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July 29, 2009

1. Look at the row of numbers below. What number should come next? ___________

8   4   2   1   1/2   1/4 ?

2. Assume the first two statements are true.

a. The boy plays baseball.

b. All baseball players wear hats.

c. The boy wears a hat

Is the final one: True, False, Not Certain

3. Paper sells for 21 cents per pad. What will four pads cost? ___________

4. In printing an article of 48,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the larger type, a printed page contains 1,800 words. Using a smaller type, a page contains 2,400 words. The article is allotted 21 full pages in a magazine. How many pages must be in smaller type? ___________

July 21, 2009

Reading comprehension is found on all trade aptitude exams.

Read the statement or passage and then choose the best answer to the question. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the statement or passage.

There are two types of pottery that I do. There is production pottery-mugs, tableware, the kinds of things that sell easily.  These pay for my time to do the other work which is more creative and satisfies my needs as an artist.

The author of the passage implies that:

1. artists have a tendency to waste valuable time
2. creativity and mass-production are incompatible
3. most people do not appreciate good art
4. pottery is not produced by creative artists

Two bold sentences are followed by a question or statement about them. Read each pair of sentences and then choose the best answer to the question or the best completion of the statement:

The Midwest is experiencing its worst drought in fifteen years.

Corn and soybean prices are expected to be very high this year.

What does the second sentence do?

1. It restates the idea found in the first.
2. It states an effect.
3. It gives an example.
4. It analyzes the statement made in the first.

July 7, 2009

The following are questions you might find on the Iron Workers Aptitude Test:

1)  5 + 4 + 8 + 2 + 6 =( a. 52)   (b. 23)   (c. 42)   (d. 25)   (e. 26)

2)  33 – 7 – 4 – 6- 5 =  (a. 9)  (b. 21)   (c. 16)   (d. 19)   (e. 11)

3)  42 – 3 -6 – 8 -5 =  (a. 15)  (b. 18)  (c.  20)  (d. 23)  (e. 25)

4)  19 x 3 =(a. 57)  (b. 54)  (c.45)   (d.59)  (e. 56)

5)  156/4 = (a. 39)  (b. 34)  (c. 40)  (d. 43)  (e. 36)

June 26, 2009

You might find questions like the following on the Electrcians Exam.

This is a test of your ability to solve problems using algebra. There are three (4) sample questions.

1. Consider the following formula: A = B + 3 ( 4 – C )
If B equals 5 and C equals 2, what is the value of A?

2. Consider the following formula: y = 3 ( x + 5 ) ( x – 2 )
Which of the following formulas is equivalent to this one?

3. Consider the following pattern of numbers: 110, 112, 107, 109, 104
What is the next number in the pattern?

4. Consider the following formula: a = 1/2 b – 4
Which of the following statements is true for this formula?