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The first questions in an Apprenticeship exam I monitored this week, need some help with the answers

by Fluffy-Survey4036


The first questions in an Apprenticeship exam I monitored this week, need some help with the answers



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  • nowhereman1223

    Those trousers are all a different scales so Number 1 could be proportionally longer (length of leg to waist).

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    Does that say Mathematics assessment? Since when are trousers related to math? How wrong am I doing it as I have never thought about math while wearing or choosing pants.

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  • SlightlyScruffy

    Interested to see whether the questions get garden on each page, with partial integrations and solving Diophantine equations on p17.

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  • go4tli

    That’s a crisply designed test for a non-native speaker of English who is a recent immigrant.

    Designing a test of “can this person function on a job site” is actually challenging because it has to cover people from all over the world without a common cultural background.

    Knowing lower garments are called “trousers” is important especially if you are from somewhere where the English word is “pants”. That’s something completely different in the UK.

    “Oi, new lad, go get the tea”, what does that mean, get some hot beverages or a small afternoon meal?

    For a native UK citizen fluent in English it’s hilarious and easy, now try a test in Nepal where they ask you to identify coins and clothing with terms that aren’t that familiar to you in a different alphabet when you have a very basic education only.

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  • The-Brit

    My wife used to work in Personnel (HR) at a factory and had to filter out non English speakers. Reason – inability to read signs was a safety issue.

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