今天参加了IBM的IPAT（ Information Processing Aptitude Test）

前几天，我和同学一样也给IBM投了简历，从学校给的通知里看到要参加一个叫做IPAT（ Information Processing Aptitude Test）的笔试，后来自己就在网上搜索，看有没有这方面的前人经验可供参考，不错，真的是找到了一些师兄参加后的感言，也找到了一份题目，这算是一种了解吧。

第二部分的数字题

It consists of number series.In some institutes alphabetical series is  given
instead of number series.Iam having number series so iam sending that.Please go
through tha alphabetical tests also.
15.  30,28,25,20,34,28,? a:21
16.  4,8,16,32,64,128,? a:256
17.  8,16,24,32,40,48,? a:56
18.  13,11,14,12,15,13,? a:16
19.  6,18,36,108,216,648,? a:1296
20.  4,4,8,8,16,16,? a:32
21.  2,6,18,54,162,486,? a:1458
22.  4,20,35,49,62,74,? a:85
23.  10,18,15,23,20,28,? a:25
24.  4,10,8,14,12,18,? a:16
25  10,15,12,17,14,10,? a:16
part 2 consists of non-verbal reasoning (figures). So it is impossible for  me
to send those.(25 questions)

                          

 part 3 (quantitative)

  1.  A clerk multiplied a number by ten when it should have been divided by
ten.The ans he got was 100.what

        should the ans have been?a:1
   2.  If Rs20/- is available to pay for typing a research report & typist A
produces 42 pages and typist B produces

        28  pages.How much should typist A  receive?  a:Rs12/-
  3.   The average salary of 3 workers is 95 Rs. per week. If one earns  Rs.115
and second earns Rs.65 how

         much is the salary of the 3rd worker. Ans.105.
   4.  A 16 stored building has 12000 sq.feet on each floor. Company A rents 7
floors and company B rents 4

        floors.What is the number of sq.feet of  unrented floor space.
Ans.60000
  5.  During a given week A programer spends 1/4 of his time preparing flow
chart, 3/8 of his time coding and

       the rest of the time in debugging the  programs. If he works 48 hours
during the week , how many hours did he

       spend debugging the program. Ans. 18.
  6.  A company installed 36 machines at the beginning of the year. In March
they installed 9 additional machines

       and then disconnected 18 in August.  How many were still installed at
the end of the year.  Ans. 27
  7.  A man owns 2/3 of the market research beauro business and sells 3/4 of
his shares for Rs. 75000. What is the

        value of Business.  Ans.150000
  8.  If 12 file cabinets require 18 feet of wall space, how many feet of  wall
space will 30 cabinets require? Ans.45
  9.  A computer printer produced 176,400 lines in a given day. If the  printer
was in operation for seven hours

       during the day, how many lines  did it print per minute? Ans.420
10.   From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for advertising,
half of the remainder on commissions

       the rest of the time in debugging the  programs. If he works 48 hours
during the week , how many hours did he

       spend debugging the program. Ans. 18.
  6.  A company installed 36 machines at the beginning of the year. In March
they installed 9 additional machines

       and then disconnected 18 in August.  How many were still installed at
the end of the year.  Ans. 27
  7.  A man owns 2/3 of the market research beauro business and sells 3/4 of
his shares for Rs. 75000. What is the

        value of Business.  Ans.150000
  8.  If 12 file cabinets require 18 feet of wall space, how many feet of  wall
space will 30 cabinets require? Ans.45
  9.  A computer printer produced 176,400 lines in a given day. If the  printer
was in operation for seven hours

       during the day, how many lines  did it print per minute? Ans.420
10.   From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for advertising,
half of the remainder on commissions

       and had Rs.6000 left.What was its total income? Ans.32000
11.  On Monday a banker processed a batch of cheques, on Tuesday she processed
three times as many, and on

       Wednesday she processed 4000 cheques. In the three days, she processed
16000 cheques. How many did
        she process on Tuesday? Ans.9000
12.  The cost of four dozen proof machine ribbons and five dozen accouting
machine ribbons was Rs.160/-. If one  dozen accounting machine ribbons cost Rs.20/-, what is the cost of a dozen proof machine ribbons?
       Ans.Rs.15
13.  If a clerk can process 80 cheques in half an hour, how many cheques  can
she process in a seven and one half

       hour day? Ans.1200
14.  In a library, there are two racks with 40 books per rack. On a given  dya,
30 books were issued. What

         fraction remained in the racks? Ans.5/8
15. The average length of three tapes is 6800 feet. None of the tapes is less
than 6400 feet. What is the greatest

       possible length of one of the other tapes? Ans.7600
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16. A company rented a machine for Rs.700/- a month. Five years later  the
treasurer calculated that if the company

      had purchased the machine and paid Rs.100/- monthly maintenance charge,
the company would have saved

      Rs.2000/-. What was the purchase price of the machine? Ans.Rs.34000
17. Two computers each produced 48000 public utility bills in a day. One
computer printed bills at the rate of 9600

      an hour and the other at the rate of 7800 an hour. When the first
computer finished its run, how many  bills did

      the other computer still have to print?Ans.9000
18. If a salesman's average is a new order every other week, he will break the
office record of the year. However,

     after 28 weeks, he is six orders behind schedule. In what proportion of
the remaining weeks does he have to

    obtain a new order to break the record? Ans.3/4
19. On a given day, a bank had 16000 cheques returned by customers.Inspection
of the first 800 cheques indicated

 

Aptitude Test：  should be designed to provide information to assist prediction of future learning successTests that measure an individual’s collective knowledge; and often used to predict learning potential. See also ability test.

上面的是从google上搜索到的，也算是知道这个测试到底是干什么的，说到底就是一个基本的数据处理能力的测试，当然IBM用了全英文的这样的测试，还要考察应试者的英语能力和水平，对数字的敏感度等。

注意事项：

1.第一部分答错不扣分，第二部分答错扣分。
2.不要急，一定要镇定，心里明白，做不完是一定的。
3.答题卡上每个答案要写上选项还有后面的答案。

经过这次笔试，给我最大收获就是，不管做什么事情，一定要do your homework，it will give you confidence 。面试更是这样的，一定要好好准备。