Crossrail VSE & SJT

VSE & SJT practice tests for MTR Crossrail’s train driver online tests

A guide to help you do your best at the MTR Crossrail train driver assessment

2015

Supplementary practice tests for MTR Crossrail’s train driver assessments

About this booklet

This booklet is designed to help you do your best when completing the supplementary tests and exercises included in the MTR Crossrail assessment process for train drivers.

This document is designed to help you prepare for some online tests you’ve been asked to complete as part of the MTR Crossrail train driver assessment process. We know that by using these materials and working through the practice tests you will do better at the online tests than if you don’t.

Why are MTR Crossrail using these tests?

MTR Crossrail have identified some key characteristics, aptitudes and skills that are important for their train drivers to display in order to be successful in the MTR Crossrail train driver job. These skills are not assessed as part of the ‘core train driver exercises’ so MTR Crossrail have introduced some additional tests and exercises that assess these skills. This means you will have to sit these additional exercises as part of the MTR Crossrail train driver assessment.

Which additional exercises will I sit?

You will be asked to complete the following exercises:

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a situational judgement exercise

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a test of visual focus and multi-tasking

The exercises will be completed on a computer at your home. If your scores suggest that the MTR Crossrail train driver job is not a good match for you then your application will not be progressed.

However if your performance matches matches what is required of a

train driver you will be asked to complete further exercises.

2 © Copyright The Occupational Psychology Centre Limited 2014. MTR Crossrail are licensed to use, modify, print and copy these materials for its own business purposes. Candidates applying for jobs for jobs with MTR Crossrail may copy and print these materials for their own personal use.


About this booklet

This booklet is designed to help you do your best when completing the supplementary tests and exercises included in the MTR Crossrail assessment process for train drivers.

This document is designed to help you prepare for some online tests you’ve been asked to complete as part of the MTR Crossrail train driver assessment process. We know that by using these materials and working through the practice tests you will do better at the online tests than if you don’t.

Why are MTR Crossrail using these tests?

MTR Crossrail have identified some key characteristics, aptitudes and skills that are important for their train drivers to display in order to be successful in the MTR Crossrail train driver job. These skills are not assessed as part of the ‘core train driver exercises’ so MTR Crossrail have introduced some additional tests and exercises that assess these skills. This means you will have to sit these additional exercises as part of the MTR Crossrail train driver assessment.

Which additional exercises will I sit?

You will be asked to complete the following exercises:

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a situational judgement exercise



a test of visual focus and multi-tasking

The exercises will be completed on a computer at your home. If your scores suggest that the MTR Crossrail train driver job is not a good match for you then your application will not be progressed.

However if your performance matches matches what is required of a

train driver you will be asked to complete further exercises.



How do I use this practice test document?

You should work through the practice tests in order and you will be guided through each of the additional exercises. You will also have the opportunity to complete some practice versions of the tests and exercises which are similar, but not identical, to those that you will be completing online.

How do I get the most out of this practice test document?

We recommend that you print out this document as it will be easier to use in paper form. It’s also recommended that that you complete any practice tests tests in pencil, so you can then erase your answers and practice again. By working through the practice questions several times you will increase your likelihood of performing well on the tests.

How can I prepare for the MTR Crossrail train driver online tests?

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Read this document (and any other practice documents you have been provided with by MTR Crossrail).

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Complete the practice tests.

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The day before the online tests take some time to relax.

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Go to bed early the night before the online tests– this will help you be bright and alert for the tests.

General advice for completing the online tests

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If you wear glasses or a hearing aid then make sure you have them with you.

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Read the instructions carefully and ensure you understand what to do for the test before you start it.



Remember: 

If you’ve taken our advice, read this document and completed the practice tests (as well as worked through any other practice tests provided), then you have done all you can to help you do your best at the online tests.

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The online tests are not just about MTR Crossrail assessing you but also gives you the opportunity to learn more about MTR Crossrail and the train driver role. This will help you decide if this is a suitable position for you.

