Practice for the NAV Canada Online Test - Your Ticket into Canadian Air Traffic Control

The rule is that each individual grid contains the same shape in the upper row as in the lower row (The upper grids have plus shapes, while the lower grids contain squares). In addition, the middle row is identical for both grids.

Grids 1 and 3 are the only grids that follow this rule. Therefore, The correct answer is 1,3.

Background for this task: You'll be shown a set of five cockpit gauges together on one screen, things like fuel-air ratio, compass heading, airspeed, and temperature, for a limited amount of time. Your job is simply to study them and commit as many details as you can to memory: the readings, the needle positions, and where each gauge sits relative to the others. You won't be asked anything about them right away. Instead, the test moves on to other questions, and several steps later (in "Gauges Memorization – Part 2"), you'll be shown a similar set of gauges and asked to identify which ones match what you originally saw.

Why it's tested: Air traffic controllers constantly track multiple data points (altitude, speed, heading, and more) across several aircraft at once, often while the information keeps changing. This task measures your short-term visual memory and your ability to hold several pieces of information at once without a written reference, both core to the job.

Tip: Don't try to memorize a general impression of the gauges. Focus on specific reference points instead, for example, the exact number the needle points to, which direction it's leaning, and one distinguishing detail per gauge. Since you won't know exactly what you'll be asked to recall later, aim for a few precise details on each gauge rather than a vague sense of all five.

The correct answer is (D). Why? 

• In answer (D), the light blue facet is above the dark blue facet and the green facet is to their right, like in the unfolded cube, making this answer correct.
• Answer (A) is incorrect because the green and red facets are on opposite sides and can’t touch.
• Answer (B) is incorrect because if the purple facet attaches to the yellow facet you can see that the light blue and purple facets are on opposite sides and can’t touch.

Answer: B. No conflict

This may feel counterintuitive, as certain pairs of triangles do appear to be headed for collision:

However, the FEAST definition for conflicting paths is any two aircraft in a headed for a direct, head-on collision, like this:

What is this test trying to assess?

Spotting genuine conflicts, and ruling out false alarms as quickly as possible is the core job of an air traffic controller.

On a radar screen, aircraft constantly appear to be on crossing paths without actually being on a collision course, and a controller who reacts to every visual near-miss would be useless under real traffic volume.

This task tests that exact judgment: scanning a busy, cluttered field, applying a precise rule for what actually counts as a conflict, and doing it in seconds, not minutes. Candidates who can't reliably tell true conflicts from visual noise under time pressure would struggle with the split-second, high-stakes calls the job demands every day.

The correct answer is C. Why? 

This figure's perspective is one where mirroring applies, meaning whatever side you see a shape on is the opposite of the person's actual side.

The square appears on your right as you look at the image. Because this perspective mirrors, that flips: the square is actually above the person's left hand.

How to work through it:

• First, determine whether this is a mirrored perspective (facing you) or a direct-read perspective (facing away). This one mirrors.
• Once you know mirroring applies, take whatever side you see and flip it: right becomes left, left becomes right.
• Here, the shape is visually on the right, so the mirrored, correct answer is the person's left hand.

There are four possible perspectives to the person in this test:

Perspectives number 1 and 2 (as in our sample question) are more difficult because the person’s perspective is the opposite of yours. For example, the circle is above the person’s left hand, but you see it on the right side.

Perspectives number 3 and 4 are easier because the man’s perspective is the same as yours. When you look at your screen, you look forward like the man in perspective number three does. The circle is above his left hand, and you see the circle on the left side.

To understand perspective number four, you can imagine the person is lying on their back (and is at the same position you will be if you would lie down now) meaning when the circle is above his right hand, you see it on the right side.

Answer: B

The challenge in this task is remembering its details. To do that fast enough, try to repeat the numbers the pointers point at. If the pointers point at a scale mark with no number on it, look at the closest number and try to memorize it.

The correct answer is B.

As there are four flights, the penultimate flight to land will be the flight that lands third. Remember that all flights will attempt to land in the most efficient manner possible which means they will travel through the fewest checkpoints necessary in order to land.

The position of all four flights after each has moved will be:

20: G → H
39: F → I
41: T → O
74: R → N

Now, flight 39 can land first. Therefore, the position of the four flights will be:

20: H → M
39: I → runway (lands first)
41: O → I
74: N → O

Now, flight 41 can land second. Therefore, the position of the three remaining flights will be:

20: M → R
41: I → runway (lands second)
74: O → I

Now, flight 74 can land third. Therefore, the position of the remaining two flights will be:

20: R → N
74: I → runway (lands third)

Thus, flight 74 lands third.