hi everybody its Richard McMunn here
from the psychometric testing company
how to become calm and in this video I'm
gonna teach you how to pass psychometric
tests so if you have any kind of tests
coming up then this video is guaranteed
to help you improve and increase your
scores so welcome to this tutorial as I
say my name is Richard McMunn I've been
helping people like you for about 20
years now and in this particular video I
will teach you how to pass your sake
metric test and in particular I'm gonna
give you some really important tips to
help you score high
I am also gonna walk through some sample
psychometric test questions with you
then I'm gonna give you some questions
to try yourself and then I'm also gonna
give you some free further resources to
help you further improve your scores
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foremost before we get into the test
questions 5 really important tips for
passing any kind of psychometric test
tip number one obviously the more you
practice the better your scores will be
but and this is important please do make
sure you practice under timed conditions
so whether you've got a stopwatch or a
smartphone because there is a stopwatch
on an iPhone or other smartphones then
please make sure you use it and I will
tell you in a second what time to set
each question at now tip number two make
sure when you are tackling psychometric
tests that you aim for speed so work as
quickly as you can but also be as
accurate as you can what I mean is know
what wild guessing because most tests
are designed so you cannot finish them
within the allocated or allotted time
frame so people go they work through
psychometric tests and they get
concerned thinking I'm never gonna
finish the test that doesn't matter
what is important is speed and accuracy
so get as many questions answered as
possible but the ones that you do do
make sure they are accurate because you
can lose marks for inaccurate answers
because most of the psychometric testing
you'll undertake will be multiple choice
so you'll probably get four or five
option answers to choose from and a lot
of people guess if they've got say ten
questions left and they're running out
of time they will just simply guess them
hoping that they'll get a couple of
correct so what a lot of test providers
are starting to do is to penalize you if
you get incorrect answers tip number
three check to see whether or not you
can use a calculator before the test now
if you can make sure you practice with
one but also make sure you know how to
use one too some people don't know how
to use calculators to work out in
particular things like percentages and
also the square root etcetera tip number
four calculate the average time you have
per question during the real test and
only allow yourself that amount of time
per question when practicing well so
what do I mean by that well let's say
the test that you're undertaking there's
30 questions in the particular
psychometric test and they give you 20
minutes to complete the entire test well
if you calculate 20 minutes which is 60
seconds per minute that gives you 1200
seconds in total if you divide that by
the 30 questions that gives you 40
seconds per question so if you practice
based on a maximum of 40 seconds per
question then you will improve your
ability to complete as many questions as
possible in this particular test so what
you don't want to be doing is to be
taking a minute per one when you're
practicing so get used to that actual
particular time frame per question tip
number five before we get into the
sample questions if you miss a question
leave a space on the answer or marking
sheet so let's say that's your multiple
choice answer sheet got question 1
question 2 question 3 and the multiple
choice our options are a B C D and E for
each one so for say question 1 you
choose B so your market on the sheet or
on line and then you don't know the
answer to question 2 or it's taken too
long you decide to leave it make sure
you skip that part of the sheet and move
on to question number 3 where you might
select C because what has happened quite
often in the past is people would move
move on from question 2
and then they would put C there for
question two and then that puts the
entire mark and she out of sync and you
fail the test so very important to make
sure you actually miss that space on the
marking she cuz you can always come back
to it later on okay let's now take a
look at a number of common psychometric
test questions and in particular we're
going to take a look at numerical
raising test verbal reasoning test
questions some abstract reasoning ones
as well mechanical comprehension and
also spatial reason and then these are
the more common types that you would
have to undertake during a psychometric
test so let's get straight into it
question number one which two numbers
come next in the sequence this is a
common type of numerical reasoning
psychometric test question so we're
presented with number one 11 8 18 15 25
and there we have 2 spaces there and
these are the numbers we have to work
out which come next in the sequence and
it gives us multiple choice options a 27
or 45 be 27 or 40 C 30 35 D 22 or 44 or
e 22 and 32 we have to decide which two
numbers come there so how do we tackle
this question what you have to do is
look for sequences and patterns based on
addition subtraction multiplication or
division so if we take their the odd
numbers number one number three and
number five you will see that they are
increasing by seven each time so 1 plus
7 is 8 8 plus 7 is 15 and 15 plus 7 is
22 if we then take the even numbers 11
18 and 25 you'll see that they are also
increasing by 7 so 11 plus 7 is 18 18
plus 7 is 25 there for 25 plus 7 is 32
and therefore the correct answer is e so
as you practice these you'll become more
competent with them and therefore I'd
like you to have a go at question number
2 so I'm gonna put it up in a second
you'll see a timer on the page and I'm
gonna give you about 12 seconds so this
is quite a tight timeframe if you do
need more time please feel free to pause
the video so please post your answer to
question number 2 in the comment section
below the video and I'll come on each
day and market so which two numbers come
next in the sequence you have 4 12
14:12 24 22 and you work out which are
the answer options is the a34 or 30 to
be 32 34 see 44:52 D 50 to 44 28 and 26
the time is on the right hand side you
have the time it takes up time let's go
down to answer the question thank you
okay well done hopefully got an answer
and don't get to post it in the comment
section below and as we work through
these if you need to pause the video
please do so question number three
another form of numerical reasoning test
this diagram below shows the plan of a
building site all angles are right
angles what is the area of the entire
building site in meters squared okay so
how do we tackle these kind of questions
step one what you need to do is split
the building site up into two areas so
we've got area one and area two and then
we have two number two calculate the
total area of each area separately so if
we start with area number two the light
blue one all we have to do because we've
got the seventy meters on the bottom
there and the 80 on the right hand side
is multiply those together to get 5,600
meters squared okay now if we want to
calculate area number one we have to
