This is his/her experience while he/she was taking the Computer-Assisted Test (Professional Level). Thank you for this Rational, I think you are super smart and gifted with a wonderful memory, you are a treasure.
"Here are some questions I answered during a Computer-Assisted Test (Professional Level) two weeks ago. This is just from memory so they might not be very accurate.
There are a lot of items about re-arranging the order of the sentences to form substantive paragraphs. This took so much of my time. They are using lengthy sentences with lengthy words.
16.81% 25.64% 36.49% _____
1 1/3 1/3 1/9 _____
Simplify 1344/3008.
One problem used exponents but since they are using an old-school DOS application, one term was expressed like this: x2 (x squared).
In grammar, the proper usage of I/me in sentences were asked.
Word Problem: A girl bought mangoes at P7.50 each. There were two types of mangoes: good ones and not so good ones. She sold the good ones at P7.90 each and the not-so-good ones at P7.70 each. If she earned P34, how many mangoes did she buy?
Word Problem: A pipe can fill a water tank at X hours. Another pipe can fill a water tank at Y hours. If both pipe are used to fill the tank, how many hours would it take? (I can't remember X and Y)
If the president and the vice president die, who should replace them? (Can't remember the choices, just the answer: senate president)
You are a principal of a school. The school is expanding and the houses in the vicinity must be destroyed. What will you do? (i can remember two choices out of five: support the people, file leave of absence so you don't have to worry about it)
How many days are allowed to respond to letters/telegrams? (15 working days (answer), 15 calendar days, 7 working days, 10 calendar days, 10 working days)
How many committees of five members can you form with eight people?
There are -a lot- of math problems (solving fractions, word problems, pattern recognition, time problem, etc). No area problems
The word problems in your reviewers appeared (word analogy, correct word usage,
The test is 170 items, 20 items for personal info 21 onwards is the test proper. Questions 21-(around 110) are about grammar, re-arranging sentences, and reading comprehension (making sense out of the paragraph - selecting the statement implied by the paragraph). The last item in some categories are in Filipino. There are less than 10 questions in Filipino. 111 onwards are math problems and general info questions.
And here's a sample interface of the program I drew from memory as well:
http://i.imgur.com/XPY9J.jpg (upper right is time left to finish the exam)
It was programmed by someone named Glenn Arcilla or Arcillas. It was only shown in the splash screen before the test starts.
The schedule for the exam is 7:30 and 11:30. You can be late for a few minutes because examinees will be called one by one to verify that the data they encoded in their system is correct. There will also be an audio-visual presentation regarding the software. After watching the video and data verification, examinees will proceed inside the office to sign the seat plan. Then, there is a locker inside the room where you can put your things. After putting your things in the locker, you can proceed to your assigned computer. All examinees should be seated before they can start the exam. We started around 12:30pm.
A strip of paper containing some codes will be distributed. Examinees should enter the examinee number and the code in the strip of paper.
The program has a 10-minute practice test.
You can bring water with you during the test.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER the exam, your score will be displayed.
Very few passed the exam. After the exam, there are two sheets of paper. One for those who passed and another for those who did not. All scratch papers must be returned.
About thirty minutes after the exam, the certificates were distributed.
Hope this helps your blog. :)"
Congrats Rational! Thanks!
