Key facts
- Vendor
- Aon Assessment, formerly cut-e; mapTQ / smartPlayer platform
- Modules
- scales clx, verbal, numerical, ix, cls, plus challenges
- Items
- clx: 57 items reached in one block; verbal: 18 statements
- Time
- 6 minutes each for clx and verbal, after practice items
- Answer format
- clx: pick two of four grids; verbal: true / false / cannot say
- Navigation
- clx forward only; verbal free back-and-forth
- Adaptive
- no sign of adaptivity; fixed blocks on one timer
What to expect
The scales arrive one after another, each with its own timer: often numerical, verbal and a logic scale, sometimes plus a personality questionnaire. Each scale is short. The pressure comes from the clock and from switching task between scales, not from hard maths.
The scales in the room
The numerical scale shows data in tabs or charts and asks a firm answer. The verbal scale gives short texts with true, false or cannot-say options. The logic scales are inductive (find the rule behind a set of figures) and deductive (apply a rule set to reach a conclusion). You will not meet all of them everywhere; the invitation names what is in it.
Each scale resets the clock, so do not carry the last one into the next. Close it, breathe once, read the first line of the new brief properly.
Three habits
- Read the brief and the example, not the whole data set.
- Answer in the format the scale wants: a number, or true / false / cannot say.
- When a scale is timed hard, guess and move on; an unanswered question is a certain loss.
How to prepare
Take one practice scale per sitting, under the real clock, and review what made you slow. The switch between scales is a skill of its own: practise two different scales back to back so the change of task stops costing you the first question.
MSc Psychology, 7 years of test taking.
Last updated: Oct 27, 2026