Cognitive Ability Test Practice

Antonyms, synonyms, analogies, sentence completion and word-in-context items from the verbal third of the CCAT. Five options each, one clock for the whole set, and nothing deducted for a wrong answer.

Basic algebra, proportions, word problems, number series and logic items from the math and logic third of the CCAT. No calculator, exactly as in the real test - the arithmetic is deliberately doable in your head if you spot the shortcut.

Rotate and flip figures mentally, identify the odd one out and complete figure series. The spatial third of the CCAT, and the item type candidates most often skip when they should be guessing.

The classic Wonderlic: 50 questions in 12 minutes, mixing math, logic, language, spatial reasoning and pattern identification. Items get harder as you go, and Wonderlic weights each one by its difficulty, so the marks are concentrated in the part of the paper most people never reach.

Fast word analogies, synonyms, antonyms and sentence completion mirroring the verbal items in the PI Cognitive Assessment (PICA). Pure language, tight timing.

Rapid mental arithmetic, number series and percentages mirroring the numerical items in the PI Cognitive Assessment (PICA). No data tables - quick calculation under time pressure.

Spot the rule across a sequence of shape frames and choose what comes next. Mirrors the abstract items in the PI Cognitive Assessment (PICA) - the strongest single predictor of learning speed.

All five GIA tasks back to back in Thomas’s fixed order, each with its own clock, ending in an overall result. The cumulative pacing is the real difficulty and no drill reproduces it.

TestGorilla's RCI, a 10-minute general screener for entry-level and high-volume roles: verbal, then abstract, then numerical questions. 30 questions, ten of each (TestGorilla does not publish the count, so 30 is ours).

Criteria’s language-independent cognitive test: 40 questions in 20 minutes with no verbal items at all, only math, logic and spatial reasoning. Used where candidates are assessed across languages, so a weak-English score cannot be mistaken for weak aptitude.

The adaptive SHL general-ability test. It interleaves numerical, inductive and deductive reasoning in one sitting and gets harder as you answer correctly, so your score reflects how far up the difficulty curve you climb - not just how many you got right. Mirrors the SHL Verify G+ format.

One adaptive sitting mixing verbal, numerical and logical items. Answer correctly and the next item gets harder; answer wrongly and it gets easier. You cannot go back, and your result reflects the difficulty you reached rather than the raw count you got right.

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.

Hogan’s reasoning test, set entirely in business situations: budgets, margins, headcount and supplier data. Qualitative and quantitative reasoning are reported separately rather than as one total, so being strong on one and weak on the other is a real and visible result.

The full Podium GCAT as NZ Police sets it: 60 six-option questions in 30 minutes, verbal, numerical and abstract mixed in one sequence, adaptive, with one clock, no per-question limit and no going back.

NOA’s adaptive capaciteitentest: six parts, word relations, word analogies, arithmetic, number series, exclusion and components, with one minute on every question and the next question harder or easier depending on the last. An unanswered question brings an easier one. Ten questions a part.

Ixly's current flagship: one integrated 15-minute run with no blocks, where the question type changes almost every item in random order. The switching cost is the point, and it is what makes this a different test from the three subtests sat back to back.

The whole Connector Ability in one sitting: Figure Series, Matrices and Number Series in GITP’s order, each adaptive with its own clock on every item and an untimed break between parts. Your overall result is estimated from every answer together, as GITP’s G-factor is.

LTP’s general ability test: fifty non-verbal items with matrices, number series, number analogies, figure analogies, figure series and pattern folding mixed through one paper. LTP does not publish the time limit; this uses the twenty minutes preparation sites report, and nobody is expected to finish.

The adaptive Adjustable Competence Evaluation: 12 questions in 30 minutes mixing number problems, figure matrices, word analogies and logic grids. Each answer sets the difficulty of the next, a calculator is allowed, and a skipped question counts as a wrong one.

TestGroup's 18-minute unproctored screener, sent to large groups early in a process. Numerical, verbal and abstract blocks on a single clock, scored per domain as well as overall. A separate product from the full Bridge Ability Suite, not a section of it, and TestGroup's own report recommends re-testing on the supervised Suite when the decision matters.

The GCT-2A-324 that replaced the GCT2-314 in July 2025: number and letter series, office numerical problems and analytical reasoning sets, 50 questions in 120 minutes with a calculator. Free navigation, Mark for Review and a question list as on the Candidate Assessment Tool, scored against the real pass mark of 31 out of 50. Half paper option.

The GCT-1-207 used in place of a secondary school diploma: short memos, practical numerical problems and rules to apply, including the A only, B only, Both or Neither questions. 50 questions in 85 minutes with a calculator, scored against the real pass mark of 28 out of 50. Half paper option.

All five sections back to back in the order of the Army’s practice site, each on its own hidden clock, ending in an estimated General Trainability Index. The pacing across five task types is the real difficulty.

Wortanalogien, Rechnen, Matrizen, Fahrtstrecken and the Pfeiltest back to back, each with its own clock and each adaptive module restarting at a middle level, as each block of the real CAT is its own test. Results show every module separately.

The whole cognitieve capaciteitentest in one sitting: Letterpatronen, Woordrelaties and Cijferpatronen back to back, each adaptive on its own, with a pause allowed between parts and never inside one. The police decide on the three parts combined.