Free ACT Deductive Reasoning practice
Our deductive reasoning practice gives you a one or two-line statement and a question about it: who is shorter, who is quicker, who finished last. Any one question is easy. The difficulty is that you get only a few seconds each, and the wording is built to trip you up — negatives such as “is not as quick as” and reversed questions that ask for the slower rather than the faster. In the Army’s official practice you also have to memorise the statements before the question appears, which ours does not do, so try the official practice too.
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Try the official free practice first
The Army's official free ACT practice questions (run by Mindmill) show the real question formats, and you can try them as often as you like. Do them first — several of our sections use older BARB-style formats, so treat our practice as extra speed-and-accuracy drilling rather than a copy of the real test.
Open the official Army Cognitive Test practice questions ↗Try a free sample
James is taller than Owen. Who is shorter?
In our practice, tapping an answer moves you straight on, with no going back.
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These are original practice questions for the abilities the Army Cognitive Test (ACT) assesses. They are not the official questions, and several of our sections use older BARB-style question formats that differ from the real ACT; our timings are our own. Forces Ready is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by the British Army or the Ministry of Defence — always follow the official guidance from your Army careers adviser.