Criteria Corp Tests: CCAT, UCAT, CBST, CLPT, EPP, Emotify

What tests does Criteria Corp make?

Criteria sells aptitude tests (CCAT, UCAT, GAME, Cognify), basic-skills tests (CBST and CBST2), an English test (CLPT), a personality profile (EPP) and an emotional-intelligence test (Emotify), and an employer can bundle several in one invitation.

Criteria's own guide warns employers not to pair the CCAT with the UCAT, the CBST or Cognify, because they measure overlapping abilities. So if your invitation has two tests, one is usually an aptitude test and the other a personality or emotional-intelligence questionnaire.

Criteria's tests, from its product pages and guides, and which one our practice test copies
Version	Format	Used for	Basis
Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Test (CCAT)We simulate this one	Format50 questions, 15 minutes	Used forProblem solving, critical thinking and learning ability for mid- and high-level roles. Verbal, math and logic, and spatial questions, mixed.	BasisPublished by the ownerCriteria, "What to expect on the Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Test (CCAT)"
Universal Cognitive Aptitude Test (UCAT)Partial practice	Format40 questions, 20 minutes	Used forA version with no verbal questions, built to translate well for international hiring: logic and analysis, numerical reasoning, attention to detail, spatial reasoning. Not the UK medical-school UCAT.	BasisPublished by the ownerCriteria, "Universal Cognitive Aptitude Test (UCAT)"
Criteria Basic Skills Test (CBST)Partial practice	Format40 questions, 20 minutes	Used forEntry-level and clerical roles: spelling, punctuation, grammar, vocabulary and reading, plus arithmetic and numerical problem solving. Verbal and math subscores.	BasisPublished by the ownerCriteria, "Criteria Basic Skills Test (CBST)"
Criteria Basic Skills Test 2 (CBST2)Partial practice	FormatAbout 4 to 20 minutes, modular and adaptive	Used forA newer entry-level test: mathematical, abstract, verbal and critical reasoning and checking accuracy. Its pool draws on CCAT, UCAT and CBST items.	BasisPublished by the ownerCriteria, "Criteria Basic Skills Test 2 (CBST2)"
Criteria Language Proficiency Test (CLPT)No practice possible	FormatAbout 7 to 28 minutes, depending on the skills chosen	Used forWorkplace English: reading, listening, writing and speaking, adaptive, scored 1 to 20 in five bands from Beginner to Advanced, with CEFR equivalents on the full version.	BasisPublished by the ownerCriteria, "Information brief: Criteria Language Proficiency Test (CLPT)" (PDF)
Employee Personality Profile (EPP)No practice possible	Format140 statements, untimed, about 10 minutes	Used forTwelve traits, from Achievement and Assertiveness to Stress Tolerance, reported as percentiles and matched to job families.	BasisPublished by the ownerCriteria, "Score report guide: EPP" (PDF)
EmotifyNo practice possible	FormatAbout 20 minutes, three short tasks	Used forEmotional intelligence, measured as an ability: Matching Faces (30 rounds of 3 seconds), Emotional Ties (20 rounds of up to a minute) and Emotions in Action. One overall percentile.	BasisPublished by the ownerCriteria, "Score report guide: Emotify" (PDF)
General Aptitude Mobile Evaluation (GAME) and CognifyNo practice possible	FormatGAME: about 5 to 6 minutes. Cognify: three interactive games	Used forGame-based ability tests: GAME is mobile-first and adaptive; Cognify uses games for problem solving, numbers and written text.	BasisPublished by the ownerCriteria, "Assessment guide: types of assessments" (2025, PDF)

Which Criteria test have I been sent?

Read the question count and the clock on the first screen: 50 in 15 minutes is the CCAT, 40 in 20 is the UCAT or the CBST, about 20 minutes of faces and scenarios is Emotify, and 140 untimed statements is the EPP.

