Revelian Test Abstract Pattern Recognition 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A 3×3 matrix has shapes in each cell. Each row contains exactly one triangle, one circle, and one square. Each column also contains each shape once. The top-left is a triangle, top-middle is a circle. What is the top-right?
- Square (Correct answer)
- Triangle
- Circle
- Diamond
Correct answer: Square
Since the top row already has triangle and circle, the top-right must be square by elimination.
Question 2: Figures alternate between having an even number of sides and an odd number of sides. The sequence starts with a square (even). What is the 4th figure?
- Square or hexagon (even) (Correct answer)
- Triangle or pentagon (odd)
- Circle (no sides)
- Any shape
Correct answer: Square or hexagon (even)
Positions 1, 3, 5... are even-sided; positions 2, 4, 6... are odd-sided — the 4th position is even-sided.
Question 3: In a visual analogy: Large black circle is to small white circle as large black square is to _?
- Small white square (Correct answer)
- Large white square
- Small black square
- Small grey square
Correct answer: Small white square
The transformation reduces size and inverts color, so large black square becomes small white square.
Question 4: A sequence of numbers encoded as dot clusters: •, ••, ••••, ••••••••. What is the rule?
- Each term doubles the previous (Correct answer)
- Each term adds 2
- Each term adds the previous two
- Each term squares itself
Correct answer: Each term doubles the previous
1, 2, 4, 8 — each term is double the previous, showing an exponential doubling pattern.
Question 5: Three figures show a square with a dot: top-left, center, bottom-right. The next figure has no dot. What is the rule?
- The dot moves diagonally and then disappears after reaching the corner (Correct answer)
- The dot randomly repositions
- The dot grows until it fills the square
- The dot mirrors across the center
Correct answer: The dot moves diagonally and then disappears after reaching the corner
The dot travels along the diagonal (top-left → center → bottom-right) and disappears after leaving the frame.
Question 6: In a figure series, shapes are divided into halves: the left half is shaded, right unshaded. In the next figure, the top half is shaded, bottom unshaded. What comes next?
- Right half shaded, left unshaded (Correct answer)
- Left half shaded again
- All shaded
- Diagonally shaded
Correct answer: Right half shaded, left unshaded
The shading rotates 90° clockwise each step: left → top → right → bottom.
Question 7: A pattern matrix has numbers: Row 1: 2, 4, 8. Row 2: 3, 9, 27. Row 3: 4, ?, 64. What is the missing value?
- 16 (Correct answer)
- 12
- 20
- 8
Correct answer: 16
Each row raises its first value to successive powers: row 3 is 4¹, 4², 4³ = 4, 16, 64.
Revelian Test Abstract Pattern Recognition 3
A 3×3 matrix has shapes in each cell.
Each row contains exactly one triangle, one circle, and one square.
Each column also contains each shape once.
The top-left is a triangle, top-middle is a circle.
What is the top-right?