What materials do I need to complete the practice tests in this document?

You will need:

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A pencil

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An eraser

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This booklet

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A timer, clock or stopwatch

For each individual practice test in this document there will be some additional instructions of the materials you will need to complete each exercise - you will find these instructions throughout this document.

4 © Copyright The Occupational Psychology Centre Limited 2014. MTR Crossrail are licensed to use, modify, print and copy these materials for its own business purposes. Candidates applying for jobs with MTR Crossrail may copy and print these materials for their own personal use.


The Situational Judgement Test (SJT) Introduction The Situational Judgement Test (SJT) is an online questionnaire. It measures how compatible your attitude and preferences are with the characteristics of MTR Crossrail train drivers.

The SJT consists of 25 situations from a variety of work settings and each situation has 4 possible ways of responding. It’s your job to indicate how you would prefer to respond to each situation. The test is timed so it’s important that you try to work as quickly and accurately as possible.

Practice questions This practice test consists of a series of fictitious situations from a variety of work settings. These situations are presented on the following pages. Each situation is followed by 4 possible ways of responding to this situation. You must read through the situation and the 4 responses and then decide which response would be your 1 st choice, then your 2 nd choice, then your 3 rd choice, and finally your 4 th choice. response is labelled with a letter from A to D.

Each

(See example below). Once you’ve

decided on the correct order you think they should go in you should write your answers in the ‘Answers’ section underneath each situation by writing 1, 2, 3 or 4 under the respective letters.

e.g.

A

B

C

D

3

4

1

2

Before you start the practice test we will run through an example situation, please turn over for the example situation.



Example Situation You work in the events team for a large hotel chain. You’ve been asked to arrange the refreshments and buffet lunch for a conference taking place at your hotel. On the morning of the conference you call the caterer to double check what time they will be delivering the buffet. They tell you that they have your order booked in for tomorrow not today. You’re annoyed they’ve made a mistake. When you double check your order details you realise that i t was you who made the error and booked the buffet lunch for tomorrow. What do you do? a.

You’re very annoyed and can’t help taking it out on the catering company at first. You then explain your mistake and ask if they can help you by preparing your food today. You say you’re willing to come and collect the food if that helps.

b. You hate making a mistake and really don’t like having to admit to it but you know you need to do something. You tell them it was your error but say you would appreciate their help, you could even pay extra if need be. c.

You don’t understand how you made this mistake, you’re usually so careful. You decide to ask the chef in the hotel to prepare some food. This will be the quickest and easiest option, it will also allow you to get on with other things.

d. You don’t have much time to sort this out so ask the catering company to do what they can to help you out. You’re a loyal customer and they’re always very helpful so hopefully this will be ok.

How do I choose my response? Read through the situation and all four response options before deciding on your response order. If you decide that response ‘b’ would be your top response put a ‘1’ underneath the letter B in the answer space. If you decide response ‘a’ would be your second response put a ‘2’ underneath the letter A in the answer space. If you decide response ‘c’ would be your third choice put a ‘3’ underneath the letter C in the answer space. Finally if you decide response ‘d’ would be your fourth choice put a 4 underneath the letter D in the answer space. An example is outlined for you below.

e.g.

A

B

C

D

2

1

3

4

The order of the responses in this example is not to be taken necessarily as the correct order. This is the order that the candidate in this example has judged as the correct order. As you go through the practice test it’s your task to decide the order in which the responses should be placed, based on what you think is best.

Now please follow the final instructions overleaf. 6 © Copyright The Occupational Psychology Centre Limited 2014. MTR Crossrail are licensed to use, modify, print and copy these materials for its own business purposes. Candidates applying for jobs with MTR Crossrail may copy and print these materials for their own personal use.


