ENAC Point Tracking
Neuro-SensomotoricPSY1Two figures side by side. The round one holds a few circles and four points lettered A to D. The square one is the same figure, turned in the plane and moved, with only one of the four points left and sometimes a circle or two added. You name the point that was kept. The exam format is 32 boards in 6:30 on one clock.
Overview
Every distance in the round figure survives the turn. Only the direction changes. Pick your pair from circles far apart, because an angle is hard to read on a short line. With 32 boards in 6:30, there's no time to try the four letters one by one. Read the kept point once against your pair, and move on.
Assessments
Part of the ENAC EPL selection (PSY1) battery as “Point tracking”.
Thirty-two items in 6:30, just over twelve seconds each. Every circle of the first figure is still in the second; a few extra ones are added, sometimes none. The exam preset keeps the colours, and a mode that draws the turned figure without colour is offered beside it. The battery rotates: roughly two tests are added or brought back each year. This one has moved in and out of recent sessions. Train it anyway: walking in having never seen it is exactly the surprise the rotation is designed to create.
Battery mappings are based on public information and may change.
Two figures, one kept point
- The round figure holds a few circles and four points lettered A to D.
- The square figure has the same circles, turned and moved. A circle or two may be added, and only one point is left.
Which point was kept?
Choose a letter, then hit Check.
Game Phases
Two Circles
Pick two circles you can spot again at a glance: one big and one small, or two colours that each show up once.
The Turn
Find the same two in the square figure. The line between them has turned as far as the whole figure.
The Point
See which side of that line the kept point is on, and how close it is to each circle. Then find the letter that sits the same way.
A Third Circle
Check one more circle before you answer. A circle with no partner in the round figure was added.
More Practice
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