GIT-320 Sample Questions

The following questions are similar to those on the General Intelligence Test (GIT) 320. The correct answers are at the bottom of this page. Note that you will not be permitted to use a calculator or rough paper during this test.

Sub-test I - General Information

Select the correct answer from among the five alternatives.

Question 1

Prior to the European Union, the unit of currency (money) of the Netherlands was the:

1. mark
2. dollar
3. guilder
4. pound
5. crown

Sub-test II - Similarities

Question 2

In each question, five pairs of words are given. Select the pair that refers most directly to a single concept.

1. apple-automobile
2. orange-apple
3. automobile-cloud
4. charity-automobile
5. cloud-charity

Sub-test III - Arithmetic

Solve the problem below and indicate the correct answer.

Question 3

An employee sold 200 50-cent stamps, one-half as many 60-cent stamps and one-quarter as many 80-cent stamps as 50-cent stamps. What was the total value of these sales?

(1) $150   (2) $225   (3) $180   (4) $200   (5) $195

Sub-test IV - Vocabulary

Select the word or phrase that best defines the word in UPPERCASE letters.

Question 4

IGNITE

1. set afire
2. overlook
3. explain
4. illustrate
5. fall asleep

Sub-test V - Memory, Part I (300 word text)

The memory sub-test is divided into two parts. For Part One, you have 10 minutes to study a text and retain as much of the information as possible. After the time limit is over, you will complete Sub-test VI. Then, for Part Two of the memory sub-test, you will be presented with the text you studied in Part One, but with some of the information deleted. You are to choose, from five alternatives, the correct information to correspond with the original text.

Part I:

"Ontario and Quebec each account for about one-third of the milk cows in Canada and a corresponding share of the total milk production. In 1979 there were 2,956,000 milk cows on farms compared to 3,006,000 in 1969, excluding Newfoundland."

Sub-test VI - Block Design

The large square below is made up of nine blocks from among the following six types.

In each question, decide how many times the type of block shown at the beginning of the question appears in the nine-block design to the right of the question.

Question 5

 appears in the design on the right exactly

• once
• 2 times
• 3 times
• 4 times
• 5 times

Question 6

 appears in the design on the right exactly

• once
• 2 times
• 3 times
• 4 times
• 5 times

Sub-test V - Memory, Part 2

For each numbered space in the passage, choose the information that corresponds to the original text.

"Ontario and (7) each account for about (8) of the milk cows in Canada and a corresponding share of the total milk production. In (9) there were 2,956,000 milk cows on farms compared to (10) in 1969, excluding Newfoundland."

Question 7

1. Manitoba
2. Quebec
3. British Columbia
4. New Brunswick
5. Prince Edward Island

Question 8

1. one-quarter
2. three-fifths
3. one-third
4. two-thirds
5. one-half

Question 9

1. 1979
2. 1956
3. 1974
4. 1980
5. 1960

Question 10

1. 6,000,000
2. 4,000.000
3. 3,530,000
4. 3,006,000
5. 4,000,600

Answers

1. (3)
2. (2)
3. (4)
4. (1)
5. (1)
6. (3)
7. (2)
8. (3)
9. (1)
10. (4)

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