NNAT Test-Taking Strategies 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the recommended time to spend per NNAT question to finish within the allotted period?
- About 10 seconds per question
- About 30 to 60 seconds per question (Correct answer)
- About 3 minutes per question
- About 5 minutes per question
Correct answer: About 30 to 60 seconds per question
Pacing yourself to roughly 30–60 seconds per question helps ensure you complete the entire test.
Question 2: Which type of answer choice is typically the easiest to eliminate when using process of elimination on the NNAT?
- Answers that share no visual relationship with the shapes or rules already in the pattern (Correct answer)
- Answers that are slightly smaller than the other choices
- Answers that appear in the upper-left position on the choice grid
- Answers that contain more than two different shading values
Correct answer: Answers that share no visual relationship with the shapes or rules already in the pattern
Answer choices with no visual connection to the pattern's shapes or rules are obviously wrong and easiest to rule out.
Question 3: You have been stuck on one NNAT question for over a minute. What should you do?
- Continue until you are completely certain of the answer
- Ask the proctor to read the question aloud for a new perspective
- Record your best guess, move on, and return to it if time allows (Correct answer)
- Skip it permanently and focus only on later questions
Correct answer: Record your best guess, move on, and return to it if time allows
Moving past a single difficult question protects your time and ensures you can answer easier questions that follow.
Question 4: How do you avoid choosing a visually appealing but incorrect NNAT answer?
- Always pick the most symmetrical-looking answer
- Verify that your chosen answer strictly follows the pattern rule you identified (Correct answer)
- Choose whichever answer appears most frequently among the four choices
- Select the answer that most closely resembles the first cell in the matrix
Correct answer: Verify that your chosen answer strictly follows the pattern rule you identified
Attractive distractors are designed to tempt test-takers; always confirm the answer actually satisfies the specific pattern rule.
Question 5: What is the most efficient way to review your NNAT answers if time remains at the end?
- Re-solve every question completely from scratch
- Change any answer you feel uncertain about to your second-choice option
- Review only the last five questions you answered
- Quickly confirm that each answer fits the rule you originally identified without fully re-solving the problem (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Quickly confirm that each answer fits the rule you originally identified without fully re-solving the problem
Efficient review means verifying logic quickly rather than re-solving, which preserves time for checking more questions.
Question 6: After eliminating two wrong answers, you are still unsure between the remaining two NNAT choices. What is the best next step?
- Choose the left-most remaining option as a safe default
- Flip a coin mentally and commit to a random answer
- Go back to the pattern rule and find one specific feature that distinguishes the two remaining choices (Correct answer)
- Leave the answer blank to avoid any possible penalty
Correct answer: Go back to the pattern rule and find one specific feature that distinguishes the two remaining choices
One specific feature of the correct answer will satisfy the pattern rule better than the other remaining choice.
Question 7: What is the main advantage of doing a quick first pass through all NNAT questions before tackling the hardest ones?
- It helps you memorize the patterns for later reference
- It lets you answer easier questions first and secure those points before spending time on difficult ones (Correct answer)
- The NNAT requires you to work through questions in a specific non-sequential order
- It is required by the test's official instructions
Correct answer: It lets you answer easier questions first and secure those points before spending time on difficult ones
Answering easier questions first guarantees those points and leaves more time available for challenging problems.
NNAT Test-Taking Strategies 3
What is the recommended time to spend per NNAT question to finish within the allotted period?