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An overseas intelligence agency is investigating an international organised crime group (OCG). They have intelligence that the OCG is attempting to smuggle drugs and firearms into the UK. They have contacted the National Crime Agency for support.
There are 3 tasks that will test your skills - you need to complete each of them as quickly and accurately as you can.
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You will need 5 minutes to complete the test.
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The Dutch Intelligence Agency is asking us for
is asking us for help decyphering encrypted messages.
encrypted messages.
Messages between members of the organised crime group are being tracked and processed to identify how they plan to smuggle drugs and firearms into the UK. One of the techniques used to predict activity is sequence matching.
We need you to correctly identify the missing items in the series you’re about to be shown - this will be a good indicator of your suitability for this role. You have 60 seconds to identify as many as you can.
Select the missing
figure in this sequence:
You have 60 seconds
Choose an
answer from
this row
Choose an answer from this row
CORRECT
You have completed the first task and have demonstrated some of the visual memory skills that we’re looking for.
The decrypted message points to the location of a suspicious yacht off the coast of Mauritius that needs investigating.
A yacht has been impounded. Images from
Images from an intelligence officer need examining.
officer need examining.
As part of your job at the NCA you have to try to identify anything suspicious on the image.
You have 30 seconds to examine the image and memorise as many details as you can. We will then ask you 3 questions about what you remember.
CORRECT
Your overall total is points.
After carefully examining the yacht you find a concealed hatch.
The hatch has a complex locking mechanism operated using an electronic keypad.
The suspicious hatch has a complex locking mechanism.
complex locking mechanism.
Back in the UK you are tasked with helping to unlock the hatch.
The hatch has a keypad with symbols on it.
We need to cross-match the given symbols in our database to pinpoint the ones to press. Some are labelled with counter-intuitive text and we need you to quickly identify the correctly labelled ones so that we can discard the invalid ones.
Valid symbols have text underneath which matches the shape colour. You have 30 seconds to identify as many as you can.
Examples
We need to cross-match the given symbols in our database to pinpoint the ones to press. Some are labelled with counter-intuitive text and we need you to quickly identify the correctly labelled ones so that we can discard the invalid ones.
Valid symbols have text underneath which matches the shape colour. You have 30 seconds to identify as many as you can.
CORRECT
With your help the NCA managed to open the hatch and found a stash of illegal firearms and 1.4 tonnes of cocaine with a street value of £112 million on its way to be sold in the UK.
