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Uses of IQ & Aptitude Test

Aptitude is that ability to deal with aspects of the environment and to perform a
particular behaviour. It is that natural ability to acquire skill in some specific field or
general knowledge.

Tests can help you: To be fairly assessed in a competitive situation To find out
more about your strengths and weaknesses To select a career path for which you
are suited To be comprehensively assessed for selection, development or counselling
purposes

To select people best suited to the demands of the job To identify areas of weakness
for staff development To counsel staff appropriately To place personnel
appropriately within an organisation

The initials IQ stand for intelligence quotient. An IQ test is one of many tools designed
to measure someone's educational abilities. Many people will take an IQ test at least
once in their lives. Academic testing has certain benefits that can help individuals
make choices about their educational abilities and potential career path.

Identification of Strengths An intelligence test can help someone identify their


academic strengths. A person may discover a previous unknown verbal fluency, or
become more aware of numeric abilities or spatial perception understanding
Identification of Weaknesses The result of an IQ test can also help you identify areas
where you may have academic or cognitive deficits.

School Placement Administrators can use IQ tests to help with academic placement.
Students who are gifted in language acquisition may be placed in classes with other
quick readers. Help Disabled Students Students who are found to have specific
cognitive deficits as a result of intelligence testing can get the help they need to
succeed in school. Educators can design a course of study that helps students who
may struggle with reading, math skills or spatial perception awareness learn better.
Assessment Questions

What is Aptitude?

How aptitude test find out ones strengths and weaknesses?

When do aptitude test use for the children with special needs?

Where aptitude test be conducted?

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