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Graduate Diploma in Systems Analysis

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Graduate Diploma in Systems Analysis (GDipSA)
Aptitude Test Sample
All GDipSA applicants are required to sit for the aptitude test. This is a test to measure your aptitudes for learning and performing the job of computer programming and systems analysis. There are four parts to the test and each part will be timed separately – Diagram Ability, Reasoning, Number Ability, and English Language Ability. It is designed to test your problem-solving ability, your ability to read and understand diagrams, etc. You can’t really study for the test. It is designed to test what abilities you have, as opposed to testing what facts or information you know.

Sample Questions
Diagramming [30 …show more content…

D. Residence is not Type A?
E. Residence is not Type B?
Answer: (B)
Cell 2
A. Household Income > $ 5,000?
B. Household Income > $ 4,000?
C. Household Income > $ 3,000?
D. Housing Size > 100 m2?
E. Housing Size > 120 m2?
Answer: (E)
Cell 3
A. Housing Size > 80 m2?
B. Housing Size > 90 m2?
C. Housing Size > 100 m2?
D. Household Income > $ 3,000?
E. Household Income > $ 4,000?
Answer: (B)

SA-DIP/ Aptitude Test Sample 2012

Graduate Diploma in Systems Analysis

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Cell 4
A. Number of Children > 1?
B. Number of Children equals 1?
C. Number of Children > 2?
D. Number of Children equals 2?
E. Number of Children > 3?
Answer: (A)
Cell 5
A. Is Type A Count equals 10?
B. Is Type B Count equals 20?
C. Is Type C Count equals 30?
D. Is Type A Count equals 20?
E. Is Type B Count equals 30?
Answer: (D)

Reasoning [30 Marks]
Question 31- 60
This is a test of your ability to reason and to express problems in a simple form using conventional mathematical symbols. The items in the test require you to read a problem and formulate an answer for it.
Sample question 1: A new homeowner ordered an air-conditioning system which costs A dollars, six wardrobes which cost W dollars a piece, and a dozen beds which cost B dollars each. The total cost of the order is
A. A + W + B
B. AB + 6W
C. A + 6W + 12B
D. A + (W + B) / 2
E. A + (2W +B)6
Answer: (C)
Sample question 2: S dollars are divided amongst 3 persons, so that the

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