Aviation English and communications

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for aviation english and communications selection in the aviation, aerospace, air traffic, and airports sector with 5 skill areas: verbal reasoning, situational judgment, attention and concentration, data checking and clerical accuracy and critical thinking. 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

• Verbal reasoning — Drawing conclusions from written information without relying on outside assumptions.
• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Attention and concentration — Sustained focus, selective attention, and accuracy under time pressure.
• Data checking and clerical accuracy — Matching, filing, coding, record checking, and identifying discrepancies.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.

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. ICAO spelling for letter B is:

   • A. Boston
   • B. Beta
   • C. Bravo
   • D. Baker unless specified otherwise

2. A correct readback of 'climb and maintain flight level 350' includes:

   • A. Climb and maintain flight level three five zero
   • B. Climbing runway three five zero
   • C. Maintain three hundred fifty knots
   • D. Flight level three hundred

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.