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AJA Officer Academies Entrance Examination study plan

AJA Officer Academies Entrance Examination · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Verbal Reasoning and English Language & Numerical Reasoning and Mathematics

  • Diagnose baseline by completing a 40-question verbal and 40-question numerical timed set and logging every error by cause

  • Review the four core grammar fault lines (subject-verb agreement, pronoun reference, modifier placement, tense consistency) and rewrite 20 faulty sentences correctly

  • Rebuild arithmetic fluency by drilling fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion for 90 minutes without a calculator

  • Set up a single error log with columns for topic, error type, and corrective rule

Your checkpoint

A dated error log containing at least 60 logged items from the two diagnostic sets, sorted into six error categories

Week 2

Verbal Reasoning and English Language & Numerical Reasoning and Mathematics

  • Read four 600-word passages and answer inference, main-idea, and tone questions while writing one-line justifications for each choice

  • Apply a fixed elimination routine to 30 verbal questions and record why each rejected option fails

  • Solve 25 word problems by translating each into an equation before calculating

  • Memorise and apply the rules for percentage change, simple and compound interest, and average speed

Your checkpoint

A one-page decision checklist for verbal elimination plus a worked solutions sheet for 25 word problems

Week 3

Verbal Reasoning and English Language & Numerical Reasoning and Mathematics

  • Complete two full timed verbal sections under exam conditions and score them against a strict mark scheme

  • Complete two full timed numerical sections and identify the three slowest question types by stopwatch

  • Drill data interpretation from tables, bar charts, and line graphs until 15 questions are completed in 20 minutes

  • Cut the five highest-frequency personal error types from the log by half compared with week 1

Your checkpoint

A scored timed-test record showing section scores, per-question timing, and a written comparison against the week 1 baseline

Week 4

Situational Judgement and Leadership Potential & Scientific and Technical Aptitude

  • Work through 12 written leadership scenarios and produce a ranked response with a stated rationale for each option

  • Practise the four-step situational judgement method (identify stakeholders, rank obligations, choose minimum-harm action, state follow-up) on paper until it is automatic

  • Revise core physical-science concepts: forces, motion, energy transfer, and electrical circuits, and solve 20 applied numerical items

  • Summarise basic data-handling and technical-reasoning rules (unit conversion, scale reading, mechanical advantage) onto one reference card

Your checkpoint

A scenario response portfolio of 12 written answers, each under 200 words with an explicit ranked rationale

Week 5

Situational Judgement and Leadership Potential & Scientific and Technical Aptitude

  • Role-play six scenarios aloud in under three minutes each, practising calm prioritisation and clear justification

  • Draft a personal leadership-values statement of 250 words grounded in concrete past examples

  • Solve 25 technical aptitude items covering levers, pressure, speed-distance-time, and graph interpretation

  • Review every wrong answer from weeks 4 and 5 and restate the correcting principle in your own words

Your checkpoint

A recorded or written set of six timed verbal scenario responses plus the finalised leadership-values statement

Week 6

Logical and Abstract Reasoning & General Knowledge and Current Affairs

  • Solve 60 sequence, series, and matrix-completion items using a checklist of transformations (rotation, alternation, count change, position shift)

  • Complete 40 logical-deduction puzzles (syllogisms, seating arrangement, ordering) within strict time limits

  • Build a one-page current-affairs fact sheet covering national governance, defence, and international organisations, verified against primary sources

  • Convert the fact sheet into 30 self-test recall questions and answer them from memory

Your checkpoint

A verified two-page briefing sheet with 30 self-test questions and a record of correct recall out of 30

Week 7

General Knowledge and Current Affairs & Logical and Abstract Reasoning

  • Complete a full-length mock covering all six domains under strict timing and mark it against the official weightings

  • Diagnose the two weakest domains from mock results and schedule targeted re-drill sessions

  • Rehearse abstract reasoning under a 45-second-per-item cap for 40 items

  • Update the current-affairs sheet with the latest month's verified developments and re-test recall

Your checkpoint

A full mock score report with per-domain percentages, timing data, and a written two-week remediation list

Week 8

Verbal Reasoning and English Language & Numerical Reasoning and Mathematics & Situational Judgement and Leadership Potential

  • Re-attempt every item in the error log and confirm each correcting rule can be stated from memory

  • Complete two half-length timed sets in verbal and numerical, targeting score stability rather than speed records

  • Deliver six rapid-fire situational responses to unseen scenarios in under two minutes each

  • Finalise exam-day logistics: timing plan, section order, rest schedule, and a written stress-management routine

Your checkpoint

An error log closed out with a pass/fail status on every entry, plus a one-page exam-day plan

Milestones

Week 2: Error log holds at least 60 classified items and the verbal elimination checklist is in daily use

Week 4: Timed verbal and numerical scores each improve by at least 10 percentage points over the week 1 baseline

Week 6: Twelve situational responses written under time and a verified current-affairs briefing sheet with 80% or better self-test recall

Week 8: Full-mock score of 65% or higher overall with no single domain below 50%, and every error-log entry resolved