M-TASK Multitasking Test
IntellectualThree tasks at once in the Schuhfried M-TASK format: work a symbol queue in its stated priority order, fill arithmetic blanks against a time bar, and reorder symbol rows to match a target. One clock, a neglected panel drags the whole score, and every run records a replay. Or go endless in Challenge, where the first mistake ends the run.
Overview
The M-TASK Multitasking Test mirrors M-TASK from the Schuhfried Vienna Test System, a multitasking test used in pilot selection. It puts three tasks on one screen and has you work them simultaneously: a planning task where a queue of symbols must be processed in a stated priority order, mental arithmetic with a single blank under per-item time pressure, and a pattern-matching task where a scrambled row of symbols has to be reordered to match a target. The real test runs its work phase for 10 minutes (about 18 minutes including instructions), generates its items algorithmically for every sitting, and is not difficulty-adaptive, so a practiced candidate faces the same equivalent pressure every time. Scoring is the part to understand before you start: Schuhfried scores balanced performance non-compensatorily, meaning strength on one task cannot compensate for neglect of another, and our harmonic-mean composite reproduces exactly that behaviour. In practice the winning strategy is steady rotation across all three panels, because one dropped channel drags the whole score toward zero no matter how strong the other two are. After every run you can replay the whole session and scrub to the exact moments points were gained or lost, and the endless Challenge format turns the same screen into a sudden-death run where the first mistake ends it.
Assessments
Could show up in Schuhfried-based selections.
Airline mappings are based on public information and may change.
Example: one decision in each panel
The walkthrough below plays the three panels one at a time so each rule is visible. In the test itself they all run together on one clock.
Priority queue
Arithmetic
? + 2 = 3
Correct!
Pattern match
target · match below
Matched!
Top panel: the rule is Order: 1 triangle, 2 square, 3 circle. The square arrived first and sits leftmost, but a triangle is on the tray, so the triangle MUST be taken first. Arrival order never matters; priority does.
Game Phases
Hold the priority rule
Symbols keep landing on the top tray. The rule stays fixed: triangles before squares, squares before circles. Take the highest-priority symbol on the tray every time; taking anything else while it waits is wrong, and a tray that overflows drains its oldest tile as a miss.
Fill the blank
Bottom left shows an equation with one missing number, like ? + 2 = 3, and four number tiles. One tile is right, three are near misses, and the time bar under the item is already draining.
Match the row
Bottom right shows a target row of three symbols and the same symbols scrambled below it. Swap two tiles at a time until the rows match before the bar empties.
Keep all three balanced
The score is the harmonic mean of the three channel accuracies, the non-compensatory model the real M-TASK uses. A neglected channel drags the whole score toward zero, so the winning strategy is steady rotation, not brilliance on one panel.
More Practice
Multitasking & Planning
8 exercisesMultitasking 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.
Planning Test
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Triple Multitasking Test
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Motion Challenge
A ball maze planning test in the style of Aon's motionChallenge: slide the blocks clear and steer the orange ball into the black hole in as few moves as you can. Six minutes on the clock, as many puzzles as you can solve, one level up after every solve.
Task Manager
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ENAC Marble Tubes
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ENAC Slid Shapes
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