Logical Pattern Recognition Questions and Answers Flashcards
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Series: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, __. What comes next?
Answer: 37
Differences: 3,5,7,9,11 (increasing odd numbers). 26+11=37.
ABBA, BCCB, CDDC, ____. What comes next?
Answer: DEED
Pattern: first letters shift +1 each time (A→B→C→D), and the structure is XYYX (palindrome with consecutive letters). Next: DEED.
If 1 → A, 2 → C, 3 → E, 4 → G, what does 5 → ?
Answer: I
Mapping: 1→A(1st), 2→C(3rd), 3→E(5th), 4→G(7th). Each step skips one letter (odd positions). 5 → I (9th letter).
WATCH is to TIME as THERMOMETER is to ____.
Answer: Temperature
A WATCH measures TIME; a THERMOMETER measures TEMPERATURE. The relationship is instrument-to-measurement.
A sequence of colored blocks: R, G, B, R, G, B, R, __. What color comes next?
Answer: G
The pattern repeats RGB with period 3. Position 8: 8 mod 3 = 2, which corresponds to G (second element).
Logical rule: If it rains, the ground gets wet. The ground is not wet. What can we conclude?
Answer: It did not rain
This is modus tollens: If P→Q and ¬Q, then ¬P. Not-wet ground implies it did not rain.