Revelian Assessment Practice: RCAT, Cognify and Emotify
Free Revelian assessment practice: the Revelian Cognitive Ability Test at its real 51 questions in 20 minutes, the separate verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning tests, and every Cognify mini-game plus Emotify. If your invitation says Onetest, you are in the right place.
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Resemble
Mentally rotate the figure by the angle shown, then rebuild it on the grid. Mirrors the Cognify Resemble spatial-reasoning game.
Emotify
Identify the emotion shown in each facial expression. This drills the Matching Faces half of Emotify, Revelian's companion emotional-intelligence assessment to Cognify. The full Emotify also includes Emotional Ties and runs about 20 minutes.
Revelian Verbal Reasoning Test (RVRT)
Revelian’s separately sold verbal paper: 35 questions in 10 minutes, the tightest clock in the family. Odd-two-out of six words, synonyms and antonyms, analogies and short deductions.
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Short Cuts
Route the marble to the star by building the most efficient path across the board. Mirrors the Cognify Short Cuts problem-solving mini-game.
Grid Lock
Fit the shaped pieces into the board so it is completely filled, with no gaps or overlaps. Boards are symmetrical grid shapes - crosses, diamonds, rings and rectangles. Mirrors the Cognify Grid Lock game.
Numbubbles
Pop the bubbles whose equation equals the target number before their hidden timers run out - a bubble shakes just before it bursts. Fast-paced numerical reasoning under time pressure.
Tally Up
Compare two groups of value tokens and decide which side is worth more (or if they are equal). Fast-paced numerical reasoning.
Proof It
Spot and click the errors - misspellings, wrong words and grammar slips - hidden in each short passage. Tests verbal knowledge and attention to detail.
Revelian Cognitive Ability Test (RCAT)
The full Revelian paper: 51 verbal, numerical and abstract questions in 20 minutes, rotating between the three types the way Revelian streams them. You can move backwards and forwards, nothing is deducted for a wrong answer, and most candidates do not finish.
Revelian Numerical Reasoning Test (RNRT)
Revelian’s separately sold numerical paper: 25 questions in 12 minutes. Number series, number matrices and word problems, with the answer typed rather than chosen, and no calculator.
Revelian Abstract Reasoning Test (RART)
Revelian’s separately sold abstract paper: 32 questions in 10 minutes. Four of the six figures are alike in some way; your job is to pick the other two.
Which Revelian test have you been invited to?
A timed question paper: the RCAT or an ability test
51 questions in 20 minutes covering verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning, or one of the separate single-subject tests at 35, 25 or 32 questions. Questions get harder as you go, you can move back and forth, and nothing is deducted for a wrong answer.
A set of mini-games: Cognify and Emotify
Short timed games rather than questions. The Asia-Pacific release has six and runs about 20 minutes; the global release has three. Emotify reads emotion in faces and is scored against how large numbers of other people read the same expression.
Onetest, Revelian or Criteria
Three names for one Brisbane publisher. It traded as Onetest until August 2014, then Revelian, and Criteria Corp acquired it in 2020 and retired the Revelian brand in 2022. Australian employers still commonly say Revelian.
How the RCAT is put together, and what we are not certain about
The RCAT is not sectioned and not adaptive. Revelian assembles it with linear on the fly testing: your 51 questions are sampled from a large bank the moment you log in, balanced so that every candidate receives exactly 17 verbal, 17 numerical and 17 abstract items. The three types then rotate in a fixed cycle of three whose starting point is randomised once per candidate, so the whole paper runs in the same repeating order. That is not adaptive: nothing reacts to whether you answered correctly. Our RCAT simulation reproduces that rotation.
The single-subject tests here are real Revelian products, not our slices of the RCAT. The Verbal, Numerical and Abstract Reasoning Tests were sold separately with their own acronyms, item counts and clocks, and you can be invited to any one on its own. Sitting all three back to back is still not the same as sitting the RCAT: that is 92 questions over 32 minutes against the RCAT's 51 over 20, and it removes the cost of switching between question types every few items, which is part of what the RCAT measures. Practising them is the efficient way to improve an RCAT score, because they drill the same three question pools, but that is a claim about preparation rather than about equivalence.
Answers are not given the same way throughout. Revelian's own example screens show verbal and abstract questions asking you to pick exactly two of six, and numerical series and matrix questions displaying no options at all, so the missing number is typed. The Australian Defence Force's June 2025 candidate guide, whose Job Opportunities Assessment matches the RCAT, adds formats those screens do not: verbal questions asking which two of five statements together prove a conclusion, abstract questions picking the odd two out of five figures as well as six, a series of seven numbers with the gap in the middle, a word problem whose typed answer is not a whole number, with its unit printed after the box, and a Flag button for marking a question to come back to. Our RCAT has all of them: series run from five to eight terms, typed answers take decimals, and Flag sits under every question. The ADF guide also says to check how many answers each question asks for, so some take only one; ours offer five options on those, a count nobody publishes. Most prep sites describe the RCAT as straightforward multiple choice; we have followed the screenshots instead, and our tests behave the way those screens do.
