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Introduction to Management Aptitude Test

The purpose of the Management Aptitude Test


The purpose of the Management Aptitude Test is to measure your ability to think
systematically and to employ the mathematical skills.
It should be noted that, the test does not aim to measure your knowledge of
specific academic subjects.

Management Aptitude Test Format:


The Management Aptitude Test consists of two main sections; Quantitative and
Verbal section.
 The Quantitative section consists of multiple choice questions (problem solving
and data sufficiency questions). It has 40 questions in different difficulty levels;
easy, medium, and hard. They has to be solved in 90 minutes, so the average
time per question is nearly 2 minutes.
 Verbal section consists of multiple choice questions. It has 40 questions to be
solved also in 90 minutes.

Questions of quantitative sections:


 Two types of multiple-choice questions are used in the quantitative section,
problem solving and data sufficiency questions.
 Both types require basic knowledge of arithmetic and algebra.
 Problem Solving questions are designed to test your basic mathematical skills and
understanding of mathematical concepts.
 In each question of Problem Solving questions, you are asked to solve the problem
and select the best of the five answer choices given.
 Each Data Sufficiency question consists of a question followed by two statements,
labeled (1), and (2), which contain additional information. And there are five
options to select from them to decide whether the information in each statement is
sufficient to answer the question or not.
 Data Sufficiency questions are designed to measure your ability to analyze and
recognize which given information is sufficient to answer the asked question.

Guessing
You should guess in two situations:-
1- If you do not know how to answer a question, you should guess.
2- If you are near the end of a test section, and time is running out, guessing
becomes an important.
There are two kinds of guessing, random guessing and educated guessing
(intelligent guessing)
The probability of selecting the correct answer by random guessing is 1 out of 5
or 20%, but if you have had time to eliminate two answers, the probability is 33%
and if you can eliminate three answers, you have a 50% chance of guessing the
correct answer.

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So, there is a difference between random and educated guessing. Elimination of
three answers should be possible for most questions.

Test taking strategies (general)


1- Answer as many questions as possible.
2- If you are not sure guess.
3- Pace yourself and be aware of remaining time.
4- Confirm your answer only when you are confident that it is correct.

Typical Management Aptitude Test questions and how to approach them


Problem Solving
The problem solving section of the Management Aptitude Test is designed to test
your ability to work with numbers.

Test taking tactics for Problem Solving questions:


1 - Answer the question that is asked.
Example 1
If x + y = 2 and x = 4, then x + 2y is
(A) - 4 (B) - 2 (C) 0 (D) 2 (E) 8
2 – Do not perform unnecessary calculations.
Example 2
Find the value of 2x + 2y if x + 2y = 6 and x + y = 10
(A) – 4 (B) 6 (C) 10 (D) 14 (E) 20
3 - Look at the answer choices before you start to work on the problem.
Example 3
Which of the following numbers is the closest to the square root of 0.0017?
(A) 0.005 (B) 0.05 (C) 0.04 (D) 0.13 (E) 0.4

4- If a problem involves unites, keep track of unites. Make sure your answer has the
correct unites.
ISO British
Length cm, m, km inch, foot, yard
1 m = 100 cm 1 foot = 12 inches
1 km = 1000 m 1 yard = 3 feet
Mass gm, kg ounce (oz), pound (lb)
1 kg = 1000 gm 1 pound = 16 ounces

5. Always remember that x or y could be negative, positive, or zero.


For example if x = 3y, it does not imply that x > y ,

6. Always remember that there is a positive and negative root to x2 = a

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7. Translate the information you are given into numerical or algebraic equations to
start working a problem.

Data Sufficiency
This type of questions is designed to test your reasoning ability. Each Data
Sufficiency problem contains a question followed by two statements labeled (1) and
(2). You do not need to solve the problem; rather you must decide whether the
information given is sufficient to answer the question or not.

The correct answer to a question is:


(A) If statement (1) Alone is sufficient to answer the question but statement (2)
alone is not sufficient.
(B) If statement (2) Alone is sufficient to answer the question but statement (1)
alone is not sufficient.
(C) If the two statements TAKEN TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the
question, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
(D) If each statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question.
(E) If the two statements TAKEN TOGETHER are still NOT sufficient to answer
the question.

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Test taking tactics for Data Sufficiency questions:
1. Make sure you understand the directions.
2. Do not waste time figuring out the exact answer.
3. Don’t make extra assumptions.
 Use the information given and facts that always true.

Example 4
The profits of a company are the revenues the company receives minus the cost that
the company pays. How much were the profits of the xyz company in 2006?
(1) The xyz company had revenues of $112,234,567 in 2006
(2) The costs of the xyz company were $102,479,345 in 2006

4. In many cases you can use simple values to check quickly whether a statement
follows from a given statement.
Example 5
Is k a multiple of 6?
(1) k is a multiple of 3
(2) k is a multiple of 12

5. Remember if there is sufficient information to show that the answer to the question
is NO, that means that there is sufficient information to answer the question.
Example 6
Is n an even integer?
(1) n = 3k , for any integer k
(2) n = 2j + 1 , for any integer j

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