about the test
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The Trades Learning Centre will be closed on July 1, November 11, December 28 & 30, 2010.
There will be no Trades Pre-Entry testing and no tutorials available during this closure.
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The Trades Pre-entry Test is designed to show that you have the necessary academic skills to succeed in your trades program.
You are eligible to take the Trades Pre-entry test if you:
- » lack entrance requirements for Trades training or
- » are required to take the Trades Pre-entry test for a chosen Trades and Apprenticeship program or
- » are attending high school and consider your skills or abilities to be above the Trades or Technical studies program admission requirements
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Trades Pre-entry Test Descriptions
The following Pre-entry Tests are in multiple-choice format. If you take all of your tests on the same day, they may take up to four hours to complete.
- English - Reading Comprehension
- » 6 separate readings
- » 54 questions
- » 40 minute time limit
- Mathematics
- » Basic arithmetic operations, algebra, and word problems
- » Calculators permitted
- » 48 questions
- » 40 minute time limit
Additional tests are required for students applying for the following programs:
- Airline and Flight Operations – Commercial Pilot
- » Abstract Reasoning - Multiple choice
- • tests your ability to predict the next event in a series of geometric figures and designs
- • 40 questions- 20 minutes
- » Vocabulary - Multiple choice
- • 40 questions- 25 minutes
- Airport Operations
- » Spatial Relations - Multiple choice
- • tests your ability to predict what a two-dimensional pattern would look like in three-dimensions when rotated in space
- • 50 questions- 25 minutes
- » Vocabulary - Multiple choice
- • 40 questions- 25 minutes
Power Engineering Technical program only if you do not meet the physics entrance requirement
- » Physics
- • Measures general physics competence
- • 11 questions for a total of 31 marks – work must be shown for each question to receive full marks
- • 30 minute time limit
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