[pritchke]

Originally posted by Aelia Jusa: For example, there is an arithmetic section, but the actual type of problem you get involves no more than adding or multiplying, and it's how fast and accurately you can do it - your cognitive processing ability and speed, which is not related to education - that matters, not whether you learned university level calculus.

See, there is still a problem with the test right there. The problem is you can actually condition yourself for this test much like you can condition your body for a race except with much better results. I have done so myself using random numbers, adding, subtracting multiplying, dividing. While dividing can be tricky they are normally multiple choice so you only need to figure out the last digit or 2 not the entire number, so figure out what you need than pick the correct number. If you use numbers quite a bit you are probably already somewhat conditioned, I can add and multiply quite decent in my head as my wife is always asking me how much is this and in picking up groceries I do a rough estimate of the final cost in my head so I am not off by no more than a dollar or two. Hey, things like bananas throw me off since you are paying by lb or kg and I don't weigh anything. I could get better if I wished to practice more using random numbers and creating my own test. To condition your self just create a test of say ten problems or so were you add subtract multiply random numbers use say only up to 3 or 4 digits to start (2 if you are really bad with numbers) if you get really good than add digits. You will find that the first few times you may be terrible, after a time you will get better and better and will be ready for the test. It is actually conditioning your mind, you will find that if you stop performing these exercises after a time you may have difficulty adding two digit numbers again. You can condition and prepare yourself for such a test so it isn't as if you can't study, it is just different form of study, the more you practice the faster you get much like Bozos of Bones lock example.

Isn't there a language or word test as well, this type I have not discovered the secret for preparing for it, though the more words you know the better you can do so I suspect people who do alot of crossword puzzles can nail that one.

You can even prepare yourself for the logic answers, in what comes next in the sequence, or what is missing from the sequence. If you can get your hands on some good examples and answers of different sequences. Work then out, see if you were right, if not figure out what the sequence was. Do enough of them you will know all or most of the the tricks in solving the sequences to do well. While it is mostly logic in figuring out the sequence, conditioning yourself to find what the sequence is looking for can be helpful as many of the sequences are not always what they first appear especialy with a string of numbers.

[ 03-21-2005, 03:32 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]