Does it say 50 questions and 15 minutes?
Yes
The CCAT. Read the CCAT test guide and take the free CCAT-style practice test.
No
Go to question 2.
Does it say 40 questions and 20 minutes?
Yes
The UCAT if there are no word or grammar questions, the CBST if there are spelling, grammar and arithmetic items.
No
Go to question 3.
Is it short, adaptive and modular, with "checking accuracy" items?
Yes
Probably the CBST2, Criteria's newer basic-skills test.
No
Go to question 4.
Is it statements to agree or disagree with, and no clock?
Yes
The EPP personality profile. Answer as you really work; there is nothing to practise.
No
Go to question 5.
Are there faces to match to emotions, then everyday scenarios?
Yes
Emotify, the emotional-intelligence test.
No
Go to question 6.
Is it reading, listening, writing or speaking in English?
Yes
The CLPT language test.
No
Ask the recruiter for the full test name. "CEPAT" is not a Criteria product name we could find.

What is the difference between the CCAT, the UCAT and the CBST?

Level and pace: the CCAT is the hardest, 50 questions at 18 seconds each for professional roles; the UCAT drops verbal items for international hiring at 30 seconds a question; the CBST tests basic reading, grammar and arithmetic for entry-level jobs, also 30 seconds a question.

Criteria's three classic ability tests. Seconds a question is our arithmetic.
	CCAT	UCAT	CBST
Questions, time	CCAT50, 15 min	UCAT40, 20 min	CBST40, 20 min
Seconds a question	CCAT18	UCAT30	CBST30
Content	CCATVerbal, math and logic, spatial	UCATLogic, numbers, attention to detail, spatial	CBSTGrammar, spelling, reading, arithmetic
Verbal items?	CCATYes	UCATNo	CBSTYes
Typical roles	CCATMid- to high-level	UCATGraduate-level, international	CBSTEntry-level, clerical
Score	CCATRaw out of 50, percentile	UCATRaw out of 40, percentile	CBSTRaw out of 40, percentile, verbal and math subscores

The CCAT is the one most candidates search for, and the one with the hardest clock. Criteria says very few people answer all 50 and the median is 24. The full breakdown is in the CCAT test guide, and the employers that confirm they use it are on companies that use the CCAT.

The CCAT is the one you can train for

8 full mocks on the 15-minute clock, with verbal, math and logic, and spatial questions mixed the way the real test mixes them.

The CCAT Pass Pack gives you 8 full mocks on the real clock, 16 drills of 12 questions for the sections that cost you points, and a predictor that turns your mocks into the odds of reaching your target. One payment, no subscription, and your free score stays free.

Prep courses for these tests usually cost $19 to $129. The CCAT Pass Pack is US$39 (£29), once.

See the CCAT Pass Pack How our questions are built and checked

8
timed mocks: 16
topic drills: 1
score predictor

What are the EPP and Emotify, and can you prepare for them?

The EPP is a 140-statement personality profile of 12 work traits, and Emotify is a 20-minute ability test of reading and managing emotions; Criteria reports both as percentiles rather than pass or fail, and only Emotify has right answers.

The Employee Personality Profile measures Achievement, Assertiveness, Competitiveness, Conscientiousness, Cooperativeness, Extroversion, Managerial, Motivation, Openness, Patience, Self-Confidence and Stress Tolerance, each as a percentile against Criteria's norm group, then compares your pattern with job families. It is untimed and most people take about ten minutes. The best preparation is to answer honestly and consistently, as you really work.

Emotify has three tasks. Matching Faces gives 30 rounds of 3 seconds to say whether a face and a word show the same emotion. Emotional Ties gives 20 everyday situations, up to a minute each, to predict how people will feel. Emotions in Action asks for the best way to handle an emotional situation. Read each scenario fully and answer on what it says, not on what you would assume.

What is the Criteria CLPT?

The Criteria Language Proficiency Test measures workplace English in up to four skills (reading, listening, writing and speaking), adapts to your answers and scores you from 1 to 20 in five bands, Beginner to Advanced.

Employers choose which skills to test, so it takes about 7 to 28 minutes. Reading and listening are multiple choice; writing and speaking answers are scored automatically. The full version also reports a CEFR level for each skill, the European scale from A1 to C2 that many employers already use. There is a shorter CLPT Express of about seven minutes.

Which Criteria tests can I practise on this site?

