Please be advised that Douglas College is temporarily suspending face-to-face student services. The Commerce and Business program Readiness Assessment is currently offered online via Blackboard using the Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor using your personal computer and web camera.
Please note that Blackboard no longer supports Internet Explorer but use of Chrome or Firefox.
Summer 2020
The Commerce and Business program Readiness Assessment test is available on Douglas College Blackboard for you to take at your convenience until August 19, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.
To Book your test, visit the How to Book an Assessment Test page.
We strongly advise that if you need this for course pre-requisites, you should write your test before priority registration starts on June 23, 2020 so that you do not risk classes filling before you have written your assessment. The test offer will expire as of 11:59 pm on August 19, 2020, when this semester ends, whether you have completed it or not. You have the choice of when you take it, within the above parameters.
Who should write
If you do not have proof of either B.C. Foundations of Math 11 OR B.C. Principles of Math 11 (C grade or higher), MATU 0410 (formerly DVST 0410, C grade or higher) or MATU 0411 (formerly DVST 0411, C grade or higher) must take the Commerce and Business Readiness Assessment in order to register into any Commerce and Business courses or programs.
What it tests
The test consists of questions drawn from topics such as:
- calculating percents
- solving proportions
- performing operations with integers, following the correct order of operations
- performing addition, subtraction, multiplication of polynomials
- simplifying algebraic expressions: rational expressions, expressions with positive or negative integer exponents
- solving equations: linear, rational, literal
- solving word problems which yield linear equations
- evaluating algebraic expressions and formulas
- determining slope: given two points on a line
- determining the equation of a straight line in slope-intercept form
- solving systems of linear equations (two variables)
- solving word problems which yield a system of two linear equations
- graphing linear equations in two variables
- read and interpret linear and non-linear graphs
Preparation for the test
Books entitled Introductory, Basic or Intermediate Algebra can help you review for the test. Local libraries have these available. To help exemplify what one should be prepared for, please see test practice question:
William owns a watch repair shop. He has found that the cost of operating his shop is given by , where c is the cost in dollars, and x is the number of watches repaired. How many watches must he repair to have the lowest cost?
Format of the test
This is a 20 question multiple-choice test which takes approximately one hour to complete. You will pass with a score of 14 or higher. If you score 12 or 13 you will be permitted to rewrite after two months. If you score from 11-13 you can register into MATU 0410. If you score 10 or less will be required to write the MATU assessment for placement. If you score 10 or less you will be permitted to rewrite the assessment again after 1 year.
Test results
The invigilator will give you your test results once the exam is completed and marked. Results go directly on your computerized student record but you should keep your copy of the results in case you must register in person during the first two weeks of class.
Assessments completed via Blackboard will normally have results emailed to you and entered onto your student record 72 (business) hours after completion.
What to bring to the test
Please bring your student number, photo identification, and a pen or pencil. No calculators are allowed. The invigilator will provide scratch paper which will be collected when you complete the test.
Testing policy
You will pass with a score of 14 or higher. If you score 12 or 13 you will be permitted to rewrite after two months. If you score from 11-13 you can register into MATU 0410. If you score 10 or less will be required to write the MATU assessment for placement. If you score 10 or less you will be permitted to rewrite the assessment again after 1 year.
You may take an assessment test for admission to courses and/or programs a maximum of two times within a two year period. You must wait 1 year between tests. If you believe extenuating circumstances exist you may contact the Registrar to request special consideration or exemption to this policy.
Ready to book?
Visit page How to book an Assessment page.