Airport operations

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for airport operations selection in the aviation, aerospace, air traffic, and airports sector with 5 skill areas: situational judgment, data checking and clerical accuracy, attention and concentration, critical thinking and numerical reasoning. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite — none are taken from live or leaked exams — and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Data checking and clerical accuracy — Matching, filing, coding, record checking, and identifying discrepancies.
• Attention and concentration — Sustained focus, selective attention, and accuracy under time pressure.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.
• Numerical reasoning — Arithmetic, fractions, percentages, ratios, rates, estimation, word problems, and number relationships.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here — keys stay on the server — so open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. What does FOD stand for in airport operations?

   • A. Flight operations directive
   • B. Final outbound departure
   • C. Fuel on demand
   • D. Foreign object debris

2. You find metal debris on an active taxiway during peak traffic. What is best?

   • A. Wait until the last flight of the day
   • B. Kick it aside and continue marshalling
   • C. Ignore small items because jets blow them away
   • D. Secure the area, notify ATC/operations, and arrange removal before traffic resumes

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

Read the study outline for this suite’s skills, timings, and recommended lessons on one printable page, or download its standalone HTML file. The printable page can also be saved as a PDF from your browser.