Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Overlapping and Layered Figure Rules

Question 1

In an RPM matrix, each cell shows two overlapping circles.
Row 1: both circles are white — the intersection is white.
Row 2: one circle is shaded, the other is white — the intersection is shaded.
Row 3: both circles are shaded — the intersection is white.
What rule governs the intersection shading?

Accepted Answer

XOR logic — the intersection is shaded only when exactly one shape is shaded

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AND logic — the intersection is shaded only when both shapes are shaded

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OR logic — the intersection is shaded whenever either shape is shaded

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NOT logic — the intersection is always opposite to both shapes

Question 2

In an RPM matrix, two rectangles overlap. In row 1, the front rectangle is large and the back rectangle is small. In row 2, both rectangles are the same medium size. In row 3, the front rectangle is small and the back rectangle is large. What transformation is occurring across the rows?

Accepted Answer

The sizes of the front and back rectangles are progressively swapping

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Both rectangles are growing in size each row

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Only the front rectangle is changing size

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The rectangles are rotating rather than changing size

Question 3

In a 3x3 RPM matrix, each cell shows a large background shape with a smaller foreground shape placed on top. Across each row the background shape changes: circle, square, triangle. Across each column the foreground shape changes: star, cross, dot. What belongs in the cell at row 3, column 3?

Accepted Answer

A triangle with a dot on top

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A triangle with a star on top

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A circle with a dot on top

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A square with a cross on top

Question 4

In an RPM matrix, the layering rule states: when a filled shape overlaps an outline shape, the overlap region becomes filled; when two outline shapes overlap, the region stays an outline; when two filled shapes overlap, the region becomes an outline. A filled triangle is placed over a filled pentagon. What does the overlap region look like?

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An outline region (not filled)

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A filled region matching the triangle's color

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A filled region matching the pentagon's color

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An invisible or absent region

Question 5

An RPM matrix shows two overlapping shapes in each cell. The visible (uncovered) area of the background shape decreases by one-quarter from column 1 to column 2, and by another one-quarter from column 2 to column 3. If the background shape starts as 100% visible in column 1, how much is visible in column 3?

Accepted Answer

50%

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25%

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75%

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33%

Question 6

In an RPM matrix, when three shapes mutually overlap in a Venn-diagram arrangement, how many distinct non-overlapping regions are created in total?

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7 regions

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6 regions

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4 regions

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9 regions

Question 7

In an RPM matrix, the 'cutout' layering rule means the front shape removes its silhouette from the back shape, then disappears. A solid circle is placed over a solid square using this rule. What does the resulting image look like?

Accepted Answer

A square with a circular hole, and no remaining circle

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A square and circle shown side by side

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A circle overlapping a square with both fully visible

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A merged shape combining the square and circle outlines