Epic Skills Assessment Abstract Reasoning Skills 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A pattern alternates: large dark square, small light circle, large dark square, small light circle. What comes next?
- Large dark square (Correct answer)
- Small light circle
- Small dark square
- Large light circle
Correct answer: Large dark square
The pattern strictly alternates, so after a small light circle comes a large dark square.
Question 2: If RED = 27 (R=18, E=5, D=4), what does CAT equal using the same rule (A=1, C=3, T=20)?
- 24 (Correct answer)
- 23
- 25
- 22
Correct answer: 24
C(3) + A(1) + T(20) = 24.
Question 3: A sequence of figures shows a triangle rotating 45° clockwise each step. After 8 steps, what is the orientation compared to the start?
- Same as start (Correct answer)
- 90° clockwise
- 180°
- 45° clockwise
Correct answer: Same as start
8 × 45° = 360°, which is a full rotation, returning the triangle to its original orientation.
Question 4: Which analogy is correct? Glove is to hand as boot is to __?
- Shoe
- Foot (Correct answer)
- Leg
- Sock
Correct answer: Foot
A glove covers a hand just as a boot covers a foot — same body-part relationship.
Question 5: The sequence 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, __ follows which rule?
- Add consecutive odd numbers starting from 3
- Add 3, then 5, then 7...
- Square of n plus 1 (Correct answer)
- Double then subtract 1
Correct answer: Square of n plus 1
Each term equals n² + 1: 1²+1=2, 2²+1=5, 3²+1=10, 4²+1=17, 5²+1=26, 6²+1=37.
Question 6: Four boxes each contain a number. Box A has twice Box B; Box B has half of Box C; Box C = 8. What is Box A?
- 4
- 8 (Correct answer)
- 16
- 32
Correct answer: 8
C=8, B=C/2=4, A=2×B=8.
Question 7: In a 3×3 grid, each row and column contains the symbols ●, ■, ▲ exactly once. If row 1 is ●■▲ and row 2 starts with ▲, what is the middle symbol of row 2?
- ● (Correct answer)
- ■
- ▲
- Cannot be determined
Correct answer: ●
Row 2 starts with ▲; column 2 already has ■ in row 1, so row 2 column 2 must be ●.
Epic Skills Assessment Abstract Reasoning Skills 3
A pattern alternates: large dark square, small light circle, large dark square, small light circle.
What comes next?