Apprenticeship entrance practice questions

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for apprenticeship entrance selection in the academic admissions, scholarships, and placement sector with 5 skill areas: numerical reasoning, reading comprehension, verbal reasoning, mechanical comprehension and spatial reasoning. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite (none are taken from live or leaked exams), and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Numerical reasoning: Arithmetic, fractions, percentages, ratios, rates, estimation, word problems, and number relationships.
• Reading comprehension: Understanding passages, instructions, policies, technical material, and workplace documents.
• Verbal reasoning: Drawing conclusions from written information without relying on outside assumptions.
• Mechanical comprehension: Forces, motion, gears, pulleys, levers, fluids, pressure, and basic machines.
• Spatial reasoning: Rotation, folding, views, orientation, maps, and three-dimensional visualization.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here, because keys stay on the server. Open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. A shop order needs 48 brackets. Each pack holds 6. How many packs are required?

   • A. 6
   • B. 7
   • C. 8
   • D. 9

2. A safety notice says “Lock out energy before opening the guard.” Best reading of the rule?

   • A. Open the guard first, then lock out if convenient
   • B. Isolate/lock energy sources before exposing moving parts
   • C. Only lock out after an injury
   • D. Ignore guards during rush jobs

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

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