Brussels Airlines MPL

Day 1: COMPASS, Maths and Physics, English

Lesson 2 of 4•2 min read•7 exercises

Day 1 is the widest gate in the funnel and the only one you pay for: the COMPASS aptitude test at €245, plus a maths and physics screening where you must score at least 15 out of 20, and an English test. Everything after this day is free — which makes Day 1 the single most cost-effective place to invest your preparation.

What the day involves

COMPASS: roughly 2.5 hours of computer-based subtests covering mental arithmetic, spatial orientation, technical comprehension, memory, hand-eye coordination and multitasking — short tasks, hard time limits, no room for slow starts.
Maths and physics screening: secondary-school material — algebra, ratios, forces, energy, electricity — with a hard 15/20 pass mark, so near enough is not good enough.
English test: comprehension and usage at the level expected of a professional pilot working in an international crew.

How to prepare

The COMPASS Test Preparation course on this platform covers each subtest in depth — work through it rather than guessing at formats on the day. For daily training, the full maths and speed–distance–time games keep your mental arithmetic sharp for both the COMPASS and the 15/20 screening, the technical reasoning and physics knowledge games rebuild the physics fundamentals the screening samples, and the spatial awareness and multitasking games train the coordination-adjacent subtests. Revise your secondary-school maths and physics systematically a few weeks out, and work the aviation english game alongside daily English reading and listening so the English test costs you nothing on the day.

What the test looks like

A worked example from each exercise in this lesson, exactly as the test presents it.

Math: Full

Example: a question from the mix

The Full test draws from all seven math categories — integers, decimals, fractions, time, weight, operators and percentages — one question at a time. Here is a representative decimal item; time and weight questions appear in their own stacked layout.

13.6+2.75

A)16.35

B)15.95

C)16.75

D)17.85

Explanation

Line up the decimal points before adding: 13.60 + 2.75 = 16.35. The wrong options are small offsets of the right answer — four tenths light, four tenths heavy, a point and a half over — so estimating “about sixteen” is not enough; the hundredths have to be right. Because the categories are shuffled, read each question on its own terms before reaching for a method.

Speed, Distance & Time

Technical Reasoning

Physics Knowledge

Spatial Awareness

Multitasking Test

Aviation English

Practice the relevant tests

Assessment-grade exercises to practice the relevant competences.

Math: Full

A mixed practice test combining all math categories — integers, decimals, fractions, time, weight, operators, and percentages — with a per-question timer.

6 minIntellectual

Ground speedeasy

An aircraft covers 360 nm in 2 h. What ground speed does that require?

Speed, Distance & Time

Solve speed–distance–time word problems in an aviation setting — ground speed, distance to run, ETA and fuel burn — applying distance = speed × time to find the missing variable, mentally and against the clock.

12 minIntellectual

Technical Reasoning

Inspect a technical construction of gears, pulleys, racks and rods, and pick the option that allows (or disallows) the indicated movement.

10 minIntellectual

On a balanced seesaw, a 40 N weight sits 1 m from the pivot. To balance it, where must a 20 N weight be placed on the other side?

A0.5 m from the pivot

B2 m from the pivot

C4 m from the pivot

D1 m from the pivot

Physics Knowledge

Answer high-school-level physics questions across mechanics and fluids, electricity and magnetism, optics, heat and energy — predicting how physical scenarios behave, not just recalling formulas.

10 minIntellectual

Spatial Awareness

Visualise a 3D shape from a fixed viewpoint and pick the matching 2D view. Tests mental rotation and spatial perception under time pressure.

5 minNeuro-Sensomotoric

2:14

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Multitasking Test

Two tasks at once: scan number grids for duplicate pairs while answering spoken questions from your phonebook, agenda, mental math and word categories — some of which must be answered at an exact moment on the clock.

6 minIntellectual

The cabin crew asked the passengers their seatbelts.

Aviation English

Three modes: written multiple-choice English items across grammar, idioms, synonyms and sentence completion, with a Wizz Air TestAir360 grammar preset; an ATC listening mode where a transmission plays once and you answer on what you heard; and a read-then-answer mode where a short text disappears before its question appears.

10 minIntellectual

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