Entrance exams are mainly conducted online, through live supervision via a webcam. This is from the comfort of your home. This is known as 'Remote Proctoring'.
ACER also provides venue-based testing in Camberwell, Melbourne on one weekend each month.
This may suit you if you prefer a face-to-face, supervised assessment. It may also suit you if you do not have the equipment or stable internet needed for home-based testing. Camberwell dates will be displayed in the ACER portal at the time of your booking.
After you have successfully applied to Victoria Police recruiting, you will receive an invitation to sit the entrance exam.
This invitation will include important timelines for booking and completing your exam with ACER.
You will also receive an ‘Applicant ID number’, which you will need when registering in the ACER Victoria Police entrance examination portal. It is important you match your details exactly.
The fee to sit the Victoria Police entrance examination is $275 (incl. GST). The fee for completing the exam is paid directly to ACER at the time of booking.
Victoria Police allows candidates to attempt the entrance exam a total of two times.
All Victoria Police candidates must first register with Victoria Police recruiting before registering to sit the entrance exam.
The Victoria Police entrance examination is made up of 4 sections. All sections of the test are conducted online, using a computer.
The literacy section tests your reading comprehension. You will read approximately 6 different types of texts of varying difficulty and answer questions about them.
The literacy section tests your reading comprehension. You will read approximately 6 different types of texts of varying difficulty and answer questions about them. Some of the texts may include graphs, charts, diagrams, and maps that you will need to read and interpret.
Most questions are multiple-choice, but some require you to answer ‘true’ or ‘false’, or ‘yes’ or ‘no’, to statements or questions.
Currently, there are 30 questions in this section that you will need to answer in 30 minutes.
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This section measures your ability to think clearly to solve problems and to quickly identify patterns and logical rules based on abstract visual patterns, rather than number and words.
The abstract reasoning assessment is used to measure the ability to think clearly to solve problems and quickly identify patterns and logical rules based on abstract visual patterns rather than numbers and words.
It involves recognising the rule or rules that govern the progression of a pattern from one diagram to another in a series, or to identify the part which is missing from a diagram.
There are 45 questions in this section that you will need to attempt to answer in 20 minutes.
Question types include:
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The numeracy skills assessment measures your ability to understand, use, apply, and interpret mathematical problems set in a range of contexts.
The numeracy skills assessment measures your ability to understand, use, apply and interpret mathematical problems set in a range of contexts. The questions can be based on numerical and mathematical data and situations presented in words, tables, graphs, plans, maps, diagrams and so on. The maths content can include questions about number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability. The numeracy questions are set in a range of different contexts relevant to adults.
The questions may be multiple-choice, true or false, or you may need to enter a number or measurement as your answer.
You will be provided with an onscreen calculator to assist you throughout the assessment.
There are currently 30 questions you will need to complete in 35 minutes.
To practice you should do a range of calculations including:
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This assesses your writing skills, presented in a typed report. You will be evaluated on your ability to select relevant information; write clearly, objectively and in a logical order; form paragraphs; create complex sentences; and spell and use grammar correctly.
This is a typed assessment of your writing skills. You will be evaluated on your ability to select relevant information; write clearly, objectively and in a logical order; form paragraphs; create complex sentences; and spell and use grammar correctly.
You will complete the writing on a computer; however, you will not be able to access:
There will be multiple sources of information provided for you to read, and you will need to read all the information and include the relevant parts in your written response.
You will have 35 minutes to complete this section of the assessment and you are expected to write approximately 300-350 words (this is approximately ¾ of a typed page). A word count will be provided onscreen to assist you.
