Pre-UMAT 2018 Discussion Thread

[Chrismm]

Cheers mate, worked out all of them now except the heart one, zero clue

My best guess for that one is: A white heart appears once in one row at a time. It starts at the very top row and move down to the bottom, then starts again at the top. Can't rule out any options from this. If you look at the bottom row, the heart with its tip pointing north is moving across to the right 1 step each time. This rules out option A. Actually, all the shapes on the bottom row appear to be moving 1 step to the right. Rule out option B. I'm stuck after that.

 

[miaaa888]

Does anyone know what would be considered a decent mark in Acer Practice Test 4?

 

[Lear]

Does anyone know what would be considered a decent mark in Acer Practice Test 4?

It’s hard to gauge as ACER exams are typically easier. But if you achieve a 90/134 in the actual UMAT you are typically set for a great score. Maybe that means achieving 100+/134 for Acer practice exams? Maybe 110+? No one knows for sure.

 

[kiwikillaz]

Acer practice exam 4 contains so many S1 and S2 questions from 2016 and 2017 UMAT that i can clearly remember (probably even some S3 questions). How's everyone's score for Acer practice exam 4? I got 96/134 and finished with 22 mins to spare

Hey SmellyBoy,

Can you please tell me which questions exactly you guys remember as being exact repeats from 2016/2017s test?

Would be a massive help!!

 

[Chrismm]

I’ve never agreed with the argument that doing it sectionally is important as you need to be in the ‘correct mindset’ for each section and that doing them in order can screw you up. I think the greatest time for sectionally is that you can quite easily break down your timing. For most people section 1 definitely takes a significantly longer all together compared to something such as section 2. Instead of doing it in order and saying to your self ‘2 mins for each section 1 question, 1:30 for Section 3 and 1:30 for section 2’, you can simply allocate, say, 80 minutes to JUST do section 1 questions.

This means you may need to only check your watch every few minutes compared to almost every question. It also means that when you realise you are going over time, you can decide to ‘quick guess’ the rest of the questions for that specific section and be sure that you will still have adequate time for other sections.

Ultimately, in my opinion, there is no clear disadvantage in doing the UMAT in order provided that you have a solid strategy in mind to manage your time. It is mentioned constantly that time management is one of the most important skills for the UMAT. I simply believe that sectionally just makes it easier to manage time in comparison to in order. But if you are certain you can manage your time go for it!

I think this seals the deal for me for doing section by section. It's definitely more time efficient. I originally had this in mind but got distracted by the 50/50/50 cutoffs.

 

[Beepboopdoop]

Cheers mate, worked out all of them now except the heart one, zero clue

sorry if its hard to understand

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Hey SmellyBoy,

Can you please tell me which questions exactly you guys remember as being exact repeats from 2016/2017s test?

Would be a massive help!!

I remember for sure that the S1 questions with the audio/visual premise (from q5 onwards) was in 2017

 

[H_______]

sorry if its hard to understand

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Thanks so much man, I'd got it down to D and E, just couldn't work out the grey heart

 

[Lear]

I remember for sure that the S1 questions with the audio/visual premise (from q5 onwards) was in 2017

I found that question quite difficult actually.
Please tell me that was one of the ‘harder questions’ from last year’s exam.

 

[Beepboopdoop]

I found that question quite difficult actually.
Please tell me that was one of the ‘harder questions’ from last year’s exam.

I remember struggling with it during last years exam but 2nd time around it seemed way easier

 

[Lear]

I remember struggling with it during last years exam but 2nd time around it seemed way easier

Do you recall any other questions from 2017 that were one EXAM 4

 

[Beepboopdoop]

Do you recall any other questions from 2017 that were one EXAM 4

I don't recognise any other questions specifically, but there were definitely quite a few questions similar to question 27, where you have one central image transformed into different ones around it using transformation keys

 

[Lear]

I don't recognise any other questions specifically, but there were definitely quite a few questions similar to question 27, where you have one central image transformed into different ones around it using transformation keys

Ah yes those ones are slowly becoming common in the UMAT. Thanks for the information Beepboobdoop

 

[I_love_curry]

Do you recall any other questions from 2017 that were one EXAM 4

I remember that the axle question was from 2016 which was one that stumped many people (or who I talked to at least). I thought that the audio/visual (cochlear implants) one was from 2016 as well as I can’t quite remember it being on the 2017 exam. But I could be wrong hahah

 

[toulouse]

Cheers mate, worked out all of them now except the heart one, zero clue

The white heart moves 4 spaces vertically (when it reaches the end of a row it moves down). This rules out C. The grey heart moves 1 space left, then 2 left (going up when it reaches the end and then across the row), then 3 and then 4. This rules out E/A.

To differentiate between B & D (I'm not sure I did it right so I winged this part but), by looking at the sequence, and the pointy part of the bottom left heart, it faces down, up, left, right. I assume its gonna face down next. Gives me answer D.

 

[Austin]

I'm planning to do it chronologically so I don't bomb out on 1 section plus I'm also less likely to shade the wrong bubble.

That is exactly my fear lol, imagine looking at a question and realising you already shaded the bubble, then you realise all your answers you have put are in the wrong bubble.

 

[Lear]

That is exactly my fear lol, imagine looking at a question and realising you already shaded the bubble, then you realise all your answers you have put are in the wrong bubble.

Imagine accidentally skipping a row of bubbles though and realising 90 questions in. Oh man..

 

[DrDrLMG!]

I remember that the axle question was from 2016 which was one that stumped many people (or who I talked to at least). I thought that the audio/visual (cochlear implants) one was from 2016 as well as I can’t quite remember it being on the 2017 exam. But I could be wrong hahah

The cochlear implant one was definitely last year. And yep, the axel one was 2016. I've not done ACER exam 4, but even from your description of it as 'the axel one', I'm having flashbacks to a pretty awful time !!! That was the last set of questions I attempted and every time I read the stem, I couldn't remember any of it because I was panicking. I reckon I wasted 10 minutes on those freaking questions!

Imagine accidentally skipping a row of bubbles though and realising 90 questions in. Oh man..

I worried about bubble shading in the first year I did UMAT, and found the actual process to be extremely straight forward and very easy to keep on top of. No one that I personally know who has sat UMAT has screwed up the bubbles, and no one reported anything here last year or the year before. I'd say it's pretty rare and not worth panicking about.

 

[A1]

Imagine accidentally skipping a row of bubbles though and realising 90 questions in. Oh man..

This would be more disastrous if you do sequentially, due to the domino effect. Doing by section the question's number jumps forcing you to pick the bubble's number on the answer sheet each time, thus an error would only affect 1-2 questions.

 

[Josht4971]

This would be more disastrous if you do sequentially, due to the domino effect. Doing by section the question's number jumps forcing you to pick the bubble's number on the answer sheet each time, thus an error would only affect 1-2 questions.

A1 did you do the exam sequentially or by sections?

 

[Littlebro]

Yo, does anyone have an idea of what sort of questions/sequences ACER emphasised in Section 3 last year (and previous years)? Finding it pretty tricky to practice.
Thanks in advance!