UMAT Section 1: Logic Games Test-Run

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There are 2 Logic Games Test-Run:
1. Logic Games Test-Run #1
2. Logic Games Test-Run #2
Note:   Treat this like an actual UMAT Test.
P/S:   Good luck and all the best!

UMAT 2010 REGISTRATION

ANNOUNCEMENT UMAT REGISTRATION OPEN APRIL 2010

Key important points:
1.   UMAT2010 Test: Wednesday 28th July 2010
2.   UMAT REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!
3.   Registration ENDS: Friday 4th June 2010.
4.   UMAT2010 Information Booklet [AVAILABLE NOW!]

FIRST TIME HERE? INTRODUCTION

Posted on March - 13th - 2010

"...what gives. This was meant to be a paid-package-sure-succeed UMAT program - after all, I paid alot of money. Well not being the type of loser who gives up I decided to spend more time in pursuing the success of the UMAT test whilst studying at the same time. (For all of students, repeating Year 12 if possible is a good option; not to be ruled out, more on this later)..."

UMAT SECTION 1: LOGIC GAMES BREAKDOWN #2 ANSWERS 1/2

Posted by xlol On 11:20 AM 0 comments


Here are the 3rd part answers to the LOGIC GAME TEST-RUN #2. Above all I'd like to thank nisharg for actually attempting the questions. For the next upcoming test-runs I will email the answers to those who actually post a discussion to these questions in the comment section. Now, let's walk through the approach of attacking these questions!


Part 3 of LOGIC GAME: Four Pictures


This game centers around matching four pictures with the colour medium in which each picture will be created. The key issues here are fairly straight forward:


- What colour is used for each picture?

- What medium is used for each picture?


The Initial Setup


For matching games like this, a grid or a list that places the entities on one line and their properties underneath will generally be most helpful.
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UMAT SECTION 2 TEST-RUN #2

Posted by xlol On 11:29 AM 18 comments


Here's a UMAT Section 2 Test-Run! ACER suggests 40 questions done in 50 minutes - about 1.25 minutes per question. Remember, treat this like the real UMAT. Chances are you may finish on time. Set your timer to 15 minutes.


Answers won't be provided for this test. Feel free to leave comments on what you think the answer is. Once again, please discuss you're answers in the comment section of THIS POST! That's probably the only way to get the answers. It should be simple enough anyways!


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UMAT SECTION 1: LOGIC GAMES TEST-RUN #2

Posted by xlol On 1:47 PM 15 comments


SURPRISE!! Another UMAT Section 1 Logic Games Test-Run! Remember, about 1.48 minutes per question. Remember, treat this like the real UMAT because you may struggle to finish on time. Set your timer to 18 minutes.


Rules are exactly the same with the 1st Logic Games Test-Run. Answers will be provided several days after this test to force you all to think. Once again, please discuss you're answers in the comment section of THIS POST! By discussing it you allow people to see how you think around a question.


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UMAT SECTION 1: LOGIC GAMES BREAKDOWN ANSWERS 2/2

Posted by xlol On 1:07 PM 2 comments


PART 2 OF LOGIC GAME: Chimp Testing


** Highly recommend reading the SOLUTIONS provided by 'Guest2' in the comment section of LOGIC GAMEST TEST-RUN. **



Scheduling six chimps for language testing into ten time slots during a five-day week. The key issues for this sequencing game are:


- Which chimps are tested on which days, and in which time slot (morning or afternoon)?

- Which chimps are tested before and after which other chimps?

- Which chimps are tested on the same day?

- Which time slots are free?


The Initial Setup


In a sequence game with a calendar aspect, a days-of-the-week visualisation may come in handy, as it does in everyday life when we need to keep track of a week’s events:


1) Put an “A” in the Thursday morning slot.

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UMAT SECTION 1: LOGIC GAMES BREAKDOWN ANSWERS 1/2

Posted by xlol On 10:22 AM 3 comments


PART 1 OF LOGIC GAME: Basketball Teams


Choosing six out of eight people to play basketball, and breaking up the six players into two teams of three players each. The unusual twist on this ‘`grouping game of distribution” (meaning that it’s a game in which you’re putting the entities into subgroups), is that each player on a team plays opposite a specific player on the other team. Here are the key issues that you should anticipate the questions will be based on:


- Which players are chosen and which ones sit on the bench?

- Which players can or must play together?

- Which players cannot play together?

- Which players can and cannot play opposite each other?


The Initial Setup


If you were the coach for this situation in real life, how might you use pencil and paper to keep track of it all? Here’s a simple, intuitive way:

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UMAT SECTION 1: LOGIC GAMES TEST-RUN

Posted by xlol On 1:58 AM 17 comments


The ACER UMAT Information Booklet specifies the 44 questions in Section 1 is given 65 minutes to finish. Doing the math that's about 1.48 minutes per question. Here I present you 12 challenging questions. Stop the casual reading about right now, for this I bring you a mini-UMAT test for Section 1. That's right, treat this like the real UMAT because you may struggle to finish on time. Set your timer to 18 minutes.


