How to Pass the ATSA Test (Air Traffic Skills Assessment)

First screen: X = Y – 2
Second screen: Y = Z – 3
Third screen: Z = 10

You will be shown the number 8, and it will disappear after two seconds.

You will be shown the number 5, and it will disappear after two seconds.

You will enter the number 3 into the number pad, as this is the difference between 8 and 5.

You will be shown the number 10.

In the first section, you will be shown an image and asked to identify the orientation of a small plane as if you were the pilot looking straight ahead from the cockpit of the large plane in the picture.

The airplanes will change direction and positions throughout the test. A series of images will be shown, with either LEFT or RIGHT at the bottom.

For each image, you must identify whether this instruction is correct, by choosing YES (+ sign on the keypad) or NO (enter key on the keypad).

In the second section, the images you are shown may include a picture of an eye. The eye is there to indicate your viewpoint.

Statement: A two day career workshop is arranged for a local college. Six out of eight people working for local organizations will share insight on their chosen careers to the students. These are a butcher, jeweler, baker, store owner, mailman, optician, bus driver and teacher. On each day of the workshop, exactly three different local workers will speak to the students, during three separate time slots – morning, lunchtime and afternoon, according to the following limitations:

• The butcher is only available on the second day of the workshop.
  
• The jeweler and the store owner must not be booked to speak during the lunchtime session.
  
• If the jeweler attends on the first day, the teacher and the mailman will attend the second day.
  
• The store owner and the bus driver will not attend on the same day.
  
• If both the store owner and the optician are speaking, the store owner will need to speak prior to the optician.

1. Which of the following schedules would work according to the above limitations?

a) Day 1: store owner, jeweler, baker; Day 2: mailman, optician, teacher
b) Day 1: bus driver, butcher, jeweler; Day 2: teacher, mailman, store owner
c) Day 1: mailman, teacher, jeweler; Day 2: store owner, butcher, baker
d) Day 1: store owner, baker, mailman; Day 2: teacher, bus driver, optician
e) Day 1: baker, teacher, optician; Day 2: bus driver, mailman, store owner

Statement: 5 people are standing in a line. Taylor is ahead of Bryce, who is directly behind Anais. George is before Thomas, but behind Bryce.

2. What can be determined from this statement?

a) Anais is at the front of the line.
b) Anais is the fifth person in the line.
c) Taylor is in front of Bryce.
d) Bryce is at the front of the line.
e) Anais is George’s wife.

Statement: Julie and Rosie lived in the same town. Rosie owned a prestigious clothing store in the town, while Julie earned minimum wage in a coffee shop. Both Julie and Rosie were part of large families, with many children and grandchildren. Julie grew tired of not being able to feed her family, so she decided to move to a larger city, where she hoped she would be able to earn more money. With her family, she traveled from town to the city.

It was a long way, so they stopped in a park to break up their journey. A stream trickled through a park, providing a place for the family to freshen up. Julie asked her children to clear the area under a large tree to create somewhere they could rest overnight. Julie asked her husband to collect water from the stream, and she asked her son and daughter-in-law to build a fire. Julie began to cut wood from the trees. She didn’t know that in the branches of the tree, a thief was hiding. The thief watched as Julie’s family worked together, noticing that they had no food to cook. Julie’s husband thought the same thing, and asked her what they were going to eat. Julie lifted her hands and told her husband not to worry, as God was watching over them, and He would help.

The thief felt worried, as he had observed the large family, and noticed how well they worked together. He decided to take advantage of the fact they did not know he was hiding in the tree and decided to make his escape. When the family were not looking, he climbed down and ran for his life. However, he forgot to pick up his collection of stolen money and jewelry, which dropped down into Julie’s lap. Julie was thrilled! The family collected all of their belongings and returned to the town. Everyone was very excited when they told the story of how they became rich.

Rosie decided that the tree must be magical, and was a quick and easy way to make some money. She told her family to pack for a trip to find out if it was true. The family stopped under the same tree as Julie had, and Rosie gave orders in the same way Julie had. The difference was, Rosie’s family wasn’t willing to follow the orders. Since they were a rich family, they were accustomed to having servants. Rosie’s son was asked to collect water from the stream; instead, he decided to enjoy a bath in the water. Rosie’s husband was asked to collect wood to build a fire; instead, he decided to take a nap. When he woke, he went back to Rosie and noticed everything was ready, but there was nothing to eat.

Rosie raised her hands and told him not to worry, as God was watching, and He would help them. As she spoke, the thief hopped down from the tree with a knife in his hand. Everyone began running around in fear of their lives. The thief took everything the family had, and Rosie and her family had to go back to the town empty handed, as they had lost all of their valuables.

1. Why did Julie and her family decide to set up under the thief’s tree?

a) As they were a large family, they know they would be able to fight the thief if he attacked them.
b) It was a cheap place to rest overnight.
c) Because they needed somewhere they could rest overnight. There was also a stream close by and enough wood to build a fire.

2. Which of the following best describes Rosie?

a) She was a rich business owner.
b) She was greedy and tried to imitate Julie.
c) She bullied her husband.

3. Why did the thief decide to return to the tree?

a) To wait for Julie and her family to return.
b) To wait for Rosie and her family.
c) No reason was given in the passage.