birdview (Mar 6 2008, 01:08 PM) said: > original post
Hi,
is there anyone here who has done the "Korte Vrijstellingstoets" and wants to help others by sharing his/her experience?
I need to take this test in coming weeks and I'm interested to know:
- subject of questions?
- most challenging questions?
- any tip/advice ?
susrs (Oct 9 2008, 09:57 PM) said: > original post
Holy crap! That practice test was anything but easy. I've lived here for 6 years, finished the entire inburgeringsprogramma, passed the MO and the NT2 II and work here. I got 44 of the 60 questions correct. That was passing but a lot of it I guessed at.
What struck me as crazy were the questions about really specific things that have nothing to do with my life... kids, childbirth, owning a home, school. OK, I should have known more about the work tax and welfare and insurance stuff. Ah well.
Thanks for the info and links, ciaobella. I'll be sure to pass them on to some folks I know who still need to pass the inburgeringsexam.
Susanne
susrs (Oct 9 2008, 09:57 PM) said: > original post
Holy crap! That practice test was anything but easy. I've lived here for 6 years, finished the entire inburgeringsprogramma, passed the MO and the NT2 II and work here. I got 44 of the 60 questions correct. That was passing but a lot of it I guessed at.
What struck me as crazy were the questions about really specific things that have nothing to do with my life... kids, childbirth, owning a home, school. OK, I should have known more about the work tax and welfare and insurance stuff. Ah well.
Thanks for the info and links, ciaobella. I'll be sure to pass them on to some folks I know who still need to pass the inburgeringsexam.
Susanne
And others laughed and said hahaha it seems we are not intigrated enough 
So go for it and cross your fingers hard, and if it will be only a finger up do not be sad ......Best of Luck 
southernkarebear (Jun 16 2009, 12:14 PM) said: > original post
I know this is an old thread.
But thanks for all the advice here. It helped me. I just got back my letter. I passed as well.
Kom verder helped give me an idea what to study and research. Also the questions were at my level of understanding. I learned on my own over the past 11 yrs here. Mostly my experience of living here helped. They have questions over everything from starting a business, health insurance, kids, neighbors.
Thanks for everything thing.
K
canuckywoman (Jun 16 2009, 11:19 AM) said: > original post
Blimey, thanks for the info. My Dutchie wouldn't even know half that stuff and we have no kids. I guess I'll work towards the Staatsexamen since my learning curve would be pretty well the same!
canuckywoman (Jun 16 2009, 12:19 PM) said: > original post
Blimey, thanks for the info. My Dutchie wouldn't even know half that stuff and we have no kids. I guess I'll work towards the Staatsexamen since my learning curve would be pretty well the same!
mvn (Jun 18 2009, 12:48 PM) said: > original post
Thats true but that is true for any native of any country.
That is the benefit of being born and bred in your country of origin
marystone (Aug 27 2009, 10:00 PM) said: > original post
Hello everyone,
Can you please tell me what kind of materials and books did you use to prepare for this exam?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Mary
birdview (Mar 6 2008, 01:08 PM) said: > original post
Hi,
is there anyone here who has done the "Korte Vrijstellingstoets" and wants to help others by sharing his/her experience?
I need to take this test in coming weeks and I'm interested to know:
- subject of questions?
- most challenging questions?
- any tip/advice ?
ciaobella (Oct 6 2008, 08:24 PM) said: > original post
Hi there,
Sure, where to start?! First of all, be prepared because the test is far from easy. Even if you are perfectly integrated to the Dutch society you will still have problems to answer some of the questions.
My husband who is Dutch didn't know the answer of at least 20% of the questions.There is a book called Kom Verder from Ad Bakker which was very useful, so as the test
http://www.komverder.nl/oefenexamen.php
Mind you, in my view some of the examples and comments he gives are rather hmmm, politically incorrect.I bought a book, again by Ad Bakker, called Nederland in zicht and I also recommend that one. Gives you a very good and detailed overview of the questions that are related to dutch history, educational system and social system
I found an article by a Serbian guy that passed the test. He remembers 28 of his questions!! It was really useful
http://www.hdlfactory.com/~filmil/#[[Korte%20vrijstellingstoets]]most of the questions can be answered by reading the given text and listening to the conversations. I had questions about Vakbond, finding a job via CWI and Uitzenbureau, registering a bisiness, marketing plan of a small business, about living in a condominium, buying a house, looking for a job, wanting to build a shed in your own back yard and the permits for that, one or two questions about the IND and the procedure to become Dutch via naturalisation or "optie" and which one is applicable. I do remember most of the questions, if you need more info mail me at lora088bg@hotmail.com
Most challendging question(s) in my test was about the building of a shed. You can find the answers in the text but it was pretty high level and besides I had 5 questions about it.
Disregard the fact that eryone is called Mohamed or Ali
My advice is above all, study for the test(!), because without that you will be less likely to pass. I studied about 5-6 full days, I speak good Dutch, but far from perfect and I passed just fine.
