How scoring works
Nothing about the verdict is hidden. These are the exact rules applied when you submit a paper.
Equal weighting
Every question counts once, regardless of type or difficulty. Your overall score is simply correct answers ÷ questions presented.
Two thresholds must both be met
You need the overall pass mark AND the section minimum in every section that appears on your paper. This prevents a strong subject from hiding a critical gap.
Blanks count as incorrect
Unanswered questions score zero, and the paper submits automatically when the timer expires — exactly as in a supervised sitting.
Sequencing is all-or-nothing
Ordering tasks are correct only when the full sequence matches; partial credit is not awarded, because on board a wrong order is a wrong procedure.
Balanced question draw
Each sitting draws an even spread across sections from the bank, then tops up at random, so results are comparable between attempts.
Remediation from your own gaps
Your three weakest sections generate a study plan, and every missed question shows your answer, the correct answer, the reasoning and a specific next step.
Pass criteria per assessment and level
The CES track is offered at two levels. Junior Officer draws only foundation and intermediate items and passes at a lower threshold with more generous timing. Senior Officer excludes the foundation items entirely, adds command scenarios, prioritisation sequences and calculations, and passes at a higher threshold. Your level is recorded with every attempt.
| Assessment | Level | Questions | Time | Overall pass | Section minimum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CES Practice — Junior Officer | Junior Officer | 45 | 50 min | 65% | 45% |
| CES Practice — Senior Officer | Senior Officer | 45 | 60 min | 75% | 55% |
| Cognitive Aptitude Simulation | Single level | 39 | 45 min | 70% | 50% |
About the content
The CES track is independent preparation material, not an official CES assessment. Its technical questions come from the Maritime Mastermind study programme, and every illustration — buoyage and cardinal marks, day shapes, light patterns, sound signals, anchors, extinguishers and fixed installations, pyrotechnics, lifesaving appliances, PPE, IMO-style signage and bridge instruments — is an original schematic drawing produced for this app rather than a copied chart or manual page. The content is training-level theory and contains no operational instructions for real-world use. The aptitude simulation is an entirely original, non-proprietary battery written for this app, informed only at a conceptual level by the assessment domains and task modalities that are publicly described in the international psychological assessment literature and in publicly available assessment catalogues: general reasoning, matrix-style inductive reasoning, numerical flexibility and calculation with symbols, 2D visualisation, 3D orientation and mental rotation, visual recognition and memory, working memory and block-sequence recall, selective and sustained attention, perceptual speed and visual pursuit, reaction and response inhibition, multi-tasking capacity, rule switching and interference control, plus non-clinical work-style judgement around calm decision-making, conscientiousness, safety-aware choices, teamwork and steadiness under pressure.
No commercial or proprietary test — including the Vienna Test System or any Schuhfried instrument — is copied, reconstructed or represented here, and nothing on this site is official, affiliated or endorsed by any cruise line, crewing agency or test publisher. No proprietary items, wording, screenshots, branded interfaces, images, scoring norms or test names are used. Scores are transparent, non-normative practice feedback for self-study only: nothing here measures stress, brain function, personality or psychiatric state, nothing here diagnoses any condition, and none of it substitutes for a qualified psychological evaluation.
Domain feedback is diagnostic rather than clinical. A weak domain simply tells you which skill to drill — for example row-by-row scanning for attention, rule-stating before answering for abstract reasoning, chunking for working memory, or fixing north first for spatial orientation.
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