CCAT CCAT - Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Abstract Reasoning Questions and Answers 5

Question 1

A shape is reflected across a vertical axis, then reflected again across a horizontal axis. The net result is equivalent to which single transformation?

Accepted Answer

180° rotation

Answer

A vertical reflection followed by a horizontal reflection is equivalent to a 180° rotation about the center.

Question 2

In the sequence: △ ○ ○ △ △ △ ○ ○ ○ ○ … the shapes appear in groups of increasing size (1 triangle, 2 circles, 3 triangles, 4 circles…). What is the 15th symbol in the sequence?

Accepted Answer

Triangle

Answer

Groups have sizes 1,2,3,4,5… with totals 1,3,6,10,15; the 15th symbol ends the 5th group (triangles), so it is a triangle.

Question 3

Every figure in a matrix is divided into 4 quadrants. Top-left is always shaded, and the shaded quadrant rotates 90° clockwise each step. Starting from top-left shaded, which quadrant is shaded in the 5th figure?

Accepted Answer

Top-left

Answer

The shading cycles through 4 positions every 4 steps, so the 5th figure (same as the 1st) has the top-left quadrant shaded.

Question 4

Two overlapping shapes create three regions: left-only, overlap, right-only. In a sequence, the overlap region grows while the non-overlapping regions shrink equally. This pattern illustrates which abstract concept?

Accepted Answer

Convergence

Answer

The two shapes are moving toward each other and increasing shared area, which represents convergence.

Question 5

A grid pattern uses only black and white squares. Each row is the inverse (swapped colors) of the row above it. Row 1 starts: Black, White, Black. What does Row 3 look like?

Accepted Answer

Black, White, Black

Answer

Row 2 inverts Row 1, and Row 3 inverts Row 2, returning to the original pattern: Black, White, Black.

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CCAT CCAT - Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Abstract Reasoning Questions and Answers 5