincolumns2,3and5.
Option DIncorrectas theletterCisnotfoundincolumns2,3or5.
Option EIncorrectasthesymbol isnotfoundincolumns2,3or5.
Note
Oneelementmustcomefromeachofthethreecolumnsspecifiedbythekey.Inotherwordseach
elementintheansweroptionmustcomefromadifferentcolumn.
Theansweroptionmayhavemorethanoneletter,numberorsymbol,providedthattheyareeach
takenfromadifferentcolumn.
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12Questions
Answerasmanyquestionsasyoucanin 5minutes.Circletheletterontherightwhich
correspondstothecorrectanswer.
1)Which optionhasbeentakenfromthesamecolumnsasthekey?
ABCD
2)Whichoptionhasbeentakenfromthesamecolumnsasthekey?
ABCD
3)Whichoptionhasbeentakenfromthesamecolumnsasthekey?
ABCD
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4)Whichoptionhasbeentakenfromthesamecolumnsasthekey?
ABCD
5)Whichoptionhasbeentakenfromthesamecolumnsasthekey?
ABCD
6)Whichoptionhasbeentakenfromthesamecolumnsasthekey?
ABCD
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7)Whichoptionhasbeentakenfromthesamecolumnsasthekey?
ABCD
8)Whichoptionhasbeentakenfromthesamecolumnsasthekey?
ABCD
9)Whichoptionhasbeentakenfromthesamecolumnsasthekey?
ABCD
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10)Whichoptionhasbeentakenfromthesamecolumnsasthekey?
ABCD
11)Whichoptionhasbeentakenfromthesamecolumnsasthekey?
ABCD
12)Whichoptionhasbeentakenfromthesamecolumnsasthekey?
ABCD
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Answers
1) C
2) C
3) D
4) B
5) D
6) C
7) E
8) D
9) C
10) C
11) A
12) D