CCAT CCAT - Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Abstract Reasoning Questions and Answers 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a series, every other shape is rotated 90° clockwise. The first shape is an arrow pointing up. What direction does the third shape point?
- Up (Correct answer)
- Right
- Down
- Left
Correct answer: Up
Only odd-positioned shapes are rotated from the original; since the third shape is odd-numbered and two 90° rotations return to up, it points up.
Question 2: A pattern shows: large dark shape, small light shape, large dark shape, small light shape, ___. What comes next?
- Small light shape
- Large dark shape (Correct answer)
- Small dark shape
- Large light shape
Correct answer: Large dark shape
The alternating pattern of large dark / small light means the fifth term is a large dark shape.
Question 3: Each row in a matrix contains three figures where the number of dots inside increases by 1. The third row starts with 3 dots, then 4 dots. How many dots does the missing figure have?
- 3
- 4
- 5 (Correct answer)
- 6
Correct answer: 5
Following the +1 rule, the next figure has 5 dots.
Question 4: A figure is reflected horizontally, then the reflection is rotated 180°. Which transformation produces the same final result as both steps combined?
- Reflected vertically (Correct answer)
- Rotated 90° clockwise
- Translated to the right
- Scaled up
Correct answer: Reflected vertically
A horizontal reflection followed by a 180° rotation is equivalent to a vertical reflection.
Question 5: Three squares are overlapping in a Venn-diagram style. The only region shaded is the area shared exclusively by squares A and B (not C). Which region remains unshaded?
- The area shared only by A and C
- The area inside only A
- The area shared by A, B, and C
- All of the above (Correct answer)
Correct answer: All of the above
Only the A∩B exclusive region is shaded, so every other region — A only, A∩C only, A∩B∩C, etc. — is unshaded.
Question 6: Each shape in a series is divided into sections, and one additional section is filled in black with each step. The first shape has 1 filled section out of 6. How many filled sections does the fourth shape have?
- 3
- 4 (Correct answer)
- 5
- 6
Correct answer: 4
Starting at 1 filled section and adding 1 per step: the fourth shape has 4 filled sections.
CCAT CCAT - Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Abstract Reasoning Questions and Answers 2
In a series, every other shape is rotated 90° clockwise.
The first shape is an arrow pointing up.
What direction does the third shape point?