anyone have any suggestions on practice exams or books that can help with the apptitude testing....besides the ones on NavCanada's website.
thanks

I wish I could tell you yes, but the ones on the NavCanada site are some of the few available.

Essentially think of it like an IQ test, there's 0 relation to Air Traffic Control, or even aviation, at least when I took it 3 years ago.

The only preparation you can do is to prepare your mind for that type of test.

It's an aptitude, you're either born with it or you're not, you can't study for it.

It's a long and tiring test, but trust me its a small hurdle in the training that comes afterwards, but in the end, if you make it, it's all more than worth the effort.

Good Luck!

Try these, I took this quote from http://www.local5454.com
It's a website for controllers and wannabe controllers. Have a look around there for tons of info. As for the books:

"... Baron's How to Prepare for the Mechanical Aptitude and Spatial Relations Tests by Dr. Joel Wiesen. I also picked up a book in the same section titled How to Pass Numeracy Tests by Harry Tolley and Ken Thomas. The second one what just to get me thinking in a numerical way again. I don't remember what section exactly they were in (try 153.94... in the dewey decimal system, that's where these were) but a brief search at the catalogue desk should send you in the right direction"

Everyone has their own way to attack these puzzles. I did the sample questions once a few months before the test when I qualified, jotted down a few notes that I thought could help me solve the questions better. Then I ignored it until the day before the test where I read my notes, did the samples again and that was it. So the actual tests the next day went very well, and needless to say, mission accomplished. PM me for specifics.

Oh and for the audio recognition, the person saying the letter/number sequence is british, be ready for that.