Two things we could not confirm, stated rather than glossed over. First, whether Criteria still sells the RCAT under that name in 2026: it does not appear in Criteria's current cognitive aptitude catalogue, while Australian employers and prep vendors still treat it as live, and the ADF's matching test is in its June 2025 guide. Second, the calculator policy: prep vendors say calculators are not allowed and Revelian never published a policy either way, so we build without one. The countdown, once a third unknown, now has evidence: screenshots of the live 51-question test in the ADF's guide show a timer bar counting down the minutes remaining, though that screen may be styled for the ADF. We show a clock too, because pacing is most of the skill.
Sit the real ability tests on a laptop. Revelian's own system requirements call for a desktop or laptop with a mouse and a keyboard, and name Cognify, Emotify and the Work Safety Assessment as the only mobile-compatible exceptions. Our practice tests work properly on a phone, because revising on a train is a real thing people do, but a phone result is not comparable to a sitting on the equipment the real test expects.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is the Revelian Cognitive Ability Test?
Twenty minutes for 51 questions, which is 23.5 seconds each on average. That is more generous than the Criteria CCAT (18 seconds) or the Wonderlic (14.4), but the paper gets harder as it goes, so the early questions need to come in well under the average to bank time for the later ones. Revelian says outright that most people do not complete all 51.
Should I guess on the RCAT?
Yes, always, rather than leaving a blank. There is no penalty for a wrong answer, so a blank is the only answer that cannot score. Be realistic about the payoff though: picking two of six means there are fifteen possible answers, two of five means ten, and a typed number has none to pick between, so a guess here is worth much less than on a five-option paper. The point is that it is never worth less than nothing.
Can I go back to a question on the RCAT?
Yes, and this is the test’s signature feature. You can move backwards and forwards, and Revelian’s own advice is to move quickly through the questions you feel confident about and then attempt the rest if you have time. That makes triage a real skill on this test in a way it cannot be on the forward-only CCAT.
How is the Revelian numerical test different from an SHL numerical test?
It is not a data-interpretation test. Two prep vendors describe it as charts, graphs and tables, but Revelian’s own product page describes it as understanding numerical relationships and reasoning with numbers, and shows a number series example. We have built it the way the vendor described it: number series, number matrices and word problems, with the answer typed rather than chosen.
Which games are in the Cognify assessment?
The Asia-Pacific release has six mini-games: Short Cuts and Grid Lock (problem-solving), Resemble (abstract reasoning), Numbubbles and Tally Up (numerical reasoning) and Proof It (verbal knowledge). The global release is shorter, with three games in about 10 minutes. Our six match the Asia-Pacific version.
Is Emotify part of Cognify?
Emotify is a separate Revelian product that measures emotional intelligence, and it is frequently used together with Cognify, which is why we include it here. Revelian describes the full Emotify as two parts, Matching Faces and Emotional Ties, taking about 20 minutes; our practice covers the Matching Faces half.
How are Revelian results reported to an employer?
As a raw count of correct answers turned into a percentile against a comparison group the employer selects: their own employees, an industry group, a job level such as graduates, or a general population, and enterprise customers can pick up to three at once. The report shows a five-band position from Far Below Average to Far Above Average alongside the numbers. Results stand for up to 12 months and you cannot re-sit while they remain valid.
Companies That Use Revelian (RCAT & Cognify, now Criteria)
Revelian is a Brisbane assessment publisher, now part of Criteria, selling two quite different things. The Revelian Cognitive Ability Test (RCAT) is a traditional timed paper of 51 verbal, numerical and abstract questions in 20 minutes, sold alongside separate verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning tests. Cognify is a game-based battery, and Emotify is its emotional-intelligence companion. Both halves are used across Australia in professional services, government and graduate recruitment.
Australian Defence Force
Armed ForcesEvery applicant sits the Job Opportunities Assessment, which matches the Revelian RCAT in every published detail: 51 verbal, numerical and abstract questions in 20 minutes, the same candidate advice and the same example questions. The ADF does not name its supplier.
View Australian Defence Force guide →Chartered Accountants ANZ
Professional Body & AccountingCognify and Emotify used in the Achiever Programme to match graduates to employers.
Fleetcare
Fleet ManagementEarly adopter of Cognify and Emotify for candidate assessment.
Tasmania Fire Service
Government & Emergency ServicesCognify used alongside other assessments in recruitment.
Ashurst
LawReported to use Revelian tests in graduate recruitment.
KPMG Australia
Professional ServicesReported as a Revelian adopter in Australian graduate hiring.
PwC Australia
Professional ServicesReported as a Revelian adopter in Australian graduate hiring.
