Associative Memory
IntellectualMemorise a set of symbol–number pairs, then after a short delay recall which number went with each symbol.
Overview
Associative (paired-associate) memory is the ability to learn and hold arbitrary links between two unrelated things — here, a symbol and a number — and later reproduce one member of the pair when shown the other. It is distinct from simple recognition: you are not asked whether you have seen a number before (all of them appeared), but which specific number belonged with this specific symbol, after a delay that lets the links interfere with one another. This test presents a set of symbol–number pairs to memorise, imposes a short retention gap, then probes each symbol for its partner. This is the paired-associate paradigm as used in DLR's visual/associative memory series (known to prep vendors as MEK; its retrieval difficulty scales with the memorisation-to-recall interval) and in comparable selection batteries with their own memory formats, where it measures how reliably a candidate binds and retains new information — a callsign to a runway, a frequency to a station — under interference.
Assessments
Could show up in DLR-based selections.
Airline mappings are based on public information and may change.
Example: which number went with this symbol?
First you study a set of symbol–number pairs. After a short delay one symbol comes back alone and you pick its partner — from options that are all numbers you just saw. The correct answer is highlighted below.
Game Phases
Study
A set of symbol–number pairs is presented. Bind each symbol to its number and hold the whole set in mind.
Hold
A short retention delay follows. The gap lets the pairs interfere, so passive familiarity fades and only genuine associations survive.
Recall
Each symbol appears alone. Choose the number it was paired with from options that are all numbers you just saw.
Commit
Answer within the response window. A correct recall scores +1; a wrong one costs −1, so guess only when you have a real memory.
More Practice
Memory
10 exercisesENAC M2-back numérique
Digits come up one at a time, a new one every 3 seconds. From the third one on, you say for each digit whether it's the same as the one 2 before it. The exam format is 62 digits, 60 of them with a question.
ENAC M2-back couleurs
Coloured squares come up one at a time. From the third on, say whether each one is the same colour as the one two before it. The exam format is 42 colours, 40 answers, in 2:06.
ENAC Memory N-Back
Letters come up one at a time, and for each one you say whether it’s the same letter as the one three, four or five before it. Capitals and small letters count as the same. The exam format is two tests back to back: a 3-back then a 4-back for ENAC EPL, a 4-back then a 5-back for Air France Cadets. It hasn’t been set since 2020.
Visual N-Back
Shapes in colours go past one at a time. On every one, say whether it is the same shape AND the same colour as the one a few places back — and the lag you are matching against changes from block to block.
Acoustic Memory Test
Hear a spoken sequence once, hold it through a filled delay, and type it back — exactly in order.
Parameter Memory Test
Aviation parameters flash up on a dark display, then vanish. Reproduce the data row by row, from memory, before the clock runs out.
Grid Challenge
A dot memory test in the format of gridChallenge, Aon's official name for its working memory module: dots flash one by one on a scattered field, quick yes or no puzzles interrupt between flashes, then you click the dots back in order.
ENAC Memory Calculation
You get a calculation, then a letter, then another calculation and another letter, and so on. At the end of the board, you type the letters back in the order they came. The exam format is 20 boards, from 3 letters up to 9, with 5 seconds a calculation and 1 second a letter.
ENAC Running Comparison
A stream of simple calculations, one at a time. For each one, tick whether its result is identical to or different from the one it's compared with: the result just before, the one two back, or a fixed value X, depending on the block. The exam format is 100 answers in four blocks of 25, about 12 minutes.
ENAC Reversed Series
Digits come up one at a time in the same spot, a second each. When they’ve gone, you type them back in reverse, the last one first. The sequences grow from 4 to 9 digits. The exam format is 12 sequences, about 3:30.