PI - Cognitive Assessment Abstract Pattern Series 2

Question 1

In a sequence of shapes, each figure adds one side to the previous shape: triangle, square, pentagon, ___. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Hexagon

Answer

Octagon

Answer

Heptagon

Answer

Decagon

Question 2

A pattern shows: 2 black circles, 1 white circle, 3 black circles, 1 white circle, 4 black circles. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

1 white circle

Answer

2 white circles

Answer

5 black circles

Answer

1 black circle

Question 3

Each figure in the series rotates 45 degrees clockwise and gains a dot in the center. If figure 4 has an arrow pointing southeast with 4 center dots, what does figure 5 look like?

Accepted Answer

Arrow pointing south with 5 dots

Answer

Arrow pointing east with 5 dots

Answer

Arrow pointing southwest with 4 dots

Answer

Arrow pointing south with 4 dots

Question 4

A grid pattern shows figures where shading moves one cell to the right each step, wrapping around to the leftmost column after reaching the rightmost. In a 4-column grid, if the shaded cell is in column 3, where will it be after 3 more steps?

Accepted Answer

Column 2

Answer

Column 1

Answer

Column 3

Answer

Column 4

Question 5

In a figure matrix, shapes in each row share one common feature and shapes in each column share a different common feature. Row 1 has all circles, row 2 has all squares. Column 1 has all striped shapes, column 2 has all solid shapes. What belongs in the cell at row 2, column 2?

Accepted Answer

Solid square

Answer

Striped circle

Answer

Solid circle

Answer

Striped square

Question 6

A pattern of nested shapes shows: large circle containing a triangle, large triangle containing a square, large square containing a pentagon. What comes next in the series?

Accepted Answer

Large pentagon containing a hexagon

Answer

Large hexagon containing a triangle

Answer

Large pentagon containing a circle

Answer

Large circle containing a square