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COMPETENCY TEST [8 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
DEF

A test designed to measure a person’s knowledge, skills and understandings, in a given field taught in school, for example, a mathematics test or an English test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Docimologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicometría y psicotécnica
  • Exámenes y oposiciones (Educación)
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Record 2 2013-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

To take an oath. (Black’s)

CONT

... the test of children's competency to swear an oath is whether the child understands the moral obligation to tell the truth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

prêter serment : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

OBS

swear : verbe sans complément d'objet direct

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2008-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

A dynamic test scenario consisting of an integrated sequence of Primary and Secondary Malfunctions that creates a succession of abnormal plant conditions, failures or transients and that requires candidates to demonstrate their skills in all competency areas measured by the examination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Scénario d'examen dynamique comportant une séquence cohérente de défaillances principales et secondaires qui créent une succession de conditions anormales, de pannes ou de perturbations qui exigent que les candidats démontrent leurs compétences dans chacun des champs de compétence évalués par l'examen.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Status of Persons (Private Law)
  • Health Law
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

What the law seems to favor now is the "mature minor" rule. Rather than relying on the chronology of age, the law determines in a case-by-case fashion whether a child is capable of understanding the nature and consequences of a treatment decision.

CONT

There is a recognition that it should be about competency and not about age, and that you do a competency test for every minor as you do for every adult. If you find that someone under the age of majority is capable of understanding the nature and the consequences of the decision, then they should be the decision maker. That is the start of the mature minor rule that is reflected in some provinces through legislation, but not in all provinces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Statut des personnes (Droit privé)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

La règle du mineur mature signifie qu'il n'y a pas d'âge précis à partir duquel il faut obtenir l'autorisation des parents. Dans le passé, les tribunaux ont jugé qu'un enfant intelligent qui comprend le traitement proposé peut prendre une décision seul, même si la situation est controversée.

CONT

Bien que les modalités diffèrent quelque peu d'une province à l'autre, la plupart des lois sont fondées sur la capacité de consentir d'une jeune personne, soit la règle du mineur mature.

Key term(s)
  • règle du mineur mûr

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
OBS

Form on which results from the General Competency Test results are communicated to the person who has taken the test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Docimologie

Spanish

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Record 6 1995-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Training of Personnel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
DEF

Nouvel examen du Centre de psychologie du personnel. Il est utilisé pour la sélection des agents et des agentes au niveau d'entrée, en remplacement de l'ancien ESANE (Examen de sélection d'agents au niveau d'entrée). Voir aussi «General Competency Test: level 1».

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
OBS

[A] multiple item paper-pencil test assessing the grade level of adults who have long been out of school. Scoring is based on what students from a particular grade level should retain in terms of verbal and numerical skills. Used for employee selection for positions requiring verbal communication or clerical skills, in determination of school levels for trade or labor unions, and for issuance of competency cards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
OBS

Test d'équivalence scolaire Ligondé. [...] Administration : 20 minutes. Étendue : Secondaire I à Secondaire V, adultes. Voici la révision d'un test qui s'est avéré utile dans la détection rapide du niveau de fonctionnement scolaire des adultes.

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
OBS

Test no. 207 of the Personnel Psychology Centre of the PSC. Ability to solve problems using reasoning and previous learning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Docimologie

Spanish

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