Commercial-pilot aptitude

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for commercial-pilot aptitude selection in the aviation, aerospace, air traffic, and airports sector with 5 skill areas: spatial reasoning, situational judgment, attention and concentration, numerical reasoning 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

• Spatial reasoning — Rotation, folding, views, orientation, maps, and three-dimensional visualization.
• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Attention and concentration — Sustained focus, selective attention, and accuracy under time pressure.
• Numerical reasoning — Arithmetic, fractions, percentages, ratios, rates, estimation, word problems, and number relationships.
• 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. Your heading is 090° and wind is from 360° at 20 knots. Which drift correction is most appropriate?

   • A. Apply left crab into the northerly crosswind
   • B. Turn right to 270° to cancel drift
   • C. Ignore wind below ten thousand feet
   • D. Increase pitch to reduce ground speed only

2. Dispatch releases the flight with a deferred item within MEL limits, but line maintenance has not signed the release. What is best?

   • A. Ask cabin crew to sign the technical log
   • B. Depart because dispatch already approved the plan
   • C. Obtain a valid maintenance release and verify MEL compliance before departure
   • D. Taxi without completing the exterior inspection

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.