Good luck!!
craigamsterdam (May 13 2011, 09:16 PM) said: > original post
Hi, I just completed the korte vrijstellingstoets and thought I would share what I could remember about the test to give others the best chance of passing.
First a few notes:
The example questions on the site give you an idea of the format of the test but the actual questions are substantially more difficult in terms of language used, length of questions and also subject matter.
The kom verder book I think is good to study the required knowledge, also the kns online exams were good for this. http://www.knsexamen.nl/ However the language used is quite simple. Also I had questions which did not feature in any of the study I did.
The NT2 practice exams (listening and reading) http://www.expertisecentrumnt2.nl/staat/staat2008/ were better training regarding the level of dutch used, but were still a bit slower and easier to follow.
The exam is 45 minutes which is not a lot of time. You probably do not have enough time to listen to everything twice. If you get stuck, move on and come back to it later. Also, be careful not to overthink things and give your own answer or think up situations where multiple answers could be correct. or get distracted about who could possibly thought up some of these questions or why you are there... focus on the text.
Some things you just have to know and wether you do or don't will probably come down to your age, situation and what you have come accross before in your life.
the room was nice, light and clean, the staff were friendly, and the other candidates were friendly and interesting. Pitty we were all brought together for such a rediculus undertaking. I would encourage everyone to have a chat when you are in the waiting room (30 mins), as it takes away some of the nerves and you can compare notes afterwards.
These are the questions I remembered.
- Decolonisation of the netherlands empire. What were the reasons the colonies became independant. Answers were in the recorded text. 2 questions. this is one of the topics I did not encounter in my study.
- Deltawerken. what happened to the nature and environment. Better, worse, or people disagree. answer in the recorded text. I had a bit of a battle here as I know personally that the nett result was definately that nature has suffered but the text was suggesting that there was discussion. went with that people disagreed
- Death of someone. What do you do. Just have to know. Send a card.
- friends on a balcony say "wij gaan eten". what does this mean? Are you invited or not? what is your reply. Sure we will come, sorry we cant come but next time, or have a good time.
- you are invited to dinner tonight, your girlfriend is sick, what do you say. Sorry tonight is not good. go anyway. or say she is sick and excuse yourself.
- CAO rules, who is covered? why is premies and taxes taken out of your wages? 2 quetions, answers in the recorded text.
- new baby. immunisations. what is a good reply to the recorded text? listen to the recorded text.
- VOC. What did they do? make war, build ships or trade?
- friend of yours emails you that her baby cries a lot. Who should she call? you need to know that she calls the consultatie bureau. (I guess your friend did not do the inburgering, otherwise she would know this stuff and would not have to ask her friends or look something up! Unfortunantly, this is something which we are not allowed or expected to be able to do. We have to know all this shit by heart)
- Buying a house. Where to look - in the paper/magazine (yeah right! who looks in the paper anymore) where to get more information (internet- oh there you go) answers in the recorded coversation, and where do you sign the papers (notaris) need to know
- Renting a house. Social housing is too long a wait list (or in our case, not applicable because we are not EU) so then what? vrijsector housing. How? inscrijven bij en wonen corporaties, look in the paper. answers in the recorded coversation. about 5-6 questions on housing in total.
- what does kraamhulp do when they visit in the first week of having a new baby (surely this is something they should know?) take blood and check hearing. answers in the recorded coversation.
- 2-3 questions on 4-5 may. whay do we celebrate (to show freedom is still important to us.) Is interest in 4 may growing or shriking? answers in the recorded text.
- Extending your shed and getting a permit. recorded text, and written text- 5 paragraphs. 3 question. Which box do you fill in? making shed larger box. What happens if you leave something out of your form? you will hear from them in 4 weeks. and somthing about what sort of permit you need and I think the answer was that you do not know and it depends on the specific conditions and site.
- if you have a mortgage, you can use that to pay less tax. How does that work. deduct from your brutto salary, deduct from your netto salary or deduct from your tax. I think it was about the interest you payed on the loan. You just had to know, and I think I got it wrong. SURELY If I had a mortgage, I would know this. And if I did not, surely my tax advisor would!! and if he by some feat of gross incompetence did not, surely the bloody tax form would have a little box where I would put in these figures and and instructions for filling the bloody thing out!!!
that is about 24-25 questions out of the 29 I had. I hope this helps you all pass the stupid test and get your visa and be gone with the IND.
Good luck!
Update:
I just heard 3 months after I sent my aplication for my permanent residency that it has been aproved. Good News!
Hi Craig,
I'm doing my exam in two week, i would like to ask if the exam is all computer based, is it all multiple choices or there is also speaking and writing?
Thank you!
Inna
craigamsterdam said:
UPDATE:
I just heard (two week wait) that I passed the test!
Now just the application for the residency...
innapreza said:Hi Craig,I'm doing my exam in two week, i would like to ask if the exam is all computer based, is it all multiple choices or there is also speaking and writing?Thank you!Innacraigamsterdam said:
UPDATE:
I just heard (two week wait) that I passed the test!
Now just the application for the residency...