The CCAT in full, the UCAT and the basic-skills tests in part, and none of the personality, emotional-intelligence or language tests, because those have nothing a practice score could train.

What our free tests and Pass Packs cover for each Criteria test

Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Test (CCAT)
Full practice here
Our free CCAT-style test copies the 50-question, 15-minute format, and the CCAT Pass Pack adds full mocks and drills.
Universal Cognitive Aptitude Test (UCAT)
Partial practice
Our CCAT-style test covers its logic, numerical and spatial families, at a faster pace. We have no attention-to-detail drills.
Criteria Basic Skills Test (CBST)
Partial practice
Our Wonderlic-style test drills vocabulary and arithmetic at speed. It has no spelling or punctuation items.
Criteria Basic Skills Test 2 (CBST2)
Partial practice
The reasoning modules overlap our CCAT-style questions. The format is adaptive, which ours is not.
Criteria Language Proficiency Test (CLPT)
No practice possible
Nothing on this site practises listening or speaking. Reading practice helps a little; it is not a substitute.
Employee Personality Profile (EPP)
No practice possible
A personality questionnaire has no right answers to train. Answer consistently and as you really work.
Emotify
No practice possible
We have no practice for it. Read each scenario fully and answer on the facts given.
General Aptitude Mobile Evaluation (GAME) and Cognify
No practice possible
Game formats cannot be copied faithfully. The underlying skills (quick numbers, patterns) are the same ones our CCAT-style questions train.

For the UCAT's numerical and logic items, the CCAT-style practice test is the closest timed rehearsal. For the CBST's grammar and arithmetic, the Wonderlic-style test trains speed and the TEAS-style test trains English and math content at a similar level.

Key facts in one place

Criteria Corp publishes the CCAT (50 questions in 15 minutes), the UCAT and CBST (40 in 20), the EPP personality profile (140 statements, untimed), Emotify (about 20 minutes) and game-based tests. LifeScore, which is independent of Criteria, offers a free CCAT-style practice test of 50 questions in 15 minutes, scored the moment you finish, with no sign-up.

Checked 20 October 2026. Sources are listed at the end of the page.
Fact	Figure
CCAT	50 questions, 15 minutes
UCAT and CBST	40 questions, 20 minutes
EPP personality profile	140 statements, untimed
Emotify	About 20 minutes
LifeScore free CCAT-style test	50 questions, 15 minutes, no sign-up (not affiliated with Criteria)

Frequently asked questions

What is the CEPAT?

We could not find a Criteria test by that name. Criteria's product pages, its 2025 assessment guide and its score report guides list the CCAT, UCAT, CBST, CBST2, CLPT, EPP, Emotify, GAME and Cognify, and none of them is called CEPAT. If your invitation says CEPAT, ask the employer for the full name; if it says 50 questions in 15 minutes, it is the CCAT.

Is the Criteria UCAT the same as the UCAT for medical school?

No. Criteria's Universal Cognitive Aptitude Test is a 40-question, 20-minute hiring test with no verbal questions. The UCAT for UK medical and dental admissions is a different exam from a different organisation.

Which Criteria test is the hardest?

For most people the CCAT, because it gives 18 seconds a question across verbal, math, logic and spatial items, and Criteria says very few people answer all 50. The UCAT and CBST each allow 30 seconds a question.

Can you fail the EPP personality test?

There is no pass or fail score from Criteria: the EPP reports 12 traits as percentiles and compares the pattern with job families. An employer may still screen on fit. Answer honestly and consistently; trying to guess the "right" profile tends to produce an inconsistent one.

Does Criteria offer free practice tests?

Criteria publishes candidate guidance and practice material on its own site. Our free CCAT-style practice test adds the full 50-question, 15-minute format with an instant score.

How do I know which Criteria test I have?

Look at the count and the clock: 50 in 15 minutes is the CCAT, 40 in 20 minutes is the UCAT or the CBST (the CBST has spelling and grammar, the UCAT has none), about 20 minutes of faces and scenarios is Emotify, and 140 untimed statements is the EPP.

Fifteen minutes, 50 questions, one shot

8 mocks, 16 drills and a predictor that shows your odds of clearing the score your employer wants.