RBC Assessment: Abstract Reasoning 4

Question 1

A pattern shows that each figure contains a number of sides equal to the square of its position: position 1 = 1 side (a point), position 2 = 4 sides (square), position 3 = 9 sides. What describes position 4?

Accepted Answer

A shape with 16 sides

Answer

4² = 16, so the 4th figure has 16 sides.

Question 2

In a 3×3 abstract matrix, each row contains the same three symbols in a different order, and no symbol repeats in any column. Symbol X is in row 1 col 1 and row 2 col 2. Where does X appear in row 3?

Accepted Answer

Column 3

Answer

Columns 1 and 2 already contain X, so row 3 must place X in column 3.

Question 3

A series of overlapping circles follows the rule: each new figure adds one circle overlapping the previous total. Figure 1 has 1 region, Figure 2 has 3 regions (two circles overlapping create 3 areas). Figure 3 has circles arranged to create the maximum new regions. How many regions does Figure 3 have?

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

Each new circle crossing all existing circles adds n new regions; the 3rd circle crosses 2 existing circles, adding 3 regions: 3 + 4 = 7.

Question 4

An abstract rule: dark shapes contain odd numbers; light shapes contain even numbers. A dark triangle contains 7 and a light square contains 4. A dark pentagon contains which value?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

Dark shapes contain odd numbers, and the only odd option is 9.

Question 5

A grid codes direction as shape: circle = north, square = east, triangle = south, diamond = west. A path reads: square, triangle, diamond, circle. What net displacement has occurred if each step is 1 unit?

Accepted Answer

0 units — back at start

Answer

East and west cancel (square + diamond), and south and north cancel (triangle + circle), returning to the start.

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RBC Assessment: Abstract Reasoning 4