short notice Aptitude Test

just came back last night from the first stage job interview hosted by UM for librarian position (Aptitude + English Proficiency tests). and what's with the short notice? duh...

26/03 --- email received from Penguasa Pendaftar UM

27/03 --- closing date for attendance verification

29/03 
12.40am --- email read. Tried & failed to confirm in their website

12.56-2.10am --- watched korean drama for distraction. failed, slept miserably
6.30-7.30am --- too early to call 

10.45am --- overslept. frantically called the admin to beg for manual confirmation. THANK GODDDD mine wasnt an exceptional case so didnt have to actually plead. fyuh~

11.00am --- called zaza & zemoh for accommodation, confirmed to sleep at zaza's as zemoh went back to pekan. started to pack

1.30pm --- departed

30/03 
9.00-12.30pm --- took the tests at UM

4.30 pm ---  hasta la vista KL (& straight to free charkueyteow upon arriving; thanks cousin!) 

inevitably i blamed my poor lampi self for not being alert to the email in the first place which made the journey sooo hectic & compact. yela, mmg slalu wat keje last menet gakpon. 

BUT THEN a friend of mine who happened to be there said that she received hers on 23/03. ....... like, what? it's a 3-day gap kowt. so, i was the second choice, huh? 

grr...tak patut tau awak...dhla rumah sy jauh kena naik bus ekspress bagai. sepbek la sentiasa ada bus trn KL every now and then. sepbek jugak ada je back up tempt tidur @ KL. kalo sy dok sabah sarawak cane? xke penin kena beli tiket flight on d spot. u should be more considerate ma!

anyways, about the tests. 

1) the English test - comprehension (article on Einstein; intermediate, cloze passage; basic), grammar (verb to be; basic), sentence structure (combine sentences; basic) & composition ('travelling can be a frustrating experience' with 1001 keywords given; very the PMR like). 

2) the Aptitude test - more or less an IQ test. several skills were analyzed like logical, numerical, diagrammatic reasoning and even linguistic, etc. all 45 questions were MCQs but my oh my, some were totally very confusing - tu x masuk lagi yg xde idea lgsung. my post-research (mmg xdanla study before the kejadian) tells that this test is to assess candidate's innate abilities and potential for achievement. adoihhh 

found some of the questions online which i got them wrong (how frustrating is that?) :

1. A train travels a certain distance taking 7 hrs in forward journey, during the return journey increased speed 12km/hr takes the times 5 hrs.What is the distance traveled?

A.) 210 kms
B.) 30 kms
C.) 60 kms
D.) 90 kms
cube try kire dulu before tgk jwpn kt bwh tu

 the jln kerja:

12km/h x 5h = 60 km. 60 km is only the return journey, so rightfully it should be 60km + 60 km = 120 km. but there's no choice for 120km, so i chose 60km. BUT THE ANSWER IS 30KM. because the 12km/h is just the increased speed and we have to divide 60km into 2journeys?apekah

2) some maths question that had 'divide by half' (which actually divide by 0.5 sama ja mcm kita multiply by two). deyum

other questions which i got correct:

--  A man built a rectangular house, each side having a southern view. He spotted a bear. What colour was the bear?

-- A farmer has 15 cows, all but 8 die. How many does he have left?

-- If a red house is made of red bricks, and a blue house is made of blue bricks, what is a green house made of?

other question that i remembered (for confusing me)

-- some green are blue. no blue is white (some green are white, all blue is green, no white is green???)