APCAT - Alberta Police Cognitive Ability Pattern Recognition and Spatial Reasoning Questions and Answers Flashcards
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A series of license plate numbers follows a pattern: AB-101, AB-103, AB-105, AB-107. What is the next plate in the sequence?
Answer: AB-109
Each plate number increases by 2 (odd numbers), so after 107 comes 109.
An officer maps four intersections: North is 3 blocks from the station, East is 5 blocks, South is 3 blocks, and West is 5 blocks. What shape does this form?
Answer: Rectangle
Two sides measure 3 blocks and two sides measure 5 blocks, forming a rectangle.
A series of case numbers reads: 2024-01, 2024-04, 2024-09, 2024-16. What is the next number?
Answer: 2024-25
The suffixes are perfect squares: 1, 4, 9, 16, so the next is 25.
If a patrol route goes: North 2 blocks, East 3 blocks, South 2 blocks, West 3 blocks, where does the officer end up?
Answer: Back at the start
Moving equal distances in opposite directions (N/S and E/W) returns the officer to the starting point.
Incident codes follow the pattern: 1A, 2B, 3C, 4D. What comes next?
Answer: 5E
Numbers increase by 1 and letters advance alphabetically, so the next code is 5E.
A suspect turns left at a corner, walks one block, turns right, walks two blocks, then turns left again. Compared to the original direction, the suspect is now heading in which direction?
Answer: Same original direction
A left turn, then a right turn, cancel each other out, so the final left turn means the suspect is heading in the original direction.