CFAT Spatial Ability: Pattern Recognition 2

Question 1

A sequence shows shapes increasing in sides: triangle, square, pentagon, ____. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Hexagon

Answer

Each shape gains one side: 3→4→5→6, so a hexagon follows.

Question 2

A 3×3 grid has one white, one gray, and one black shape per row. The bottom row has a black triangle and a white triangle already placed. What shade must the third triangle be?

Accepted Answer

Gray

Answer

Each row must contain one of each shade; black and white are taken, so the missing shade is gray.

Question 3

A pattern shows: ▲ ▲▲ ▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲. How many triangles appear in the 6th term?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

The pattern adds one triangle per term, so the 6th term has 6 triangles.

Question 4

Looking at an object from the front you see a circle, from the side a rectangle, and from the top a circle. What is the object most likely to be?

Accepted Answer

Cylinder

Answer

A cylinder viewed from the front and top shows circles, and from the side shows a rectangle.

Question 5

An arrow rotates 90° clockwise each step: North, East, South, West, North…. What direction does the 11th arrow point?

Accepted Answer

South

Answer

The 4-step cycle repeats; 11 mod 4 = 3, which is the 3rd position in the cycle: South.

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CFAT Spatial Ability: Pattern Recognition 2