Finastra Assessment Test Finastra Spatial Reasoning Assessment 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A flat cross-shaped net consists of 6 squares arranged symmetrically. When folded into a cube, which face will be opposite the center square of the cross?
- The top square of the vertical strip (Correct answer)
- The left square of the horizontal strip
- The bottom square of the vertical strip
- The square directly adjacent to the center on the right
Correct answer: The top square of the vertical strip
In a standard cross net, the square at the opposite end of the vertical strip folds to become the face directly opposite the center (base) square.
Question 2: A sequence of tiles shows a 3×3 grid where each row shifts one position to the right cyclically. If the first row is [A, B, C], second is [C, A, B], what is the third row?
- B, C, A (Correct answer)
- A, B, C
- C, B, A
- B, A, C
Correct answer: B, C, A
Each row shifts one position right cyclically, so row 3 follows row 2's pattern [C,A,B] shifted right to [B,C,A].
Question 3: You are looking at a 3D object from the front: a cylinder sitting on top of a cube. Which view from the RIGHT side would you expect?
- A rectangle with a circle on top (Correct answer)
- A square with a circle on top
- Two overlapping circles
- A rectangle only
Correct answer: A rectangle with a circle on top
From the right side, the cube appears as a rectangle and the cylinder (viewed from the side) appears as a rectangle on top — but the circular profile is not visible from the side.
Question 4: A transparent cube has a red dot on one face. When the cube is rotated 90° around the vertical axis, then 90° forward (toward the viewer), where does the red dot end up?
- On the bottom face (Correct answer)
- On the back face
- On the left face
- On the top face
Correct answer: On the bottom face
Rotating 90° around the vertical axis moves the dot to the side, then rotating 90° forward brings that side face down to the bottom.
Question 5: In a pattern matrix, the number of sides of shapes increases by 1 going left to right (triangle, square, pentagon). Going top to bottom, shapes shrink in size. What fits in the bottom-right cell?
- A small pentagon (Correct answer)
- A large triangle
- A medium square
- A small hexagon
Correct answer: A small pentagon
Bottom row = smallest size; rightmost column = pentagon (5 sides); so the bottom-right cell contains a small pentagon.
Question 6: A shape is reflected over a vertical mirror line. The original has a triangular notch pointing LEFT on its right edge. After reflection, the notch points:
- Right, on the left edge (Correct answer)
- Left, on the left edge
- Right, on the right edge
- Left, on the right edge
Correct answer: Right, on the left edge
Reflection over a vertical axis swaps left and right: the right edge becomes the left edge, and the leftward notch now points rightward.
Question 7: A staircase block structure is built from unit cubes: 1 cube on top, 2 in the middle row, 3 on the bottom. How many unit cubes are hidden from view (not visible from any exterior angle)?
- 0 (Correct answer)
- 1
- 2
- 3
Correct answer: 0
In a standard staircase arrangement of 1-2-3 cubes, every cube has at least one visible face, so no cubes are completely hidden.
Finastra Assessment Test Finastra Spatial Reasoning Assessment 2
A flat cross-shaped net consists of 6 squares arranged symmetrically.
When folded into a cube, which face will be opposite the center square of the cross?