Apprenticeship
Aptitude Test

As part of the selection process, you will be required to take an electrical industry aptitude test designed to determine whether you possess the abilities that will help you succeed in the electrical construction industry. The following sections provide a description of each of the tests, and some sample test questions. These questions are similar to those on actual tests, allowing you to know what to expect on the day of your test session.

If you find that some of the sample items are difficult for you, you may want to review material that is similar to the sample items.

Sample Algebra and Functions
This is a test of your ability to solve problems using algebra. Three sample questions are shown below.
1 Consider the following formula:
 A = B + 3 (4 - C)
 I f B equals 5 and C equals 2, what is the value of A?
  1. 7
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 17
A B C D
2 Consider the following formula:
y = 3 (x + 5) (x - 2)
Which of the following formulas is equivalent to this one?
  1. y = 3x2 + 9x - 30
  2. y = x2 = 3x - 10
  3. y = 3x2 + 3x - 10
  4. y = 3x2 + 3x - 30
A B C D
3 Consider the following equation:
Y = X + 5
Which of the following choices represents the same relationship as demonstrated in this equation?
  1. YX
    5     10
    10     15
    15     20
    20     25
  2. Y is equivalent to the sum of a constant C and X, where C equals 5.
  3. Y = (X + 20) / 4
  4. [table]

A B C D
Sample Reading Comprehension
This test measures your ability to obtain information from written passages. You will be presented with a sample passage below, followed by three sample questions about it, This passage is shorter than those on the actual test.
Passage

The timing of New year's Day has changed with customs and calendars. The Mayan civilization, on what is now called the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, celebrated the new year on one of the two days when the noonday sun is directly overhead. In the equatorial regions of the earth, between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, the sun is in this position twice a year, once on its passage southward, and once on its passage northward. At the early Mayan city of Izapa in the southern Yucatan, the overhead date for the sun on its southward passage was August 13. The Mayans celebrated this date for the beginning of the new year. Later, at the more northerly Mayan site of Edzna, the corresponding overhead date is July 26. Analyses of Mayan pictorial calendars indicate that they celebrated the new year on August 13 prior to 150 AD, and on July 26 after that. This change has been explained by archaeological dating showing that 150 AD was the time that the Mayans moved the hub of their civilization from the southern site to the northern site.

4 According to the passage, the sun at Edzna was directly overhead at noon on:
  1. July 26 only
  2. August 13 only
  3. July 26 and one other date
  4. August 13 and one other date
A B C D
5 If the Mayans had moved their civilization's center south of Izapa, their new date for celebration would probably have been closest to which of the following dates?
  1. January 1
  2. February 20
  3. March 25
  4. September 15
A B C D
6

Why did the Mayans move their capital city from Izapa to Edzna?

  1. The climate at Edzna was more temperate.
  2. Lunar eclipses were more visible at Edzna.
  3. The terrain near Edzna was more suitable for agriculture.
  4. Cannot be determined from the information given.
A B C D
 

 

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