ENAC Cube Nets 2D/3D
Neuro-SensomotoricPSY0Two nets of the same die side by side: the original, complete, and yours, unfolded from the die turned another way, with a few faces in place. Drag the other faces onto yours so that it folds back into the same die, and turn the letters the right way round. The exam format is 5 boards, 90 seconds each.
Overview
You can get every board of this test right, so aim for all 5 and then for speed. Start with opposites: two faces one cell apart in the row of four end up opposite each other on the die, and so do the faces above and below the row. So every face you're given tells you where its opposite goes. On symbol boards that often leaves two empty faces opposite each other, and only the order around the die tells them apart. Stand on a face you've placed, look at a neighbour, and note what's on your left and your right on the original. Your die has to keep them on the same sides. On letter boards, don't fold anything in your head. Read which side of a letter touches which side of its neighbour, say the bottom of the P against the top of the 5, and turn your piece until the same two sides touch.
Assessments
Part of the Air France Cadets selection at ENAC (PSY0) battery as “Cube 2D/3D”.
The same die unfolded twice, side by side. The left net carries all six marks; the right one is the same die turned, with a few marks on it and the rest of the cells empty. Every missing mark has to be placed, and on the character boards turned the right way up as well. Five boards, some of symbols and some of characters: the symbols look the same at every angle, so only the cell counts on those. It is one of the few activities in the stage whose logic can be written down from end to end, which makes it marks to bank rather than a test to survive.
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One die, two nets
- The original die is unfolded into a cross: a row of four faces, one above the second and one below it.
- Your die is the same die turned another way and unfolded into the same cross, so each face lands somewhere else and is often turned. A few are already down.
A symbol board
A symbol looks the same however it’s turned, so only its place counts. Drag each piece onto an empty face of your die, then hit Check.
Original die
Your die
Pieces to place
A letter board
A letter counts only in the right place and the right way round. Click a piece to turn it a quarter turn, before or after you place it.
Original die
Your die
Pieces to place
Click a piece to turn it a quarter turn.
Game Phases
Opposites First
Faces one cell apart in the row, and the face above with the face below, sit opposite each other. Put down every given face's opposite before anything else.
Same Faces on the Same Sides
When the last two faces are opposite each other, stand on a placed face, look at a neighbour, and keep its left and its right where the original has them.
Side Against Side
On letter boards, find which side of each letter touches which side of its neighbour, and turn the piece until yours do the same.
Validate Before the Bar Runs Out
Check the last face, validate and move on. There's no going back to a board.
More Practice
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