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aptitude test

n.
A standardized test designed to measure the ability of a person to develop skills or acquire knowledge.
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aptitude test

n
(Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a test designed to assess a person's ability to do a particular type of work
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ap′titude test`


n.
a test designed to measure skills and used to assist in the selection of a career.
[1920–25]
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aptitude test

ntest m inv attitudinale
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The initial list of the successful candidates of the aptitude test was uploaded on the Karachi University official website (www.uok.edu.pk) whereas the final list will be uploaded on August 26, 2019.
The University of Karachi will conduct aptitude test for Karachi University Business School's specialized degree program admission 2019 on Sunday (today).
Karachi -- The University of Karachi will conduct aptitude test for Karachi University Business School's specialized degree program admission 2019 on Sunday (today).
In light of this assessment, the provincial education minister had sent a summary to Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, requesting that the cut-off for the aptitude test be reduced from 60% to 50% or else the schools would remain non-functional due to the shortage of teachers.
The memorandum issued in 2016 provided for mechanisms to a day's aptitude test to gauge the academic potentials of an examinee who wants to enroll in law schools.
The Yellis test, usually taken at the start of Year 10, is an aptitude test that scores pupils in three separate areas: vocabulary, mathematics and non-verbal reasoning.
Now the college administration says students must pass the law aptitude test for admission.
Kazeem said that the screening of applicants by the FRSC had commenced transparently nationwide and the process will climax with an aptitude test to be conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board.
At the same time the Administration of the University of Liberia will administer a second entrance and placement exam for all undergraduate colleges and aptitude test for graduate programs and professional schools.
The selection of the students would be made possible on the basis of Aptitude Test score conducted by the HEC.
This standardized aptitude test presented recruits with verbal and mathematical questions that allowed them to be ranked according to their intellectual abilities.