Amcat syllabus
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This document describes several modules that assess different skills: - An English module evaluates written English skills through comprehension, vocabulary and grammar questions. - Quantitative Ability and Logical Ability modules assess numerical skills and ability to interpret things objectively through math, reasoning and pattern recognition questions. - A Personality Inventory assesses traits like extraversion, conscientiousness and agreeableness. - Computer Programming, Computer Science and other modules evaluate technical skills and knowledge in areas like programming, operating systems, databases and networking. Each module lists the relevant job functions, number and type of questions, duration and detailed syllabus.
Amcat syllabus
- 1. English The module evaluates written English skills and is aimed at determining the candidate"s ability to understand (a) the written text (b) the spoken word and (c) the ability to communicate effectively through written documents. Befitting Job Functions/Profiles: This module will be relevant for almost all profiles such as Business Consulting, HR/Admin, iTeS/BPO, Marketing, Engineering, Sales and Customer Management, IT, Hotel Management, Life Sciences, Content Development, etc. Number of Questions: 25 Module Duration: 25 min Detailed Syllabus: Vocabulary Synonyms Antonyms Grammar Subject-Verb Agreement Tenses and Articles Prepositions and Conjunctions Speech and Voices Comprehension Inferential and Literal Comprehension Contextual Vocabulary Comprehension ordering Quantitative Ability The module is ideal to evaluate the numerical ability of an individual and is available in both technical and non technical flavor. Befitting Job Functions/Profiles: This module will be relevant for almost all profiles such as Content Development, Business Consulting, HR/Admin, iTeS/BPO, Marketing, Engineering, Sales and Customer Management, IT, Hotel Management, Life Sciences, etc. Number of Questions: 25 (for Engineering Graduates) / 16 (for MBA and General Graduates) Module Duration: 35 min (for Engineering Graduates) / 16 min (for MBA and General Graduates) Detailed Syllabus: Basic Mathematics Divisibility HCF and LCM Numbers, decimal fractions and power Applied Mathematics Profit and Loss Simple and Compound Interest Time, Speed and Distance
- 2. Engineering Mathematics Logarithms Permutation and Combinations Probability Logical Ability The module assesses capacity of an individual to interpret things objectively, to be able to perceive and interpret trends to make generalizations and be able to analyze assumptions behind an argument/statement. Befitting Job Functions/Profiles: This module will be relevant for almost all profiles such as Content Development, Business Consulting, HR/Admin, iTeS/BPO, Marketing, Engineering, Sales and Customer Management, IT, Hotel Management, Life Sciences, etc. Number of Questions: 24 Module Duration: 35 min Detailed Syllabus: Deductive Reasoning Coding deductive logic Directional sense, Blood relations Objective Reasoning Selection decision tables Puzzles Inductive reasoning Coding pattern and Number series pattern recognition Analogy and Classification pattern recognition Abductive Reasoning Logical word sequence Data sufficiency Aspiring Minds Personality Inventory (AMPI) The module does an overall personality assessment of the candidate and is used to assess candidates in people-interaction and people-management roles. Number of Questions: 80 Module Duration: 20 min Detailed Syllabus: AMPI: Aspiring Minds Personality Inventory is based on the five-factor model of Personality. AMPI measures five broad�based traits: Extraversion Conscientiousness
- 3. Neuroticism Openness to Experience Agreeableness. Computer Programming The module is ideal to evaluate entry level talent�s exposure and expertise in Computer Programming. This module is agnostic to programming languages and does not require the candidates to code during the test. Befitting Job Functions/Profiles: Technical Support Executive, Computer Engineer, Software Developer � Web, System s/w, Product, Trainee, Testing Engineer, Research Engineer, Content Developer-IT, IT Recruiter, etc. Number of Questions: 25 Module Duration: 35 min Detailed Syllabus: Basic Programming Data Types Iteration, Recursion, Decision Procedure, functions and scope Data Structures Arrays, Linked Lists, Trees, Graphs Stacks, Queues Hash Tables Heaps OOPs Polymorphism Abstraction Encapsulation Miscellaneous Searching and Sorting Complexity Theory Computer Science The module focuses to assess the candidate�s knowledge in basics of operating system and computer architecture, computer networks and database concepts. Befitting Job Functions/Profiles: Software Developers, Database Administrator and Network Engineers Number of Questions: 26 Module Duration: 22 min
- 4. Detailed Syllabus: Operating System and Computer Architecture Basics of OS and Computer Architecture Process Management and Synchronization Memory and I/O Management DBMS Data model Relational Algebra and SQL Normalization, Architecture, Indexing Computer Networks Basics of networking and communication OSI, TCP/IP layers and protocols Network Devices and Routing Algorithms