Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (WBST)

The WBST is designed to assess the basic verbal and mathematical skills required for nonprofessional jobs. Quantitative skills are measured in terms of practical mathematical applications and verbal ability is measured in terms of reading comprehension, word knowledge, grammar, and sentence construction. The test is taken using pen and paper and then scored using PC software.

Verbal skills, 20 minutes;
quantitative skills, 25 minutes

Mathematical Skills

This portion of the Wonderlic Basic Skills Test contains about 45 items. You are asked different questions focusing upon the basic mathematical concepts such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The questions may take different turns depending upon your applied jobs. Generally, the tester may try to find out:

1- Can you apply the basic mathematical functions upon whole numbers, fractions, and decimals?

2- Can you apply basic functions upon whole or fractional monetary units?

3- Can you apply your basic mathematical knowledge upon measurement units such as time, length, width, weight, distance etc? The units may be in the shape of whole numbers or the fractional ones.

4- Can you apply your knowledge upon ratio, percentage and other such functions?

5- How much developed skills you have in Algebra?

6- How much grasp you have upon basic geometrical concepts?

The Wonderlic Basic Skills Test is widely used psychological instrument. However, the USA labor department gives it more importance than any other labor department in the world. That’s why the US labor department has specified six different job levels for the different levels of Wonderlic Basic Skills Tests. While encountering a Wonderlic Basic Skill Test, you must keep in mind that it is not your speed of answering but correct choices which makes you fit or unfit for your applied job.

Test Structure

Sample #1
Sample #2
Sample #3
Sample #4


How to Ace the Exam