Instructions You have 7 situations to respond to in this practice test. Give yourself 13 minutes to complete all 7 situations. You can time yourself or ask a friend/family member to time you. Write your answers in the spaces provided below each scenario.

To do this practice test you will need:

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This booklet

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A pencil

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A stopwatch/timer

As soon as you are ready to start the practice test turn over the page and begin.



Situation 1 You work in the accounts department for a small double glazing firm. Your manager is going on holiday next week and has asked you to take over some of her duties including meeting with the managing director to tell him about the company’s financial position this month. Your manager asks if you would like to go through the details of the meeting with her before she goes on holiday. You’ve done this task a couple of times before. What do you do? a.

You’ve done this before, your manager knows this, so you’re unsure if this is really necessary. It’s nice of her to offer help so you say yes a run through would be good, but you’ll have to do it later when you’ve got a bit more ti me.

b. Your manager always wants to double check your work. You suppose she is more experienced than you though. You tell your manager you’ve done it before so it’s okay but you do have a few questions you’d like to ask her. c.

Your manager has been doing the job for a long time and really knows what she is doing. You tell her that you will spend some time preparing and if you need to you will ask for her input before she goes on holiday.

d. It’s nice of your manager to offer the help, not everyone would do this but you’re not really worried about it as you’ve done it before. Also you know she is very busy before going on holiday so you don’t want to give her extra jobs to do.

Answers: Situation 1 A

B

C

D



Situation 2 You’re part of an amateur dramatics society, you’re currently not performing anything but still go to meetings on a Tuesday evening. You enjoy these meetings and like to make sure you attend every week so you’re in with a chance of taking part in the next performance. You work in a call centre, a job that you are not really fond of. The shift patterns are changing at work, this will require you to work late one night every two weeks. It’s been proposed that this is a Tuesday night for you, which will mean you miss your amateur dramatics meeting. What do you do? a.

You’re annoyed that that the company has proposed a Tuesday night for you. You get on with your manager well so you decide to speak to her to see if you can change this to a different night. This is not possible so you suppose you’ll have to do a Tuesday night.

b. Talk to your manager about this to see if there is a compromise. You don’t want to say you can’t do it at all so you propose doing it once per month with the addition of staying late on another evening each week. c.

Everyone has been allocated an evening so ask around the office to see if there is anyone willing to swap with you. Start by asking people who know about your amateur dramatics commitment as they’re more likely to agree.

d. Ask to meet with your manager to discuss the options around this. You don’t want to be seen as difficult so maybe there is a work around. Explain to your manager why you don’t want to do Tuesday evenings and hopefully your manager will understand.


B

C

D



Situation 3 You’re a manager of a pub and restaurant, each week you have to submit your financial figures to head office. You’ve just completed this week’s figures and emailed these to head office. However you’ve just double checked your figures and you notice a mistake. You’ve had a very busy week with several staff members off sick or on annual leave. You rushed the figures to meet the deadline so you’re not surprised you’ve made a mistake. How do you feel about this? a.

This was bound to happen, the week has been very busy. You were rushing so you’re not surprised you made a mistake. You try to forget about it but spend the rest of the day worrying.

b. It’s concerning that you’ve made an error, you really don’t like to make a mistake. You’re worried about this but due to the staff shortages and being so busy you don’t have time to dwell on it today. c.

You really don’t like making a mistake. It’s been busy but it’s still annoying that you didn’t pick this up sooner. You’re only human though, mistakes happen so you’re not too worried about it.

d. It’s been so busy this week that you’re not surprised this has happened. It’s always annoying to make a mistake but you don’t have time to worry about it so you get on with your day.


B

C

D



Situation 4 You work as a labourer for a building contractor. Both in and outside of work your colleagues like to have a laugh and joke and often make light hearted fun of each other. The majority of your colleagues are interested in things like sports, cars and socialising. In your spare time you like to collect stamps, you know that if you share this information your colleagues will laugh at you. You’ve not worked at the organisation for long. What do you do? a.