work out this side here on the left and
the right and to do that we have to
subtract 80 by 50 to get 30 meters for
that side and then what we need to do is
do the same for the top 90 minus 70 and
that would then give us just 20 so if we
then multiply 30 by 20 that will give us
600 meters squared and then step three
to get the answer all we need to do is
that the two total areas together to
reach the answer 6200 meters squared
okay straightforward now it's your turn
please post your answer to question
number four in the comment section below
the video for marking okay so we've got
the timer again on the left hand side
I've given you ample time to answer this
but if you do need more please feel free
to use it by pausing the video question
for the diagram below shows the plan of
a building site all angles are right
angles what is the area of the building
site in meters squared off you go
okay so you had a bit more time there to
calculate that one don't forget to put
your answer in the comment section below
question five which one letter will
finish the first word and begin the
second word in each set so we have a BA
L and we want to know the final letter
of that word and it's the same one that
starts the second word int and then C al
which is the letter that finishes that
word and starts the second one
ILD now in this one it's relatively
simple because we are given the four
answer options below so the correct one
would be M because you then get bomb a
mint and also calm and mild it's the
same one for the final letter of the
first word and the first word of the
second sorry the first letter of the
second word okay you have a go at this
one so please post your answer to
question number six in the comment
section below for marking which one
letter will finish the word and begin
the second word in each set is it t e B
or M
okay hopefully you found that quite
straightforward what I'm gonna do now is
make it slightly harder so for question
seven let's make it a bit tougher I'm
gonna take away the four letter options
so please put your answer to question
seven in the comment section below the
video for marking so which one letter
will finish the word and begin the
second word in each case off you go okay
well done hopefully you're keeping up
let's move on now to question number
eight don't forget you're gonna get some
more free resources soon I'm gonna give
you these slides as well to download so
you can start working for him don't
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okay identify which of the following
sentences is correct they are all very
similar in nature but there are some
differences so a James needed money and
fast he headed to the casino little did
he know he would lose everything so we
are looking for your understanding of
these words here T o or t oo loose or
lose or no KN o W as in knowledge for n
o so you can see that there are
differences there and the correct one is
see James needed money and fast he
headed to t o the casino little did he
know KN o w he would lose everything l
OS e because L double OS e is loose okay
question number sorry the answer to
question eight is C now it's your turn
please do post your answer to question
number nine in the comment section below
for marking identify which of the
following sentences is correct Harriet
and James brought their father a gift
for his birthday he was very happy with
their kind gesture and we're looking for
your understanding here of th e IR there
and also brought BR oh ugh T or B ough t
off you go which is the correct answer
okay well done question number 10 now
we're moving on to abstract reasoning
questions which cube cannot be made from
the net so that image there is the net
okay that's called a net its laid down
on the floor and then when we make it up
we can make these cubes so which of the
four cubes a b c or d cannot be made
from the net how do we tackle this step
one what we have to do is take one
prominent side that features in all four
answer options and we can see there that
that part that side of the net features
there it features their features there
and features there therefore we can
answer the question ok so what we now
need to do is use the process of
elimination to rule out which one option
is the correct answer
ie which cube cannot be made from that
net so let's start with a and work
across we might get lucky and a might be
the answer so let's take that side to
the right of that prominent side that's
featured on the net now that is where it
will feature on a so if we then look at
that line which is diagonal in order for
that to work on a it would need to be
right there and it isn't therefore the
correct answer straight away is a we've
actually just got lucky that it's the
first one that cannot be made from the
net therefore we can assume all of the
other options can be made okay now it's
your turn please post your answer to
question number 11 in the comment
section below the video for marking
which cube can be made from the Nets is
only one of them that can be made from
the net you've got the time it takes the
timer to go down to select ABCD as your
arms for in the comments section below
off you go
okay well done I hope you still enjoy
knees question number 12 which answer
figure contains the hidden shape the
shape must be the same size and cannot
be rotated so there's the hidden shape
and these are our answer options a B C
or D and we are looking for that hidden
shape and it's relatively simple this
one you can see it there in answer
option C that's the hidden shape so now
it's your turn please put your answer to
question number 13 in the comment
section below the video for marking
which answer figure contains a hidden
shape the shape must be the same size
and cannot be rotated from a B C or D
off you go
okay well done moving on to question
number 14 how much weight is required at
point X to balance the load and this is
a form of mechanical comprehension test
so we need to find out how much weight
we need to place there at point X to
balance that load so because the
distance to the right of the fulcrum
point is five times what it is to the
left we simply have to reduce the weight
by five times to get the correct answer
so you can see there that's the fulcrum
point and ten meters is five times what
it is to the left
therefore 20 kilograms divided by five
equals four so the answer there would be
four kilograms we need to place a point
X to balance the load now it's your turn
so please post your answer to question
number fifteen in the comment section
below the video for marking question is
how much weight is required at point X
to balance the load so you've got 20
kilograms on the left and it's 50 meters
and then three meters to the right of
the fulcrum please place your answer to
question 15 in the comment section below
you need to pause it to give you more
time please feel free to do so here's a
time
okay well done don't forget to put all
your answer in the comment section below
the video now if you'd like more tests
first and foremost you can download
these slides by clicking the link in the
description below the video or you can
go direct to my website my psychometric
test comm to get more free online tests
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best in your pursuit to pass in your
psychometric test thank you very much
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