I have heard that at least one TOC has dropped this test as they found they too many people who would have made perfectly good drivers were failing it. Don’t worry if you aren’t that mechanically minded, many of the questions are more a matter of logic rather than mechanics and you can just work them out! I understand that a book called Mechanical & Spatial Relations Tests by Joel Wiensen is a useful guide to these tests and has sample papers. In this train driver test you must achieve a fixed percentage of correct answers to progress. If you aren’t sure about a particular question leave it and move on to the next if you have time you can always come back to it. For example, a diagram might show four cogs and the question may be “If cog ‘A’ moves anti-clockwise, which way will cog ‘C’ move?” You are marked on both speed and accuracy so work as quickly as you can but only as fast as you can think. The questions take the form of diagrams of mechanical structures and you are asked a question about each diagram. The booklet will contain about thirty-six multiple-choice questions, and you are given eighteen minutes to answer as many of them as possible. You will be given a question booklet and an answer sheet (Virgin send out a practice booklet about a week before).
The content and sequence of these tests will vary depending on the testing centre used but consists of four parts and will be along these lines:įirst is a Mechanical Comprehension Test (MT4) which is designed to assess your understanding of basic mechanical principles, essential for the technical traction training you will receive as a Trainee Driver. Once the test starts the administrator cannot give you any assistance.
Always make sure you understand what you are supposed to be doing in each test. The administrator will check you have answered the sample questions correctly, and if you haven’t, will explain again what is required. Before each module (whether computerised or paper) you will be given the chance to work through some examples. The test administrator will welcome you and provide you with all the materials required for the tests (paper, pens instructions etc). (c2c) Knollys House, East Croydon (Southern) Stratford (East Anglia) and Watford (OPC).
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