Module overview
What the test trains
This module focuses on verbal reasoning, information retrieval, logical inference and efficient reading. 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 several pages or tabs of supplied information about an unfamiliar topic.
- Identify the facts needed to answer a multiple-choice question.
- Connect two or three statements to infer a conclusion.
- Use the supplied information as the authority rather than relying on outside knowledge.
Practice screen example
These screenshots show CBAT Academy’s independent practice version of the task.
Worked inference: two pages, one answer
Consider the question “When the eastern route closes, which team loses its normal aircraft relay?” The Teams page says Valley Team uses blue radios. The Communications page says blue radios require the relay station and that the relay is unavailable whenever the eastern route is closed. Those facts link directly to Valley Team.
- Turn the question into search terms: eastern route, relay and team.
- Use the page index to find the rule connecting route closure to the relay.
- Open the page that connects blue radios to a team, then state the chain: route closes → relay unavailable → blue-radio team affected.
- Choose the answer supported by that chain without adding outside assumptions.
The practice interface keeps only two information pages open at once and allows questions to be skipped and revisited. If the required link is not apparent, leave the question temporarily rather than repeatedly opening unrelated pages.
Interface briefing
Controls and difficulty
Controls
Read the presented information dossiers, then answer inference questions using the keyboard or a click; only two dossiers may stay open at once.
Difficulty and settings
Both the question count and the time allowed increase together, from 6 questions in 5 minutes at Easy to 14 questions in 10 minutes at Hard, reflecting the longer dossiers used at higher levels.
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Why this becomes difficult
- Large amounts of text encourage inefficient reading.
- The answer may require two or three linked facts.
- Similar terms across pages create false connections.
- Only a limited number of pages may be visible at once.
- Prior knowledge can interfere with the rules supplied in the task.
Preparation tips
- Read the question first and convert it into search terms.
- Use headings to locate the first link in the reasoning chain.
- State the inference as A → B → C rather than holding full paragraphs.
- Watch limiting words such as only, except, unless, all, some, before and after.
- Move on when a search path is unproductive if the interface permits.
Common mistakes
- Trying to memorise every reference page before seeing the questions.
- Searching for the exact wording of the answer instead of the needed facts.
- Using outside knowledge rather than the supplied rules.
- Missing qualifiers that reverse the conclusion.
- Continuing down an unproductive page path because time has already been invested.
Useful practice drills
- Read two short passages and answer questions requiring one fact from each.
- Practise conditional logic: if A implies B and B excludes C, what follows?
- Use technical manuals or fictional rule sheets for cross-page questions.
- Time information retrieval separately from the final reasoning step.
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.
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.