ADF YOU Session study guide
ADF YOU Session · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The ADF YOU Session (Your Opportunity Unlimited Session) is the aptitude assessment stage of the Australian Defence Force recruiting process. It is intended for people who have begun an application to join the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Army or the Royal Australian Air Force and who need to demonstrate the reasoning ability relevant to the role they are pursuing. The ADF recruits across more than 300 roles, so the assessment is used to help match a candidate's strengths to a suitable career rather than to produce a single pass or fail number. The session is a multiple-choice aptitude assessment organised around four domains: Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Reasoning, Abstract Reasoning and Mathematical Ability. The ADF YOU Session study guide has 4 sections and about 1,056 words.
01Verbal Reasoning
Every judgement item is decided by the passage alone. A statement is True when the passage plainly confirms it, False when the passage contradicts it, and Cannot say when the passage is silent - even if you happen to know the statement is probably true in real life.
294 words, about 1 min02Numerical Reasoning
Short tables, charts and scenarios testing percentage change, ratios, rates, averages, currency conversion and proportional reasoning, usually with limited time and sometimes without a calculator. Accuracy in setting up the calculation matters more than raw arithmetic speed.
238 words, about 1 min03Abstract Reasoning
Sequences of shapes, 3×3 matrices, odd-one-out sets and "complete the pattern" items. Each figure varies along a small number of attributes: number and type of shapes, number of sides, rotation, reflection, shading or fill, size, and position or movement of an element.
274 words, about 1 min04Mathematical Ability
Straightforward school-level mathematics under time pressure: arithmetic with fractions and decimals, order of operations, ratio and proportion, percentages, averages, rates (speed, distance, work), simple algebra, basic geometry (area, perimeter, angles) and number properties such as factors, multiples and primes. Order of operations.
250 words, about 1 min