CAE ADAPT Tests

[Rachel_]

Do you reckon it’s worth calling them? Just to find out if it’s calculator or not?

Also so does anyone know if mental maths would be required or tested? I cannot see it on the pdf but that is my worst point I have to admit! X

[aviation.al]

I think it is worth clarifying. I'm going to call them on Monday. In the ADAPT pack they sent me, if you look carefully, it says that NO calculator is allowed on the maths and physics. But then they give you examples of the questions asked, and quite frankly without a calculator, it's unrealistic to do it in your head even if you are very good at mental calculations. For example, how could one be expected to calculate tan(34) without a calculator? Correct me if I'm wrong, but either you need to know a handful of trigonometric identities and spend several minutes converting all the numbers and dividing and multiplying on a piece of paper, OR you are actually allowed to use a basic calculator. From what I understand, the maths and physics questions aren't multiple choice, so you cannot simply guess and estimate. If you get the answer wrong, you get it wrong. You don't get marked on 'showing your working' like we are used to in GCSE or A Level.

[Reverserbucket]

Why not use some initiative and it might give you the edge on the competition. I would expect mental arithmetic with a focus on speed and accuracy - useful for flying as well.

[aviation.al]

The question is about having access to clear instructions for the test that you are preparing for .

[sdickson96]

Originally Posted by Rachel_

Thank you to everyone who has commented on this post! Really helpful! I have an assessment day coming up next month!

I just wondered if anyone anyone here who has applied for the women In Flight scholarship? Just being nosey!

Thanks guys!

Yes I am applying too! Will be taking my stage 2 next month!

[Reverserbucket]

The question is about having access to clear instructions for the test that you are preparing for .

Access to clear instructions? I understood the question but what do you mean?

[aviation.al]

You said "why don't you use some initiative". The problem is not with using our initiative, Reverserbucket. Of course we're going to use our initiative and practice some mental maths The problem is that there don't appear to be any clear instructions about whether we can or cannot use a calc for this test. In addition, there are numerous posts with conflicting information, which arouses further confusion. It would be nice to know for sure, that's all.

[Ella2794]

Originally Posted by Rachel_

Hi Ella,

oh amazing! Mine is the 16th of next month! Good luck! ❤️

Good luck to you too! If you like I can let you know how it goes and try and give you any pointers

[Banana Joe]

Your initiative should be to prepare for both cases. I did assessments with mental maths and others with the usage of calculator.
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[saraha05]

All the best! That would be great!

[mspencer]

To be clear to those wondering, you are allowed to use a calculator for the Maths and Physics.

[saraha05]

Originally Posted by Ella2794

Good luck to you too! If you like I can let you know how it goes and try and give you any pointers

Hi Ella I hope your stage 2 went really well? How did you find it? Thank you

[Rachel_]

Originally Posted by Ella2794

Hey Rachel,

I have applied for the Women In Flight Scholarship too! I have my second assessment on the 24th!

Hi Ella,

I hope your assessment day went well, I would love to know how you got on!

[Rachel_]

CAE assessment 2019

Hello guys, I’ve just gone through the stage 2 assessment and now I can clear a few things! And tell you what I thought...

Maths and Physics!

• No calculator! Sorry! However the sums you have to do are manageable until you get to the last questions you may have to estimate your answer
• distance = speed x time! Practice getting fast on these questions no need to actually remember the formula but nice if you can be quick on them!
• In the physics I think it would be beneficial just to practice the formulas. Getting quick to adapting the question to the formula would ease you

Cognitive tests

• So I thought these were okay, but practice these online! I’ve found pretty good YouTube videos to explain the non verbal reasoning tests so which ever you struggle with just put some time into it

FAST

• Yeah this is difficult! Practice makes perfect, I used latest pilot jobs program and I did find this useful! Just to put the many tasks you have to do at once
• You get 2 attempts at this, the first one is to see your initial reactions and the 2nd is to see what you have learnt!

Fixed wing

• So I did find this more challenging than I thought! The program on latest pilot jobs was good however I relied too much on the screen at the bottom to tell me if I was on track or not. So maybe try and cover that and only listen to air traffic and at the end see how close you were?
• You do get a practice go for this, so don’t worry! The ‘instructor’ will teach you the controls before the test!

Red ball test

• This is fine! Practice on latest pilot jobs does help, just do a little each day!

Overall

• Don’t stress!
• It’s not that difficult however it’s a lot to process and to take in which makes it harder!
• Take as many breaks as you need between tests
• Talk to others! Everyone is in the same boat and might be applying to a different scheme/company so it might be interesting as what they have to say
• The cae bundle does help but do not stress yourself about the questions that require a calculator
• Enjoy it! Take your time, and learn from it!

[Dopsonj]

Pretty good overall coverage of the assessment, we were in the same batch - Have you heard yet?

[Rachel_]

Hello!
I haven’t heard yet! Have you?
How did you find the assessment?

[Symbiotics]

ADAPT Tests

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[femalepilotwannabe2]

Originally Posted by Qtr Life Crisis

I used latest pilot jobs oxford package and it was great for speed testing and the questions were the same type - they also have a pretty goof recreation of the ball test and the slalom as part of that package. Combined that with a bit of BBC bitesize revision of physics (electrical theory mainly) and it was all good.

For the ball test, Like on the the latestpilotjobs software, does the ball move up when you pull the stick down and down when you pull it up?

for example move stick left = move ball left
move stick right = move ball right
but move stick up = move ball down
and move stick down = ball moves up


you can change the setting on latest pilot jobs so move the stick down = down etc
Which is the setting in the actual CAE adapt test

[duongtrong]

Hello, I`m going to have an adapt test in the next two months, I see many positive recommendations about the latestpilotjob, how about the skytest, please can anyone give me a review

[TangoYankee777]

Agreed, trying to work out which is better of the 2, or if it is just worth splurging for the Symbiotics testing. Would really appreciate if past applicants could share their experience and thoughts.