Aptitude skills measure your verbal abilities by examining your spelling, grammar, reading comprehension and critical thinking. You may have to complete sentences or identify misspelled words.
The math section of an aptitude test offers basic mathematics---additions, subtraction, multiplication and division. Math problems get harder as you progress, and you have to find solutions using scratch paper.
Spatial ability is the capacity to interpret the meaning of shapes and images, draw forms and follow maps. Military, law enforcement and first responders take aptitude tests with these types of questions.
Data checking on aptitude tests measure your ability to look at tables and other data and check for accuracy and errors. Employment agencies offer this testing for data entry, clerical and accounting jobs.
Personality inventories, such as Myers-Briggs, ask questions about your likes and dislikes to determine what career and academic field fit your personality.