CCAT CCAT - Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Abstract Reasoning Questions and Answers

Question 1

A sequence of shapes follows the pattern: circle, triangle, square, circle, triangle, ___. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

The pattern repeats every three shapes (circle, triangle, square), so the sixth position is square.

Question 2

Each row of a grid contains three shapes that increase in size from left to right. The bottom-right cell is missing. If the bottom row starts with a small star and a medium star, what completes it?

Accepted Answer

Large star

Answer

The rule is that each row increases in size left to right, so the missing shape is a large star.

Question 3

In a 3×3 matrix, each row contains one circle, one square, and one triangle. Circles are shaded in the first column, unshaded in the second, and striped in the third. The bottom-right cell is missing a triangle. What does it look like?

Accepted Answer

Striped triangle

Answer

The third column consistently uses striped shading, so the missing triangle must be striped.

Question 4

A sequence of symbols is: ★, ★★, ★★★, ★, ★★, ___. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

★★★

Answer

The pattern cycles through one, two, and three stars repeatedly, placing three stars at the sixth position.

Question 5

Each figure in a series has one more side than the previous figure, starting with a triangle. What is the fifth figure?

Accepted Answer

Pentagon

Answer

Starting at 3 sides and adding one side per step: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 — the fifth figure has 7 sides, which is a heptagon.

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CCAT CCAT - Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Abstract Reasoning Questions and Answers