Multiple aptitude testing device
First Claim
1. An electronic testing device which utilizes a plurality of objectives test questions to evaluate an examine wherein said device comprises a housing, overlay means which is releasably secured to said housing, said overlay means containing indicia forming a plurality of questions and a plurality of possible answers corresponding to each of said questions, said overlay means further including coding means which communicates with corresponding means on said housing to specify a set of correct answers to said questions, selector means for enabling said examinee to select an answer for each of said questions, answer storage means for storing answers selected by the examinee, answer pattern memory means for storing the set of correct answers for particular test and comparison means for comparing said selected answers with said set of correct answers following completion of said test and producing a signal which is transmitted to an indicator means, resulting in the indicator means producing a test score signal indicative of the degree of correspondence between said correct set of answers and said selected answers, to evaluate the examinee'"'"'s level of performance on said test.
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Abstract
A multiple aptitude testing device for electronically evaluating an examinee'"'"'s capacity or aptitude toward performing various vocational tasks. The device includes a test station which affords five general types of examinations, namely, objective question and answer tests, a manual dexterity test, a finger dexterity test, a hand/eye coordination test, and a hand/eye/foot coordination test. The question and answer examinations entail interchangable overlays which contain questions and possible answers such that the examinee selects what he deems is the correct answer by contacting an appropriate sensor on the housing with an electrically conductive answer probe. The other four examinations entail counters for electronically measuring the number of times the examinee is able to perform a manipulative task during a fixed period of time. The device provides an electronic comparator for automatically grading the examinations and displaying or printing a test score associated with each of said tests. The device 20 is further designed to generally recognize which test is being conducted based on which of the various attachments or overlays are connected to the device. Although the test station is generally self-contained, e.g., not requiring separate answer booklets, writing utensils, etc., the preferred embodiment of the device entails using a separate master control unit which enables simultaneous, synchronized control of up to four test stations.
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- 1. An electronic testing device which utilizes a plurality of objectives test questions to evaluate an examine wherein said device comprises a housing, overlay means which is releasably secured to said housing, said overlay means containing indicia forming a plurality of questions and a plurality of possible answers corresponding to each of said questions, said overlay means further including coding means which communicates with corresponding means on said housing to specify a set of correct answers to said questions, selector means for enabling said examinee to select an answer for each of said questions, answer storage means for storing answers selected by the examinee, answer pattern memory means for storing the set of correct answers for particular test and comparison means for comparing said selected answers with said set of correct answers following completion of said test and producing a signal which is transmitted to an indicator means, resulting in the indicator means producing a test score signal indicative of the degree of correspondence between said correct set of answers and said selected answers, to evaluate the examinee'"'"'s level of performance on said test.
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27. The device of calim 26, wherein said finger dexterity evaluating means comprises a test which measures the number of times the examinee is able to thread a threaded member into and out of a correspondingly threaded hole within a predetermined amount of time.
- 33. An electronic testing device for both measuring the manipulative motor skill of an examinee and evaluating an examinee'"'"'s response to questions, characterized in that said device includes a housing, overlay means which is releasably securable to said housing, said overlay means containing indicia forming a plurality of questions and a plurality of possible answers corresponding to each of said questions, selector means for enabling said examinee to select an answer for each of said questions, said selector means comprising a plurality of electronic sensors situated on said housing with each of said sensors corresponding to a particular answer on said overlay means, and probe means for contacting a particular sensor in order to select the particular answer associated with the sensor, and manipulative skill measuring means for evaluating the examinee'"'"'s manipulative motor skills, said measuring means comprising means for measuring the speed with which the examinee is able to touch said probe means to a plurality of sensors that also correspond to answers to questions when said overlay is secured to said housing to thereby evaluate hand and eye coordination of the examinee.
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