Revelian traded as Onetest until August 2014, was acquired by Criteria in 2020 and had its brand retired in 2022, so an invitation or an employer’s own documentation may use any of the three names for the same tests. Apart from the Australian Defence Force, whose test matches the RCAT, the companies below are associated with Cognify or Emotify specifically rather than with the RCAT, and several Australian employers keep their vendor confidential, so confirm the current process before preparing.
Guides and Tips
Read up before you practise: what the tests reward, what catches candidates out, and why shortcuts do not work.
Can You Cheat Revelian? RCAT, Cognify, Emotify
Your RCAT paper is built when you start it, and an unsupervised score can be checked against a supervised one. Cognify and Emotify have no key to steal.
Error Checking and Speed Tests: The Section Nobody Practises
Checking tests are the most improvable section in any assessment battery and the one candidates spend the least time on. Both facts are worth acting on.
Revelian RCAT Tips: 51 Questions, 20 Minutes, and You Can Go Back
Most Australian candidates invited to sit "Revelian" have the RCAT, not Cognify. What it actually is, how its three question types rotate, and the triage habit the vendor itself recommends.
Revelian Cognify Tips: Six Mini-Games and What Each One Rewards
Cognify looks like a set of puzzle games and is scored like a cognitive test. A game-by-game breakdown of what each one rewards and where candidates lose time.
Australian Graduate Assessments: What to Expect From ACER, Revelian and the Rest
Australian graduate recruitment runs on a vendor list that barely overlaps with the UK one. If you are preparing from British advice, some of it does not apply.
Practice by Test Type
Compare the same format across every provider that uses it, and see what each one is really measuring.
Numerical Reasoning Test Practice
Tables, charts, percentages and ratios against the clock. The most common screening test on graduate schemes and analyst roles.
Verbal Reasoning Test Practice
Short dense passages and true, false or cannot say answers. Judged on what the text supports, never on what you already know.
Logical Reasoning Test Practice
Shapes, sequences and flowcharts instead of words or numbers. Inductive, deductive, abstract, diagrammatic and spatial in one place.
About CogniPrep Revelian Practice
CogniPrep provides authentic simulations of every Revelian assessment. Revelian is an Australian assessment publisher based in Brisbane. It traded as Onetest Pty Ltd until 28 August 2014, then as Revelian, was acquired by Criteria Corp in March 2020, and the legal entity became Criteria Australia Pty Ltd in January 2022 with the Revelian brand retired that year. Australian employers still commonly refer to the tests as Revelian. The Revelian Cognitive Ability Test (RCAT) is the flagship selection test: 51 questions in 20 minutes, exactly 17 verbal, 17 numerical and 17 abstract reasoning items, streamed from a large item bank using linear on the fly testing so that no two candidates receive the same paper. It is not adaptive. The three question types rotate in a fixed repeating cycle rather than being grouped into sections. Questions get harder as the test progresses, all questions are worth the same mark, there is no penalty for a wrong answer, and candidates can move backwards and forwards between questions. Revelian also sells three separate single-subject ability tests: the Verbal Reasoning Test (35 questions in 10 minutes), the Numerical Reasoning Test (25 questions in 12 minutes) and the Abstract Reasoning Test (32 questions in 10 minutes). Cognify is a separate game-based assessment: six mini-games taking about 20 minutes in the Asia-Pacific release and three taking about 10 minutes in the global release. Emotify is a separate emotional-intelligence assessment. Results are reported as a raw count of correct answers converted to a percentile against a comparison group the employer selects, with up to three groups shown at once, plus a five-band position from Far Below Average to Far Above Average. There is no published pass mark. Results remain valid for up to 12 months and candidates cannot re-sit while they do. Revelian also offers supervised verification testing, and its reports flag whether a score was confirmed, decreased on verification, or not verified.
- 11 tests available: Revelian Cognitive Ability Test (RCAT), Revelian Verbal Reasoning Test, Revelian Numerical Reasoning Test, Revelian Abstract Reasoning Test, Short Cuts, Grid Lock, Resemble, Numbubbles, Tally Up, Proof It, Emotify
- RCAT duration: 20 minutes for 51 questions, 23.5 seconds per question on average
- Separate ability test durations: verbal 35 questions in 10 minutes, numerical 25 questions in 12 minutes, abstract 32 questions in 10 minutes
- Cognify duration: about 20 minutes for six games in the Asia-Pacific release
- Measures: verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, abstract reasoning, problem-solving, verbal knowledge, emotional intelligence
- No negative marking on any Revelian ability test; all questions carry the same mark
- Free navigation between questions on the ability tests, unlike the Criteria CCAT
- No single pass/fail score; percentile against an employer-selected comparison group plus a five-band position
- Also known as Onetest; now owned by Criteria Corp
- Used widely in Australia, including federal and state government hiring
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