Mechanical Reasoning Test (MRT)

The MRT assesses mechanical reasoning ability, which entails understanding basic principles of physics and mechanics, visualising the movement of objects through space, and understanding cause-effect relationships between mechanical components.

Performance on the MRT is intended to be as independent as possible of mechanical knowledge and industry specific information. For this reason, diagrams used in the test show idiosyncratic mechanisms, rather than real-life mechanisms, with which some of the candidates may be familiar with. For similar reasons, the use of technical terms within the test has been kept to a minimum. Performance on the test is also intended to be independent of reading ability: the amount of written text within the test has been kept to a minimum.

All the items are pen-and-ink diagrams and cover a wide range of content including wheels, gears, clamps, levers, sliding rods, shafts, pulleys, weights, conveyor belts, fixed and non-fixed pivots, and springs.

AREAS OF APPLICATION

The MRT is suitable for assessing apprentices, trainees, technical and trade personnel, and others involved in work of a mechanical nature. The MRT can be used for selection and for counselling individuals, such as school-leavers or mature-age job changers, who aspire to occupations requiring mechanical reasoning ability.

REPORT OPTIONS 

The Score report provides the candidate’s total score, percentile score, and stanine.