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Computerized Pre-Professional Skills Test: Writing (5720)
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Test Name

Computerized Pre-Professional Skills Test: Writing

Test Code

5720

Time

68 minutes, divided into a 38-minute multiple-choice section and a 30-minute essay section

Number of Questions

44 multiple-choice questions, 1 essay question

Format

Multiple-choice questions involving usage and sentence correction; essay topic as a basis for a writing sample
Content Categories

Approximate
Number of
Questions

Approximate
Percentage of
Examination

I

IV

II
III

I.

Grammatical Relationships

15

17%

II.

Structural Relationships

16

18.5%

III.

Word Choice and Mechanics

13

14.5%

IV.

Essay

1

50%

About this test
The Computerized Pre-Professional Skills Test in Writing assesses the ability to use grammar and language appropriately and the ability to communicate effectively in writing; these abilities are essential to a well-educated adult in a professional role. The
Writing test is 68 minutes in length and has two separately timed sections: a 38-minute multiple-choice section containing 44 multiple-choice questions on the use of standard English and a 30-minute essay section that requires a writing sample based on an essay topic.
The multiple-choice section is designed to measure an examinee’s ability to use standard written English correctly and effectively. This section is divided into two parts: usage and sentence correction. In the usage questions, examinees are asked to recognize errors in mechanics, in structural and grammatical relationships, and in idiomatic expressions or word choice and they are also asked to identify sentences that have no error and that meet the conventions of standard written English. The sentence correction questions require examinees to select, from among the choices presented, the best way to restate a certain phrase or sentence by using standard written English; in some cases, the phrase or sentence is correct and most effective as stated.

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