How to pass the RCMP Police Aptitude Test?

According to the RCMP, the RPAT covers common subjects and skills developed during the course of a general high school education, such as math, and English comprehension and composition. Other areas of the test focus on skills such as logic, judgment and observation.

The RCMP Police Aptitude Test is a semi-adaptive test. That means that the complexity or difficulty of the questions you are asked to answer change depending on how well you are doing on the test. If you are getting most questions correct, then the difficulty of questions will increase. If you are getting questions wrong, the difficulty will decrease. The relative difficulty of questions is taken into account when your overall test is scored.

The electronic version of the RPAT contains 50 questions. Questions are broken down into sections of 10. Each section can have questions from any of the areas tested on the RPAT (composition, comprehension, logic, observation, judgment and computation). Each section has a time limit of 15 minutes. The test is scored on a scale of 5.0. A minimum score of 3.2 out of 5.0 is required to pass.

So while the material covered on the RPAT may not be hard in and of itself, the test can get harder as you go along. Maybe you have been out of high school for a long time, and your knowledge of subjects like English grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and general math is weak. And the test is timed, meaning you have to be able to answer questions relatively quickly.

Don’t get lulled into a false sense of security and confidence leading up to this test. It is important to get a good mark. The better your mark, the better your chances of succeeding in the remainder of the RCMP hiring process.

All that said, here are some specific things you can do to help pass (and get a great mark) on the RCMP Police Aptitude Test:

1. Review. Start by going over the RCMP’s Preparatory Guide for the RPAT. It is a great starting point.

2. Read. Go through our FREE RCMP Police Aptitude Test Study Guide. It is full of great info and practice questions to help you prepare for the test.

3. Study. One of the absolute best things you can do to get ready for the RPAT is to review all your basic math skills. You need to be very comfortable doing all basic math operations by hand, quickly. The RPAT is timed, and in order to your best, you need to be able to efficiently do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division by hand. If you are rusty in this area, here is a great place to focus your preparation.

4. Practice. The latest research shows that the best way to prepare for any important test is to take similar practice tests. In this case, it is best for you take some RPAT practice tests. That’s what we are all about at TEST PREP HACKER. We have 10,000+ RCMP RPAT practice questions and full length practice RPATs. Our practice tests start at $19.99, and offer unbeatable value compared to other police prep websites out there.

Cheers, and good luck!