This is the sort of thing your colleagues will make a joke out of at your expense. It’s something that you enjoy though so you will mention it when asked.

b. Your colleagues will think it’s hilarious that this is your hobby. You decide to mention this to a few people who are less likely to laugh at you. c.

You don’t have to share everything about yourself at work so you decide to keep this to yourself. Why put yourself in the firing line when you don’t have to?

d. No one likes people laughing at them so you decide not to say anything. You can easily join in with the conversations about the things they like instead.


B

C

D



Situation 5 You’re a hotel receptionist and line manager of some of the other receptionists. You have aspirations to progress at the hotel and would like to move up to the role of reception manager. There is a job opening here to work alongside the current reception manager. You don’t have a great relationship with the current reception manager. Most of the time you simply don’t talk to each other unless it’s necessary. You’ve applied for this role and you’ll be interviewed next week. You’ll be interviewed by the current reception manager and the hotel manager. What do you do? a.

It’s difficult that the reception manager will be interviewing you since you don’t get along. You decide to make an effort with her as this can only help your chances. You will also try to keep this up after the interview.

b. You know you need to get the reception manager on side but this could be difficult. You start to interact with her more in a polite manner. Hopefully this can continue after the interview too. You know it’s going to be difficult though. c.

You don’t want to be seen as only making an effort for the interview. The reception manager is fully aware of your relationship. It’s important to make an effort for the interview though so you will be as polite as possible on the day.

d. You really want to progress at work and would love this job. It’s important to get on the right side of the reception manager to have a chance to do this. It could be difficult but you will try your hardest to be polite from now until the interview is done.


B

C

D



Situation 6 You’ve taken your 2 and 4 year old children to the park with your niece and nephew who are a similar age. They’re all having fun, the younger ones are by your side while the older two are playing on the slide while you watch. You didn’t sleep well last night as your youngest was up several times throughout the night. You feel very tired and could do with a sit down. The children all love playing together and don’t get a chance to do this very often. What do you do? a.

The children are having a great time, they will be disappointed if you make them go home. You’re not feeling up to it though so you decide to gather the children together and take them home.

b. You were planning on being here most of the afternoon but the children don’t know this. So you will cut the afternoon short and go home early. That way they still get time to play but you will also get a rest. c.

The children are enjoying themselves and you don’t want to stop this. You decide to keep an eye on how you feel and if you get too tired you will take them home. This is just a side effect of having a young family you suppose.

d. Being tired is part of having a young family. They’re having such fun that you don’t want to stop this. You have water with you this will keep you awake. You will also get a coffee from the café as this should give you a boost.


B

C

D



Situation 7 You’re doing your weekly supermarket shop, your 4 year old son is with you. You get the shopping home and unpack it, you then notice a stuffed animal toy on the floor of the car next to your son’s car seat. It appears he’s taken this from the supermarket. What do you do? a.

Talk to your son about the toy and ask where he got it. Explain why he cannot just take things from the supermarket. When you get a chance go back to the supermarket, take the toy and explain what happened. You hope they understand.

b. Talk to your son about the toy and ask where he got it. Explain why he cannot just take things from the supermarket. Immediately call the supermarket to explain the situation and see what they can do. Hopefully they will see the funny side. c.

Talk to your son about the toy and ask where he got it. Explain why he cannot just take things from the supermarket. You have the toy now but you don’t want to let your son play with this so you take it to the local charity shop.

d. Talk to your son about the toy and ask where he got it. Explain why he cannot just take things from the supermarket. Hopefully he understands that he has done something wrong and won’t do this again. You’ll have to keep a close eye on him in future.


B

C

D

That is the end of the practice test.



How did you get on? No answers or explanations are provided for the SJT practice test. This is because it’s for you to decide the order in which the responses should be placed, based on what you think is best.

If you got to the end of the test in the time limit and were able to make judgements about the response order you probably understood what to do.

