I am sitting my trainee driver assessment next week. Can anyone update me on the cables & dials. I'm still in two worlds as to the instructions needed.
There isn't a great deal to TRP2, the coloured segments are left to right in order of priority. The numbers-the lower the number, the higher priority if there is more than 1 arrow in the same segment.
4 dials, time limit & you are the challenge. Just shows you can work to a taught procedure
Hi All
I had the assessment day at London Bridge in 2008 and passed it all had 1 interview three years later at Gillingham Train Station had postive feed back from the interview but never got the job.
I went again Today 13/01/2015 and did all the morning test the dot,memory and dials then onto computers all felt good apart from the dials.
You have 43 questions to answer in 8 mins now i had done really well testing myself at home on these but the numbers and shades made it harder i only answered 18 in the 8 mins as there is 4 dials but the practice before we started i did notice i was finished before all the others but doing the test i seemed slow and like i say only answered 18 and at lunch got called into to say my dials score was below avarage so i got kicked out
I think i should have maybe looked at the numbers more as i was spending a lot of time making sure the shade was right and then the numbers then i was writing the order down on the scrap paper then looking at the multiple choice answer to match mine i think maybe writing them on the scrap paper slowed me down.
So can anyone give me some advice on the dials at all how could i speed it up?
Many Thanks
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Thanks Dynamonic
The zones are the first thing you look at with each question.
Each dial is split into four different sized zones, the zones are in priority order. Left is the highest priority, and the right-most zone is the least priority.
The first thing to look at is where the needle is pointing on the four dials.
If you have a dial where the needle is in the left zone, then that is the first dial to check, then the one which is in the second zone, followed by third and finally fourth.
However, you may get a question where there are no dial needles pointing in the first zone, but two dials with a needle in the second zone. In this case, you have to prioritise the dial where the needle is pointing to the lowest numerical value, on the scale outside the dial.
(The priority is not reading the direction the needle appears to be pointing. You may have a needle pointing towards the left with a reading of 10 for example, but on another dial, a needle pointing towards the right with a reading of 5)
If you have more than one dial where the needle is in the same zone, always look for the lowest reading outside the dial.
So, prioritise the zones, then the numerical values if the needles fall in the same zone.