How the Clevry Checking Test works
You are given two pieces of reference material and multiple-choice questions, each with five options, about the errors between them, all under one clock. Clevry’s own report describes the task as learning a rules-based system quickly and using it to reconcile a computer’s output with the original hand-recorded information. The material is reported to be stock lists. Clevry does not publish a sample question.
As on every Clevry ability test, the instruction page gives the limit and question count, the clock starts at Start test, you can change answers on a page but must answer them all before moving on, and you cannot go back.
The Checking Test exists only at Enhanced level, the old B2C series, for customer service, call centre, admin and sales roles. You are compared with 5,382 people who sat it in English between 2016 and 2020.
A checking method that holds up at speed
Check in a fixed order and you will not skip a line or check one twice:
- Go line by line, and within a line field by field: code, then description, then numbers.
- Compare codes and numbers in chunks of two or three characters rather than as a whole.
- Know the usual slips: two characters swapped, look-alikes such as O and 0, l and 1, S and 5, a character dropped or doubled, one digit changed.
- Look back at the original for every field instead of relying on memory.
- For a how-many question, tally errors as you go and finish the list. One error found is not a reason to stop.
- If time is left, check again. Clevry’s own advice is to work methodically, one step at a time, and check twice if time allows.
Worked example
Original: line 1, KT-3082, Brass hinge 50mm, 240, £1.85. Line 2, RW-1147, Wall plug 6mm, 1,500, £0.04. Line 3, PL-5520, Pipe clip 15mm, 360, £0.22. Line 4, DS-9061, Door stop rubber, 75, £2.40.
Copy: line 1, KT-3082, Brass hinge 50mm, 240, £1.58. Line 2, RW-1147, Wall plug 6mm, 1,500, £0.04. Line 3, PL-5520, Pipe clip 15mm, 380, £0.22. Line 4, DS-9O61, Door stop rubber, 75, £2.40.
How many lines in the Copy contain an error? Options: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. The answer is 3. Line 1’s price has two digits swapped, line 3’s quantity has a changed digit, and line 4’s code has a letter O where the zero should be. Line 2 is clean.
In line 4, which field was copied wrongly? Options: Code, Description, Quantity, Price, No error. The answer is Code. The letter O is the error that is easiest to miss, because it looks almost the same as the zero.
Tips for the real Clevry Checking Test
- Pace at about 38 seconds a question. The average finish is 6 minutes of the 10, so careful checking usually fits.
- Use any spare time to recheck the numbers, where a single changed digit is easiest to miss.
- Sit it on a laptop or desktop so both sets of material are on screen together.
- Keep your place with the cursor or a finger on the screen, one line at a time.
- If you need extra time, ask the employer before you press Start test.
Practise the Clevry Checking Test on CogniPrep
Our version is generated fresh each sitting: an Original stock list and a Copy of five lines each, with code, description, quantity and price. It runs 16 questions on four pages of four, on one 10-minute clock. The questions ask how many lines contain an error, which of four lines contains one, or which field in a line was copied wrongly, each with five options including none. Clevry does not publish its question wording, so these three question types are ours. Next unlocks only when the page is complete, and there is no Back. Your score is the share you got right, with anything unanswered counted wrong and time not scored, shown as a Clevry-style sten against other CogniPrep players, with feedback on the kinds of error you missed.