ICTS Basic Skills Diagnostic Practice Test

A computer-administered practice test program for the ICTS Basic Skills test is available for download. If you do not wish to or are not able to download this program, a paper-based version of the practice test is provided here.

The Basic Skills Diagnostic Practice Test is an interactive computer program that contains a full-length practice test form for the Basic Skills test, including questions for all three subareas of the test (Reading Comprehension, Language Arts, and Mathematics). The program also includes a tutorial providing instructions on how to use and navigate through the practice test, scoring of and correct answer explanations for the multiple-choice questions, a constructed-response writing assignment, and sample responses to the practice test writing assignment.

The practice test is password-protected to allow for multi-user capabilities (i.e., subsequent users may access and utilize the program without affecting practice test work in progress for another individual).

This is a stand-alone Java™ program (1.07 MB) that must be downloaded to the computer on which it will be used. The practice test may be taken by more than one person on the same computer without downloading additional copies of the software.

Microsoft® Windows Minimum System Requirements: The Java™ 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) v. 1.5 is required to run the practice test on a computer using Microsoft® Windows 98 or later. Specific system requirements for the JRE are detailed here.

If your computer meets the system requirements, the JRE may be downloaded free of charge from Sun Microsystems™ here.

Apple® Macintosh® Minimum System Requirements: The Java™ 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) v. 1.5 or higher is required to run the practice test on a Macintosh® using OS X 10.2.3 or higher. The Java™ Updates for Mac OS X may be downloaded free of charge from Apple® Computer here.

Perform the steps of the practice test setup process in the following order.
  1. Download the Java™ 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) v. 1.5 from the appropriate Web site listed above.
  2. Install the Java™ 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) on your computer.
  3. Download the ICTS Computer-Administered Practice Test to your computer.

Click here to download the basic skills diagnostic practice test

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