Epic Skills Assessment Logical Pattern Recognition Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

Series: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, __. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

37

Answer

Differences: 3,5,7,9,11 (increasing odd numbers). 26+11=37.

Question 2

ABBA, BCCB, CDDC, ____. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

DEED

Answer

Pattern: first letters shift +1 each time (A→B→C→D), and the structure is XYYX (palindrome with consecutive letters). Next: DEED.

Question 3

If 1 → A, 2 → C, 3 → E, 4 → G, what does 5 → ?

Accepted Answer

I

Answer

Mapping: 1→A(1st), 2→C(3rd), 3→E(5th), 4→G(7th). Each step skips one letter (odd positions). 5 → I (9th letter).

Question 4

WATCH is to TIME as THERMOMETER is to ____.

Accepted Answer

Temperature

Answer

A WATCH measures TIME; a THERMOMETER measures TEMPERATURE. The relationship is instrument-to-measurement.

Question 5

A sequence of colored blocks: R, G, B, R, G, B, R, __. What color comes next?

Accepted Answer

G

Answer

The pattern repeats RGB with period 3. Position 8: 8 mod 3 = 2, which corresponds to G (second element).

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