GATB Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. Choose the antonym pair: → Exhibit and Conceal
2. The GATB uses apparatus-based tests to measure Manual Dexterity (M). These tests are designed to assess a candidate's speed and accuracy in: → making skillful arm and hand movements to place and turn objects.
3. A store offers a 'buy 2, get 1 free' deal on items costing $15 each. How much does a customer save when buying 6 items? → $30
4. A store marks up a product by 25%, then offers a 10% discount. If the cost price is $80, what is the final selling price? → $90
5. General Learning Ability (G) is considered a strong predictor of: → Success in training and potential academic achievement
6. A train travels at a constant speed of 75 miles per hour. How long will it take the train to travel 375 miles? → 5 hours
7. Two cars start from the same point and drive in opposite directions. Car A travels at 45 mph and Car B at 55 mph. How far apart are they after 3 hours? → 300 miles
8. Which shape is the odd one out: circle, square, triangle, sphere? → Sphere
9. Choose the antonym pair: → Trivial and Significant
10. A rectangular room is 12 feet long and 9 feet wide. What is the area of the room in square feet? → 108 sq ft
11. If 4 workers can pave a road in 10 days, how many days would it take 8 workers to pave the same road, assuming they work at the same rate? → 5 days
12. A worker earns $15 per hour and works 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. How much does she earn in one week? → $600
13. What is the next number in the following sequence: 3, 9, 27, 81, ...? → 243
14. Which of the following occupations would place the GREATEST demand on the GATB aptitude of Manual Dexterity (M)? → A warehouse worker packing various-sized boxes for shipment.
15. Choose the antonym pair: → Simple and Complex
16. Richard gives ‘s’ amount of salary to each of his ‘n’ employees weekly. If he has ‘x’ amount of money, how many days he can employ these ‘n’ employees. → 7x/ns
17. What is the square root of 144? → 12
18. The GATB Finger Dexterity (F) aptitude is best defined as the ability to: → Move fingers and manipulate small objects with the fingers, rapidly and accurately.
19. A worker earns $14.50 per hour. How much does she earn in an 8-hour shift? → $116.00
20. Which of the following GATB components are combined to measure an individual's General Learning Ability (G)? → Vocabulary, Arithmetic Reasoning, and Three-Dimensional Space
21. A pipe fills a tank in 3 hours, and another pipe empties it in 5 hours. If both are open simultaneously, how long does it take to fill the tank? → 7.5 hours
22. Choose the antonym pair: → Stingy and Generous
23. Tom can paint a fence in 4 hours and Jerry can paint the same fence in 6 hours. How long will it take them working together? → 2.4 hours
24. Imagine the 2D pattern shown is folded along the dotted lines to form a cube. Which of the given cubes could be formed? → Cube B
25. In the series 100, 90, 81, 73, 66, what comes next? → 60
26. A car travels 240 miles on 8 gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon does it get? → 30 mpg
27. A recipe requires 2.5 cups of flour to make 24 cookies. How many cups of flour are needed to make 60 cookies? → 6.25 cups
28. A professional video gamer who excels at fast-paced 'first-person shooter' games likely possesses a very high level of which GATB aptitude? → Motor Coordination (K)
29. Which of the answer choices is the correct mirror image of the figure shown on the left across the vertical dashed line? → Image D
30. What is 1,250 × 0.08? → 100