QPSea Abstract Reasoning 2

Question 1

A sequence shows: Circle with 1 dot, Square with 2 dots, Triangle with 3 dots, Circle with 4 dots. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Square with 5 dots

Answer

Triangle with 5 dots

Answer

Circle with 5 dots

Answer

Square with 4 dots

Question 2

In a grid, each row contains a large shape, a medium shape, and a small shape. Each column contains a circle, a square, and a triangle. The bottom-right cell has a large circle and medium triangle. What shape is missing in the top-right cell?

Accepted Answer

Small square

Answer

Small circle

Answer

Small triangle

Answer

Medium square

Question 3

A pattern alternates: shaded pentagon, unshaded hexagon, shaded pentagon, unshaded hexagon. The number of sides increases by 1 each pair. Which figure follows a shaded heptagon?

Accepted Answer

Unshaded octagon

Answer

Shaded octagon

Answer

Unshaded heptagon

Answer

Shaded hexagon

Question 4

Each figure in a series is rotated 45° clockwise from the previous. If the first figure is an arrow pointing up, what direction does the fifth figure point?

Accepted Answer

Up

Answer

Right

Answer

Down-right

Answer

Up-right

Question 5

A matrix shows 3 rows and 3 columns. Each row has exactly one black cell, one grey cell, and one white cell. Each column also has exactly one of each shade. The top-left is black, top-middle is grey, middle-left is white. What shade is the bottom-right cell?

Accepted Answer

Grey

Answer

Black

Answer

White

Answer

Cannot be determined

Question 6

Shapes grow by adding one side per step: triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon. Which rule also describes the number of diagonals in each successive shape?

Accepted Answer

Diagonals increase by 1, then 2, then 3

Answer

Diagonals stay the same

Answer

Diagonals double each step

Answer

Diagonals decrease

Question 7

In a series, each figure contains a smaller version of itself inside. The outer shape shrinks by half each step and rotates 90°. If step 1 is a large upright square containing a smaller upright square, what does step 3 look like?

Accepted Answer

A small square rotated 180° inside a medium square rotated 90°

Answer

A medium square rotated 180° inside a large square rotated 90°

Answer

A small square upright inside a medium square upright

Answer

A large upright square with no inner shape