Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) is designed for which populations?
- University students and professionals
- Young children and elderly adults (Correct answer)
- Military recruits
- Individuals with dyslexia only
Correct answer: Young children and elderly adults
The CPM uses color and simpler patterns to assess younger children and older adults.
Question 2: A matrix shows a pattern where a shape is added to each cell moving right: 1 shape → 2 shapes → 3 shapes. The bottom row starts with 2 shapes and 3 shapes. What is the missing cell?
- 1 shape
- 2 shapes
- 4 shapes (Correct answer)
- 5 shapes
Correct answer: 4 shapes
Each row adds one shape per step, so 2 → 3 → 4 shapes.
Question 3: A matrix item shows three frames where an inner shape grows larger each step while the outer shape stays fixed. This tests which type of visual reasoning?
- Analogical reasoning
- Size progression and relative scaling (Correct answer)
- Color discrimination
- Symmetry detection
Correct answer: Size progression and relative scaling
Tracking how one element changes in size relative to a fixed element tests size progression reasoning.
Question 4: If a test-taker consistently chooses answer options that repeat a shape already visible in the matrix rather than identifying the correct transformation, this reflects which error type?
- Repetition error (Correct answer)
- Arbitrary error
- Completion error
- Rotation error
Correct answer: Repetition error
Selecting a repeated element rather than applying the rule is called a repetition error in RPM error analysis.
Question 5: A matrix's columns each contain a unique geometric shape (circle, square, triangle), and its rows each contain a unique size (small, medium, large). The center cell is missing. What belongs there?
- Small circle
- Medium square (Correct answer)
- Large triangle
- Medium circle
Correct answer: Medium square
The center row requires medium size and the center column requires a square, giving a medium square.
Question 6: Flynn effect research using Raven's matrices found that average IQ scores have:
- Remained perfectly stable over decades
- Decreased by about 3 points per decade
- Increased by roughly 3 points per decade in many countries (Correct answer)
- Shown no meaningful trend
Correct answer: Increased by roughly 3 points per decade in many countries
The Flynn effect documents a rise of approximately 3 IQ points per decade on fluid intelligence tests like the RPM.
Question 7: In a 3×3 matrix, the main diagonal (top-left to bottom-right) always contains circles, while off-diagonal cells contain squares. The top-right cell is missing. What shape belongs there?
- Circle
- Triangle
- Square (Correct answer)
- Pentagon
Correct answer: Square
The top-right cell is off the main diagonal, so it must contain a square per the stated rule.
Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices 5
The Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) is designed for which populations?