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First published in Great Britain and the United States as Test Yourself! in 2000 by
Kogan Page Limited
Second edition, 2004 published as Aptitude, Personality and Motivation Tests
Third edition, 2009
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ISBN 978 0 7494 5651 1
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Barrett, James.
Aptitude, personality and motivation tests : analyse your talents and
personality and plan your career / Jim Barrett. -- 3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7494-5651-1
1. Occupational aptitude tests. 2. Vocational interests--Testing I.
Title.
HF5381.7.B67 2009
153.9’4-dc22
2009012988
Typeset by Jean Cussons Typesetting, Diss, Norfolk
Printed and bound in India by Replika Press Pvt Ltd
Contents
Preface to the third edition ix
Introduction 1
Part 1 Aptitudes 9
1. Visual reasoning test 11
Answers to visual reasoning test 24
2. Numerical reasoning test 26
Answers to numerical reasoning test 30
3. Verbal analysis test 32
Answers to verbal analysis test 40
4. Sequential reasoning test 43
Answers to sequential reasoning test 53
5. Spatial recognition test 55
Answers to spatial recognition test 64
6. Three-D test 66
Answers to three-D test 78
vi Contents
7. Systems test 80
Answers to systems test 86
8. Vocabulary test 88
Answers to vocabulary test 95
9. Figurework test 97
Answers to figurework test 101
10. Aptitude profiling and ‘IQ’ 103
Level of score 103
Your aptitude profile 104
Difference between scores 105
IQ 126
Intelligence tests 126
The IQ scale 127
Your IQ 128
Part 2 Personality 129
11. Personality test and job satisfaction 131
Personality test 131
Personality chart 138
Understanding your personality further 139
Interpretation of your scores 141
Description of personality titles 144
Part 3 Motivation 149
12. Career search test 151
Instructions 151
Career search test 153
Scoring 159
Motivation and careers chart 160
Interpretation of motivation and careers chart 161
Careers guide 161
Contents vii
13. Career development test 168
Instructions 168
Career development test 170
Scoring 175
Areas for career development 179
Part 4 Career profiles 191
14. Career database 193
Explanation of test items 218
Further reading from Kogan Page 245
Preface to the
third edition
In this third edition I have included an explanation, or ratio-
nale, by which readers may check the answers to the abstract
reasoning tests: Visual reasoning, Numerical reasoning, Verbal
analysis and Sequential reasoning. The only practical test
where it is necessary to do this is the Figurework test, where a
revision of the arithmetical rules may prove useful. Otherwise,
understanding of Spatial recognition and 3-D is not rendered
easier but is made tortuous by comparing the angles, shapes
and volumes, Systems can easily be checked and Vocabulary
can be referred to a dictionary.
Explanation of the abstract tests and figurework seems to
me to give readers a greater means by which they can prepare
for tests they might encounter in other situations; it has always
been my objective to demonstrate that test items they may get
wrong or simply leave out because they ‘look too difficult’ are
often achievable when it is understood what is exactly that is
required of them. My experience is that many people under-
perform when they are being tested so that they risk losing out
on something important to them (such as a job!) and, by the
same token, the people who are doing the testing also lose out