If you didn’t finish the test try to work more quickly next time. If you didn’t reach half way in the test you’re probably not working fast enough. Remember if you get stuck on a question don’t worry about it, leave it and go on to the next question and come back to it at the end if you have time.

However easy you found this practice test we recommend that you erase your answers and try again, we know that the more you practice the more successful you’re likely to be at the online tests. Remember, practice makes perfect!

Hints and Tips You could prepare yourself further by:

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Asking a friend or relative to make up some more customer service scenarios and responses for you.

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Asking a friend or relative to complete the test, you can then compare your responses with their responses, then discuss how each of you have come to your decisions.

The test on the day The test on the day will require you to rank order your responses to a number of situations. You will have 45 minutes to do this. Remember you will not lose marks for a wrong answer so if you’re unsure of an answer you can make an ‘educated guess’.

Remember, keep practising! By following this advice you will be preparing yourself to do your best on the day.



The Visual Search Exercise (VSE) Introduction The visual search exercise (VSE) is a computer based test. It measures your ability to focus on visual cues and to multi-task. The VSE consists of three tasks, in the first task you have to identify errors on a train network, in the second task you have to check for errors on a signal system and in the third task you have to complete both of these tasks at the same time. The test is timed so it’s important that you try to work as quickly and accurately as possible.

Practice questions This practice test consists of three tasks, you will complete this in paper and pencil format. However you will complete the actual exercise on a computer, but by practising using paper and pencil will still help you develop the skills required to perform well when completing this exercise.

Task 1 On page 18 you will find your first task. Here you are presented with row after row of squares with a dot in each corner, the dot moves from the top left hand corner on the first square, to the top right corner on the second square, then to the bottom right hand corner of the third square and the bottom left hand corner of the fourth square. Please see the example below.

The dot then continues to move in this order throughout the rest of the rows of squares for the whole page. However, occasionally the dot may move in a slightly different pattern, i.e. missing a corner or going backwards. It’s your job to identify when an error occurs. When you notice an error you must draw a diagonal line through the square.



You must:

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Work through each row from left to right, line after line.

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Search for errors in the movement of the dot around the square.

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Look at each square for one second before moving on to the next one.

Ask a friend/family member to time you doing this, ask them to say change when you need to move on to the next square. If you don’t have someone who can assist you time yourself by saying ‘1 second’ in your head as you look at each square, then move on to the next square and say ‘1 second’ again and so on.

Focus on looking for errors in the movement of the dot throughout the whole page and when you see this you should put a diagonal line through the square and continue the order of the dot from that square to the next square as quickly and accurately as you can. While you are completing the exercise if you make an error and notice this do not worry just move on to the next square.

To do this exercise you will need:

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The block of squares on page 18

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A pencil

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To sit at a table, make sure you’re comfortable as you will be here for a while

As soon as you are ready to start task 1 of this practice test turn over the page and begin.





That is the end of task 1 of the visual search exercise practice test, please turn over for the instructions for task 2 of this practice test.



Task 2 On page 22 you will find your second task. Here you are presented with row after row of groups of letters. Each box within the table contains two columns of letters.

L E L K

E L L K

A B N C

N C B A

X T Y

X Y T

M P Y E E Y

It’s your job to decide if the letters in the left hand column are the same as the letters in the right hand column within each box. If they are the same you don’t need to do anything but if the letters in the right hand column don’t match those in the left hand column this is an error and you must put a diagonal line through this square. Please note: the letters don’t have to be in the same order in each square to match, if the same letters appear in the left and right column in any order then this is ok and not an error. Please see the example below.

C L U U T C L T

O J W X X W J O

P J F Z

P K Z J

Y M D Y M D

You must:

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Work through each row from left to right, line after line.

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Search for errors within each group of letters.

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Work as quickly and accurately as you can, spend no more than two seconds on each set of letters.

