CAT4 CAT4 - Cognitive Abilities Test Fourth Edition Figure Matrices Questions and Answers 5

Question 1

Row 1 shows a triangle, square, pentagon. Row 2 shows a square, pentagon, ?. What completes row 2?

Accepted Answer

Hexagon

Answer

Each step across a row adds one side, so a pentagon is followed by a 6-sided hexagon.

Question 2

In a 3x3 matrix, each row and column contains one circle, one square and one triangle. The bottom row shows a triangle, a circle, and ?. What is missing?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Each shape appears once per row, so the only shape missing from the bottom row is the square.

Question 3

A dot sits in the top-left corner of a square, then top-right, then bottom-right. Where is the dot in the next cell?

Accepted Answer

Bottom-left

Answer

The dot moves clockwise one corner at a time, so after bottom-right it moves to bottom-left.

Question 4

Cell 1 shows lines on the top and left sides of a box. Cell 2 shows lines on the top and right sides. Cell 3 keeps only lines that appear in just one of the first two cells. What does cell 3 show?

Accepted Answer

Left and right

Answer

The shared top line cancels out, leaving only the left and right lines.

Question 5

An arrow pointing up becomes an arrow pointing up-right. Applying the same rule, what does an arrow pointing right become?

Accepted Answer

Arrow pointing down-right

Answer

The rule is a 45° clockwise turn, so right becomes down-right.

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CAT4 CAT4 - Cognitive Abilities Test Fourth Edition Figure Matrices Questions and Answers 5