Differential Aptitude Test 11 (DAT L)
Questions With Answers
What are the 10 Differential Aptitude Tests? - Answer - • Test 1 - Vocabulary
• Test 2 - Verbal Reasoning
• Test 3 - Non-Verbal Reasoning
• Test 4 - Computations
• Test 5 - Comprehension
• Test 6 - Comparison
• Test 7 - Price-Controlling
• Test 8 - Spatial Visualization 3D
• Test 9 - Mechanical Insight
• Test 10 - Memory
What is the aim of the DAT L Test Battery? - Answer - • to provide information on learners and adults'
aptitude with a view to provide counselling. about tertiary training, entry into specific occupations.
• to advise placement and selection for tertiary or other postschool training or jobs
• The idea with the DAT-L is to establish what study or occupational direction is the most suitable or
where the likelihood of success is the greatest.
Which people will be able to write the DAT L Test? - Answer - • Grade 10, 11 and 12 learners who
received normal education for prescribed periods
• have a certain language proficiency
• who want to undergo tertiary or postschool training
• want to enter high-level occupations
• adults who have passed Grade 12
What is Aptitude? - Answer - • Aptitude can be regarded as the potential a person has, which enables
her/him to achieve a specific level of skill or ability with training and practice.
, • The knowledge of aptitude informs us with the specific abilities and capacities of an individual to
succeed in a particular field of activity.
What is the term aptitude a synonym for? - Answer - • specific intellectual ability, as opposed to general
intellectual ability.
What does intelligence refer to? - Answer - • general potential or general mental ability.
What do general intelligence tests provide? - Answer - • a unitary measure and not an indication of
differential abilities.
Aptitude in simple terms? - Answer - • aptitude refers to the potential for learning specific skills.
What does the Aptitude Concept Involve? - Answer - • inferences about performance in future learning
or training situations.
What do skills refer to? - Answer - • an acquired competence through learning or application.
What do Achievement tests measure? - Answer - • past learning that occurred in a specific teaching or
instructional situation.
What is included when compiling a battery of aptitude tests? - Answer - • tests that can be used
fruitfully in more than only one or two areas.
True of False: Aptitude tests do not mechanically indicate a specific occupation or field of study, such as
engineer, attorney or dentist. - Answer - • True
What information do aptitude tests provide? - Answer - • a person's relatively strong and weak
aptitudes
• how someone's aptitudes compare with those of a comparable or reference group
• predict the possible success in a specific field of study/training programme/occupation
Questions With Answers
What are the 10 Differential Aptitude Tests? - Answer - • Test 1 - Vocabulary
• Test 2 - Verbal Reasoning
• Test 3 - Non-Verbal Reasoning
• Test 4 - Computations
• Test 5 - Comprehension
• Test 6 - Comparison
• Test 7 - Price-Controlling
• Test 8 - Spatial Visualization 3D
• Test 9 - Mechanical Insight
• Test 10 - Memory
What is the aim of the DAT L Test Battery? - Answer - • to provide information on learners and adults'
aptitude with a view to provide counselling. about tertiary training, entry into specific occupations.
• to advise placement and selection for tertiary or other postschool training or jobs
• The idea with the DAT-L is to establish what study or occupational direction is the most suitable or
where the likelihood of success is the greatest.
Which people will be able to write the DAT L Test? - Answer - • Grade 10, 11 and 12 learners who
received normal education for prescribed periods
• have a certain language proficiency
• who want to undergo tertiary or postschool training
• want to enter high-level occupations
• adults who have passed Grade 12
What is Aptitude? - Answer - • Aptitude can be regarded as the potential a person has, which enables
her/him to achieve a specific level of skill or ability with training and practice.
, • The knowledge of aptitude informs us with the specific abilities and capacities of an individual to
succeed in a particular field of activity.
What is the term aptitude a synonym for? - Answer - • specific intellectual ability, as opposed to general
intellectual ability.
What does intelligence refer to? - Answer - • general potential or general mental ability.
What do general intelligence tests provide? - Answer - • a unitary measure and not an indication of
differential abilities.
Aptitude in simple terms? - Answer - • aptitude refers to the potential for learning specific skills.
What does the Aptitude Concept Involve? - Answer - • inferences about performance in future learning
or training situations.
What do skills refer to? - Answer - • an acquired competence through learning or application.
What do Achievement tests measure? - Answer - • past learning that occurred in a specific teaching or
instructional situation.
What is included when compiling a battery of aptitude tests? - Answer - • tests that can be used
fruitfully in more than only one or two areas.
True of False: Aptitude tests do not mechanically indicate a specific occupation or field of study, such as
engineer, attorney or dentist. - Answer - • True
What information do aptitude tests provide? - Answer - • a person's relatively strong and weak
aptitudes
• how someone's aptitudes compare with those of a comparable or reference group
• predict the possible success in a specific field of study/training programme/occupation
