Module overview
What the test trains
This module focuses on information retrieval, logical inference, numerical reasoning and efficient navigation. It is designed to make the underlying process easier to recognise, repeat and review before you add more speed or workload.
Task profile
What the task looks like
What it involves
- Search folders, tables, graphs, diagrams, equations and factual statements.
- Use the question to identify which facts and relationships matter.
- Combine information from one or two pages to solve a system problem.
- In the native trainer, work within a two-page open workspace and return to the index deliberately.
Practice screen example
These screenshots show CBAT Academy’s independent practice version of the task.
Learn by doing
Search, combine, answer: worked examples
Read the question first and identify the exact fact it needs before opening any page. Only two pages can be open at once in the real exercise, so search with the index rather than reading everything. Most questions need a fact from more than one page.
1. Combine a rate with a target
One page states a reservoir holds 3 litres. Another page states a pump fills it at 0.1 litres per second, stopping automatically once full. How long does a fill from empty take?
Show answer and method
- Fill time = capacity ÷ rate.
- 3 ÷ 0.1 = 30 seconds.
- The two facts sit on separate pages — hold the first value while locating the second, rather than reopening both repeatedly.
30 seconds.
Watch out: Treating 0.1 as a whole-litre step. 3 ÷ 0.1 means "how many 0.1s fit into 3," which is 30, not 3.
2. Two thresholds, two different questions
One page states a valve opens once a reservoir reaches 2 litres. A separate page states a warning appears if filling from empty takes longer than 45 seconds. At a fill rate of 0.1 litres per second, does the warning appear before the valve opens?
Show answer and method
- Time to reach the 2-litre valve threshold: 2 ÷ 0.1 = 20 seconds.
- 20 seconds is less than the 45-second warning threshold.
- So the valve opens well before any warning could appear.
No — the valve opens at 20 seconds, inside the 45-second warning threshold.
Watch out: Answering from only one page’s fact. System Logic questions are built specifically so that no single page answers them alone.
3. Search the index, don’t read everything
The information system has ten pages, but the question only asks which single source must supply a component directly. What is the fastest way to answer it?
Show answer and method
- Identify the exact nouns in the question before opening anything.
- Use the index to open the one page that names that component, rather than opening pages in order.
- Read only the sentence that answers the exact question asked, then stop.
Search by keyword, open the one relevant page, and stop once the matching fact is found.
Watch out: Opening every page "just in case." Only two pages can be open at once in the real exercise, so an unfocused search wastes that allowance.
A short drill before you start
Practise two-step lookups where one page gives a rate and another gives a target or threshold, and answer using both. Time how long it takes to find one specific fact in a list of unrelated statements before adding a second fact to combine it with.
Try free System Logic practice →Build the next skill
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Original CBAT Academy training examples. These are not official RAF questions.
Interface briefing
Controls and test flow
Controls
Navigate a small set of on-screen tabs or panels to find the information needed, then answer by clicking — the number of panel switches allowed is limited.
How the Academy version works
CBAT Academy presents an independently developed browser exercise with its own questions, graphics, timing and scoring. The instruction screen explains the current workload before launch; it does not claim to reproduce an official assessment screen or confidential question set.
Performance briefing
Difficulty and scoring
Difficulty and settings
The time allowed drops from 10 minutes to 6 while the number of panel switches you are permitted rises from 30 to 50, rewarding more efficient navigation.
How scoring works
The result reflects performance in this Academy module. Accuracy is the main signal for decision tasks, while timing, missed targets, false responses or control error can also contribute where the task requires them. Assessment mode is more suitable for trend comparisons than adjustable practice runs.
Read how practice scores and estimates work →Training plan
Build a method that holds up under pressure
Why this becomes difficult
- Large amounts of irrelevant information compete with the needed facts.
- Useful facts may be split across different pages.
- Opening pages aimlessly wastes time and working memory.
- Some questions require arithmetic after the correct data are found.
- Technical terminology can make a simple relationship look complicated.
Preparation tips
- Read the question first and identify exact nouns, values or relationships.
- Use headings and the index as a search tool instead of reading everything.
- Hold the first fact as a short value while retrieving the second.
- Translate system language into a simple flow model.
- Return to the index if a page is not relevant within a few seconds.
Common mistakes
- Reading the entire information set before looking at the question.
- Opening pages based on vague familiarity instead of keywords.
- Confusing similar system components or units.
- Finding one fact and answering before locating the second dependency.
- Assuming the needed page must already be open.
Useful practice drills
- Answer fact-combination questions using headings in a technical manual.
- Practise two-step problems where each value comes from a different table.
- Build simple flow diagrams from verbal system descriptions.
- Time how long it takes to locate a specific fact in a multi-page reference set.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as an official System Logic test?
No. It trains related skills with an independently developed task. Rules, controls, timing, visuals and scoring can differ from an official assessment.
What's the most common mistake on this task?
Reading the entire information set before looking at the question.
What actually helps here?
Read the question first and identify exact nouns, values or relationships.
Transparency
Sources and information status
Task guidance on this page describes CBAT Academy’s own software. Broad aptitude context is checked against the public references in the source register. Details not established by an official source are treated as independent training methodology.
This guide describes CBAT Academy’s independently developed practice modules. It is not an exact specification of any current RAF, Canadian Forces or Ministry of Defence assessment. Official content, timings, scoring and administration may differ.
Continue the briefing
Turn the method into repeatable performance.
Launch the interactive trainer, begin with accuracy and review the pattern behind each mistake before increasing pace.