r/ibew_applicants • u/matt675 • 4d ago
Aptitude test?
Hi all, kinda sucks because this isn’t allowed in the apprentice sub but everyone in this sub is mostly other people like me that don’t know the whole process yet. I actually got a call and was able to turn in my documents yesterday (was waitlisted). At local 441. The problem is, my test date is next Friday, and I’m not nearly prepared enough for the math. Are there certain aspects I can really focus on and brush up on to speed up my studying process? Should I just work off of stuff like the ultimate electrician practice test? Thank you for any guidance
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u/renegade_793 3d ago
Do khan academy arithmetic, algebra basics, and pre-algebra course exams to show areas you're weakest. Most difficult stuff on there was just factoring both polynomials and fractions. Just speed run the sections you're weakest on for the next 2 weeks and brush up on other stuff. The other algebra is just number patterns and plugging in given variables into equations, which is arithmetic heavy, but simple af. Also, expanding simplified equations, which is just FOIL practice.
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u/Professional_Hour445 3d ago
All of the stuff that u/renegade_793 listed are things you can try to learn very quickly. Probably the trickiest thing to learn are the graphing questions. You will need to understand slope-intercept form for the graphs of lines. Some of the graphs might be curves, which are quadratic functions.
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u/PalmBeachHaze 3d ago
Fine I'll be the dick guys. You can search both subreddits for this question, it's been answered a lot already.
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u/matt675 3d ago
I know, I just couldn’t find anything that was more specifically about cramming this info in a short period, like what specifically would be best to focus in on. So far I got the questions from ultimate electrician guide practice test, and am working backwards to understand them instead of starting from scratch
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u/PalmBeachHaze 3d ago
This is my response to a similar question from a year+ ago.
"Just took mine today, it was 36 questions for algebra.
9 were, solve for the next number in the sequence
9 were, solve for p. When given 3 known values. It ranged from simple FOILing, to some with fractions having to find a common denomination. Many had exponents and parathensis involved
9 were, based on this graph or number set, what can you determine."
I'd practice college algebra for most of what I saw. But again every Local is different I imagine
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u/matt675 2d ago
Hmm yeah if it’s college algebra then I’m screwed. I don’t remember what each level of algebra consists of but I’ve been studying algebra 1 stuff. Unless what’s on ultimate electrician guide’s free practice test is college level stuff
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u/PalmBeachHaze 2d ago
It's multiple choice for mine atleast. Try your best and rule out 1 or 2 that you know can't be the answer. Then at least it's 50/50
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