Ask a friend/family member to time you doing this, ask them to say change when you need to move on to the next square. If you don’t have someone who can assist you time yourself by counting in your head as you look at each square.



Focus on looking for errors with each group of letters throughout the whole page and when you see an error you should put a diagonal line through the square as quickly and accurately as you can. While you are completing the exercise if you make an error and notice this don’t worry just move on to the next square.


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The block of letters on page 22

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A pencil

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As soon as you’re ready to start task 2 of the practice test turn over the page and begin.



A Z F F Z A

G E E Y Y G

L L O P P O

D N B D N U U B

S C R T

J N N K B B K J

L P P A A L

O J W S S W

M F F A E E A M

L E L K

E L L K

A N B C N B C A

X T Y

X Y T

V T N R R N T V

P B O P P O F F

L R R U A I U A

U H O

V E G P E G P V

Y U U Y I P P I

C L U U T C L T

O J W X X W J O

P P J K F Z Z J

Y M D Y M D

M P Y E E Y

B K K L L O O B

A G A A G L L A

X G E X G E

P P P L

L P P P

J Y Y J R R P P

A K T P P T K A

M V N N B M V B

I V H I W H

P F D S

S P D F

X B G T

G T X B

D S S D J P P J

P T R

W Q R Y

L E K K Q E E L

P I I P P P

O E E H H O

K F Z R

R Z F K

D I A D D A I D

J K H

J H K

L U U J L L

P X Q O S P X X

S P S S

P S S S

G J D D J G

L M B K

Y A R E E Y A R

P A A Z Z P C C

V U U W Y P P Y

S F F S V V

P P R R

P P R R

A B C D

A D C D

L L T T A W W A

G S C G S C

H E D Y

P R T

Q R Y W

T R C S

Q O H

L B N K

Y E D H

H N A A G G E N

L L P

L P L

V V Z A A Z

N N U U N M G J

C V C V

C V V C

Q R R W W Q T T

P O O Y Y U U P

K G G K J F F J

M V B M N B V N

X C V B

B C V B

K K L A A J S S

G T T G H H E E

V E F D D F E E

P P L M M L K K

R U U R N T I I

W R S D D W R S

E O U E Q U A A

C V V Y

C V V V

W B P W M M B P

R L L K K R

A I C A N C L N

H G H

G H H

Z R I Z P P L L

N N M M N N M N

R V G R V G F F

E T R E T R Y Y

K C L L M B B N

R U T T V R

P C B P C B

S P F E D B P S

V C C F C C F V

G S H H X O Z G

O P O O P P P O

D A A P M U U N

H J L

I R R X X Z Z I

U Y Y B B M N O

M D N N D M A A

Z S S A A S

T K U T J U A G

H L J



That is the end of task 2 of the visual search exercise practice test, please turn over for the instructions for task 3 of this practice test.



Task 3 On page 26 you will find your third task. Here you need to complete both task 1 and 2 again but this time you must complete them both at the same time.

You’re presented with task 1 on the left hand side of the page, this includes row after row of squares with a dot in each corner, the dot moves from the top left hand corner on the first square, to the top right corner on the second square, then to the bottom right hand corner of the third square and the bottom left hand corner of the fourth square and so on throughout the block of squares. Occasionally the dot may move in a slightly different pattern, i.e. missing a corner or going backwards. It is your job to identify when an error occurs. When this happens put a diagonal line through the square.

Task 2 is presented on the right hand side of the page, here you will see row after row of groups of letters. Each box within the table contains two columns of letters. It’s your job to decide if the letters in the left hand column are the same as the letters in the right hand column of each box. If they are the same you don’t need to do anything but if the letters in the right hand column don’t match those in the left hand column this is an error and you must put a line through this square. Please note: the letters don’t have to be in the same order in each square to match, if the same letters appear in the left and right column in any order then this is ok and not an error.

Your primary and most important task is task 1 however you must try to complete both tasks at the same time.