Okay, take a cup of water, an empty A4 paper for scribbling. Sit down and make sure your comfortable. Time yourself and let me know how you went in the comment section below. As per usual, answers will be provided there but this time, why not discuss you're answers rather than just giving me the answers. By discussing it you allow people to see how you think around a question.


Finished reading? Okay, get ready. Here we go! READ MORE to START THE TEST.
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UMAT 2010 REGISTRATION

Posted by xlol On 1:20 PM 0 comments


UMAT2010 WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY 28TH JULY 2010

"Registrations for UMAT2010 will open online at the UMAT website in April 2010. Your complete registration must be recieved at the UMAT Office at ACER no later than 5p.m. Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) on Friday 4 June 2010.



UMAT REGISTRATION NOW OPEN:

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Late registrations will be accepted up to 5p.m. AEST Friday 18 June, on payment of a late fee of AUD$55 in addition to the registration fee. The online registration system will close at 5p.m. AEST on Friday 18 June. It will NOT be possible to register for UMAT2010 after this date.


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Here are some useful links off ACER's website for you to check out!


- UMAT2010 Information Booklet [AVAILABLE NOW]

- UMAT2010 Quick Reference Guide

- UMAT: Preparing For UMAT

- UMAT2009 Information Booklet

- Purchase ACER UMAT Practice Test 1 + 2

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GOING AWAY OH WHAT TO SAY~

Posted by xlol On 11:06 AM 0 comments


What IS up!! To my male and female readers of this blog!



Just letting you know from April 1st - 5th [Thursday to Monday] I will be out of action. Right after this post I won't be using having any connection to the internet world because I'll be going camping this coming Easter break. It's good to relax and let your mind rest so I'd encourage you all to do something light this weekend and enjoy the time. Might I add I'll try to come up with a post daily, but things happen - life + relationships and all that, you guys should know!



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SECTION 2 QUESTIONS - PRIORITISE

Posted by xlol On 10:51 AM 10 comments


Question: 1


You are a young general practitioner working in a coastal town. Many of your patients are holiday-makers, who use your services only when on holiday. A young man who lives on the coast and has been a patient of yours for a couple of years, makes an urgent appointment to see you. He has a severe stomach upset and requires medication. He brings with him to the consultation two of his friends, both holiday-makers who have the same symptoms of stomach upset. The two friends have no appointment to see you. You have a full list of patients, all of which have made appointments. What do you do?


Choices:

a) You consult the patient who has made the appointment and then tell his friends that you have a waiting room full of patients. The best you can do is to try and fit them in at the end of the day.

b) As they have all come in to see you together, you say nothing about the other patients who are waiting to see you. You examine your regular patient first and then examine his friends briefly and give them each a prescription for their condition.

c) You tell the patients friends to speak to the receptionist, who does all the bookings, to ask her to fit them in as soon as possible and tell them that they may have to wait a while.

d) You tell the friends to see another doctor as you are really fully booked and cannot inconvenience your regular patients for patients who see you when they are on holiday.

e) You tell your receptionist to tell the youngsters that they should seek help from another doctor as you are too busy.


Question: 2


You are a hospital physiotherapist treating a football player who has had a knee reconstruction.You have to see this gentleman on a daily basis to put him through a schedule of routine exercises, which will aid his recovery. Every time you come to see him he has visitors from his football team who distract your patient from concentrating on his movements with loud comments and jeers. What should you do?


Choices:

a) You politely ask the visitors to leave the room while you are attending to the patient.

b) You politely explain to the visitors that it is obvious that the patient is distracted from his exercises while they are present and to please either wait outside or not disturb him.

c) You ignore the rowdy visitors and try your best to work with your patient.

d) You joke along with the man’s friends, realising that your patient is not getting the most out of his physiotherapy, but at least he is being kept in good spirits.

e) You tell the patient to ask his friends to leave while you are treating him.
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TRUE BREAKDOWN 4-STEP METHOD FOR LOGICAL THINKING

Posted by xlol On 10:33 AM 1 comments


HERE IS HOW TO APPROACH LOGICAL THINKING:


1) Preview the question stem.

2) Read the stimulus.

3) Try to pre-phrase an answer.

4) Choose an answer.


1. Preview the Question Stem


Previewing the stem is a great way to focus your reading of the stimulus, so that you know exactly what you're looking for.


2. Read the Stimulus


With the question stem in mind, read the stimulus, paraphrasing as you go. Remember to read actively and critically, pinpointing evidence and conclusion.


3. Try to Pre-phrase an Answer


Sometimes, if you've read the stimulus critically enough, you'll know the answer without even looking at the choices.


4. Choose an Answer


If you were able to pre-phrase an answer, skim the choices looking for something that sounds like what you have in mind. If you couldn't think of anything, read and evaluate each choice, throwing out the ones that are outside the scope of the argument. After settling on an answer, you may wish to briefly double-check the question stem to make sure that you're indeed answering the question that was asked. Now let’s try this approach on a genuine Logical Reasoning item:


A study of twenty overweight men reveled that each man experienced significant with loss after adding SlimDown, an artificial food supplement, to his daily diet. For three months, each man consumed one Slim Down portion every morning after exercising, and then followed his normal diet for the rest of the day. Clearly, anyone who consumes one portion of SlimDown every day for at least three months will lose weight and will look and feel his or her best.

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