Colours, Letters and Numbers
CBAT-style practice test · Multitasking
Holding three unrelated tasks at once, and choosing what to let go when they collide.
- Skill area
- Multitasking
- Length
- 18 minutes
- Format
- Real-time simulation
- Cost
- Free version, or Premium
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What this test involves
- Four minutes with three tasks running at the same time. None of them waits for the others.
- COLOURS: markers travel left to right through three coloured bands. Press a marker’s own colour — F red, G yellow, H green — while it is inside the matching band. The key is printed on the band.
- LETTERS: a sequence appears in the top box, then disappears. After a pause, four sequences appear in the corners. Press R, T, Y or U for the one you were shown — the key for each corner is printed on it.
- NUMBERS: a sum sits in the bottom box. Type the answer and press Enter. The number row and the numeric keypad both work, and Backspace clears the entry.
- It builds: markers come faster, the sequence is shown for less time, and the sums move from adding to multiplying and dividing.
How to prepare for Colours, Letters and Numbers
- The distractor sequences differ by a single letter late in the run. Rehearse the letters under your breath rather than trying to picture them.
- A marker is only inside its band for about a second at the end. Rest your fingers on F, G and H and leave them there.
- Do not stall on a sum. One missed sum costs the same as one missed marker, and stopping to work it out usually costs both.
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