Irish Defence Forces Cadetship Aptitude Assessment case studies
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The Irish Defence Forces Cadetship Aptitude Assessment is the cognitive and behavioural screening stage used in recruitment for officer cadet entry across the Defence Forces' service branches. It is aimed at candidates who have already met the eligibility and educational conditions for a cadetship and who are now being compared against one another for a limited number of places. The assessment is computer-delivered and split into separately timed parts, mixing reasoning tests with a self-report work-style questionnaire. The reasoning parts sample verbal, numerical, abstract/inductive, spatial and mechanical comprehension abilities; the questionnaire asks how you typically behave at work rather than testing knowledge. The Irish Defence Forces Cadetship Aptitude Assessment case studies are 5 cases and about 3,261 words.
1Restricted Compound Entry: Standing Order 14
Standing Order 14 (extract), Ballyglass Camp. (a) A vehicle may enter the Restricted Compound only if a valid Red Pass is displayed, or if the driver is escorting a visitor whose clearance was logged at least 24 hours in advance.
659 words, about 3 min2Convoy Fuel Planning: Two Legs, One Reserve Rule
A convoy of 12 vehicles must move 180 km from Camp A to a forward location. Eight vehicles are laden and burn 0.35 litres per km; four are unladen and burn 0.28 litres per km.
490 words, about 2 min3Patrol Grid Trace and Safety Reporting
A training area is a rectangle 600 m east-west by 400 m north-south. Grid references are given in metres from the south-west corner, easting (east-west) first, so the north-east corner is (600, 400).
587 words, about 3 min4Rescue Hoist: Effort, Turns and the Limits of Leverage
A manually operated rescue hoist has a crank handle whose grip travels on a circle of radius 320 mm. The crank turns a winding drum of diameter 160 mm; crank and drum are fixed to the same shaft.
696 words, about 3 min5Duty Cadet: Three Demands, Four Hours
You are the duty cadet on a Tuesday night. At 21:40 three things arrive together.
829 words, about 4 min