Officer selection

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for officer selection selection in the military and defence sector with 3 skill areas: situational judgment, critical thinking and safety judgment. 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.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.
• Safety judgment — Hazard recognition, safe sequencing, escalation, and risk controls.

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 platoon is exhausted after a long movement but mission orders require immediate reconnaissance. What is best?

   • A. Assess fatigue and safety, brief the task clearly, and request support if limits are reached
   • B. Push the march without rest because orders are orders
   • C. Delay the mission without informing higher command
   • D. Send only the newest members while others sleep unsupervised

2. A junior officer privately questions the legality of an assigned task. What should you do?

   • A. Listen, verify authority and rules, and clarify or escalate before execution
   • B. Dismiss the concern to preserve morale
   • C. Order them not to raise legal questions again
   • D. Complete the task yourself without further discussion

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.