You must:

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Work through each row of squares and letters from left to right, line after line.

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Search for errors in task 1 and task 2 at the same time.

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Work as quickly and accurately as you can, spend no more than 4 seconds in total looking at each square and each group of letters before moving on to the next square and group of letters.



Ask a friend/family member to time you doing this, ask them to say change when you need to move on to the next square and group of letters. If you don’t have someone who can assist you time yourself by using a stopwatch, when you see this says 4 seconds, move on to the next square/group of letters, when this says 8 move on again, when it says 12 seconds move on again and so on.

Focus on looking for errors with each square and group of letters throughout the whole page and when you see an error you should put a diagonal line through the square and/or group of letters as quickly and accurately as you can. While you are completing the exercise if you make an error and notice this do not worry just move on to the next square.

Remember your primary task is to look for errors in the movement of the dot around the square.


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The block of squares and letters on page 26

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A pencil

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As soon as you are ready to start task 3 of the practice test turn over the page and begin.



A Z F F Z A

S C R T

T R C S

Y U U Y I P P I

V E G P E G P V

J N N K B B K J

C L U U T C L T

Y M D Y M D

P P J K F Z Z J

L E L K

E L L K

B K K L L O O B

P P P L

L P P P

X G E X G E

V T N R R N T V

L E K K Q E E L

X B G T

G T X B

P S F P D D S F

L R R U A I U A

M V N N B M V B

K F Z R

R Z F K

O E E H H O

D I A D D A I D

S P S S

P S S S

Y A R E E Y A R

L M B K

P A A Z Z P C C

A B C D

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That is the end of task 3 of the visual search exercise practice test.



How did you get on? On pages 30-32 of this document you’ll find the correct answers for task 1, task 2 and task 3. Have a look at these along with your answers and identify the following:

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How many errors you correctly identified in task 1, task 2 & task 3.

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How many errors you missed and didn’t identify in task 1 , task 2 & task 3.

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How many errors you identified that were not actually errors in task 1, task 2 & task 3.

If you failed to identify some errors or identified some errors incorrectly don’t worry, look back over the three tasks and work out where and why you went wrong.

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Have you made a similar mistake throughout all three tasks? If so what was this mistake, what could you do to avoid this mistake in the future? Try the tasks again focusing on correcting your mistake.

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Did you make a mistake in just one task? What was this mistake? Think about why you made the mistake here and not on the other tasks. Try this task again to see if you can improve your performance.

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Was the mistake you made a simple error? If so you may need to work more accurately, try not to rush. Try the tasks again, focusing on your accuracy.

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Do you understand why you went wrong? If not ask a friend or relative to help you understand why and then try the task again.

If you identified most of the errors in task 1, 2 & 3, well done! Check over your work to make sure you fully understand what was expected of you.

However well you

performed we recommend that you erase your answers and try again, we know that the more you practice the more successful you’re likely to be on the test. Remember, practice makes perfect!



Hints and Tips You could prepare yourself further by:

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Developing your focus and multi-tasking skills further by creating your own task, for example, when you’re a passenger in a car or walking outside identify a certain object that you want to see, this could be a certain colour of t-shirt on a pedestrian or a person wearing glasses. Every time you see this make a mental check. Then make the task harder by looking out for this item as your priority plus a series of other items as your secondary task. Search for all items at the same time. Every time you see one of the items make a mental check.

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Creating your own test out of a written document. You could take a newspaper or magazine and whenever you see a certain letter put a diagonal line through it. Make this more difficult by looking for a letter that occurs a lot as well as a letter that occurs infrequently.

The test on the day The test on the day will be completed on a computer, it will be similar but not identical to this paper and pencil practice test. You will be given full instructions of what to do. The test has a time limit and will automatically stop when you come to the end of each task, you should therefore work as quickly and accurately as possible.

Remember, keep practising! By following this advice you will be preparing yourself to do your best on the test.





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