ENAC Memory N-Back
IntellectualPSY1Letters 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.
Overview
Each comparison is easy. Holding three to five letters in order while new ones arrive is the test. Keep the last few letters in your head as a string, said by name, so a B and a b need no second look. When a letter comes, compare it with the first of the string, click, then drop that one and add the new letter to the end. So with p c b held and a g on screen: No, and now it’s c b g. For a 4-back or a 5-back, split the string in two (two and two, or three and two), or give each letter a finger. And if you lose the string, don’t dig for it. Click your best guess and hold the next letters as a new string: you’re back in step a few letters later.
Assessments
Part of the ENAC EPL selection (PSY1) battery as “Memory N-Back”.
Letters one at a time, each judged against the one N letters before, with upper and lower case counting as the same letter. Set from 2014 to 2018, as a 3-back then a 4-back from 2016, and not since. The battery brings tests back, so it is worth an hour before the day.
Part of the Air France Cadets selection at ENAC (PSY1) battery as “Memory N-Back”.
The same letter test, set from 2018 to February 2020, last as a 4-back then a 5-back. It has not been set since.
Battery mappings are based on public information and may change.
Eleven letters, three back
On the day these come one at a time. Each shows for 1 second, then it goes and you get 3 seconds to answer. The first three get no question. Each one after that does: is it the same letter as the one three before it? Capitals and small letters count as the same, so C and c are a match.
One letter at a time
The same eleven letters, the way the test shows them. There’s no clock here, the letter stays up while you answer, and each answer is corrected before the next letter.
Game Phases
Hold a String, Shift One
Keep the last three to five letters in order. Compare each new letter with the first, then drop that one and add the new one.
Click in the Window
The letter’s gone when Yes and No come on, and you’ve got 3 seconds. Click as soon as you know, then use what’s left to update your string.
One Place Off Is a No
If a letter matches the one a place nearer or a place further back, it’s still a No. Some letters are put there to catch exactly that.
Don’t Race the Letters
Clicking early doesn’t bring the next letter sooner. Wait for it, or you’ll shift your string one letter too far.
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.
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.
Associative Memory
Memorise a set of symbol–number pairs, then after a short delay recall which number went with each symbol.
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.