Defence graduate programs

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for defence graduate programs selection in the military and defence sector with 5 skill areas: verbal reasoning, critical thinking, situational judgment, planning and scheduling exercises and reading comprehension. 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.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.
• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Planning and scheduling exercises — Resources, dependencies, deadlines, constraints, and contingency planning.
• Reading comprehension — Understanding passages, instructions, policies, technical material, and workplace documents.

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. A defence graduate brief states: 'Recommendations must cite evidence.' Which sentence complies?

   • A. Oppose it because it is new.
   • B. Everyone knows this is the only path.
   • C. It feels strategically right.
   • D. The option draws on the cited 2024 logistics review in Annex A.

2. Your graduate cohort has three live projects but funding covers one this quarter. What is best?

   • A. Choose the loudest stakeholder's favourite
   • B. Fund all three equally without analysis
   • C. Rank projects against stated defence objectives and impact
   • D. Delay every decision indefinitely

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.