PI - Cognitive Assessment Cognitive Assessment Identifying Common Features 1

Question 1

Three items are presented: a red apple, a red fire truck, and a red stop sign. What feature do all three share?

Accepted Answer

They are all red

Answer

All three items — the apple, fire truck, and stop sign — share the color red, making color the single unifying feature across all three.

Question 2

Look at these three groups of numbers: {3, 6, 9}, {5, 10, 15}, {7, 14, 21}. What rule do all three groups share?

Accepted Answer

Each number in a group is a multiple of the first number

Answer

In every group, the second and third numbers are exact multiples (×2 and ×3) of the first number, so each group is a set of multiples of its starting value.

Question 3

A wooden chair, a wooden bookshelf, and a wooden baseball bat are shown. What is their common feature?

Accepted Answer

They are all made of wood

Answer

Although a chair and bookshelf are furniture, the baseball bat is not — the only property that applies to all three objects is that they are made of wood.

Question 4

Three patterns are displayed: a row of alternating black and white squares, a row of alternating black and white circles, and a row of alternating black and white triangles. What do all three patterns have in common?

Accepted Answer

They all alternate between two colors

Answer

The shapes differ across the three rows, but every row follows the same rule of alternating between black and white, making the two-color alternating pattern the shared feature.

Question 5

Consider three word sets: {HOT, COLD, WARM}, {FAST, SLOW, QUICK}, {LOUD, QUIET, SOFT}. What feature is common to all three sets?

Accepted Answer

Each set contains words that describe degree or intensity on a scale

Answer

Each set groups words that describe a measurable quality along a spectrum — temperature, speed, and volume — making 'words expressing degree or intensity on a scale' the unifying feature.

PI - Cognitive Assessment Practice Test

PI - Cognitive Assessment Practice Test

PI - Cognitive Assessment Cognitive Assessment Identifying Common Features 1