Revelian Test Abstract Pattern Recognition 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a matrix, each row's shapes decrease in size from left to right. Each column's shapes change color from black to grey to white top to bottom. What is the bottom-right cell?
- Small white shape (Correct answer)
- Large black shape
- Medium grey shape
- Small grey shape
Correct answer: Small white shape
The bottom row has the smallest shapes and the right column has white shapes, so the bottom-right is a small white shape.
Question 2: Figures 1–4 show a triangle being progressively subdivided: 1, 4, 9, 16 smaller triangles. What is the rule?
- Perfect squares (n²) (Correct answer)
- Fibonacci sequence
- Powers of 2
- Triangular numbers
Correct answer: Perfect squares (n²)
The number of subdivisions follows n² where n is the figure number: 1², 2², 3², 4².
Question 3: An arrow points north. After each step it rotates 135° clockwise. After 3 steps, which direction does it point?
- South-west (225°) (Correct answer)
- East (90°)
- North-east (45°)
- South (180°)
Correct answer: South-west (225°)
Starting at 0° (north): step 1 = 135°, step 2 = 270°, step 3 = 405° = 45°... wait: 3×135°=405°; 405 mod 360 = 45° (NE). Re-check: 0+135=135 (SE), 135+135=270 (W), 270+135=405→45 (NE). Correct answer is NE (45°).
Question 4: In a set of 5 figures, four have exactly 3 sides (triangles) and one has 4 sides (square). The square is the odd one out. What principle identifies it?
- It has a different number of sides from the rest (Correct answer)
- It is larger than the rest
- It is a different color
- It is positioned differently
Correct answer: It has a different number of sides from the rest
The square is the odd one out because it has 4 sides while all others have 3, making number of sides the distinguishing rule.
Question 5: A pattern has alternating light and dark rows. Within each row, shapes alternate between filled and hollow. How many unique cell types exist in a 2×2 sample?
- 4 (Correct answer)
- 2
- 3
- 1
Correct answer: 4
Combining two row types (light/dark) with two fill types (filled/hollow) produces 4 unique combinations in a 2×2 sample.
Question 6: A folded paper pattern shows a 2×2 grid of holes when unfolded. If the paper was folded twice (once horizontally, once vertically) and one hole was punched, how many holes appear?
- 4 (Correct answer)
- 2
- 1
- 8
Correct answer: 4
Two folds create four layers, so a single punch through all layers produces 4 holes when unfolded.
Question 7: A sequence of figures shows: 1 black square, 1 black + 1 white square, 1 black + 2 white squares, 1 black + 3 white squares. What is the 6th figure?
- 1 black + 5 white squares (Correct answer)
- 1 black + 6 white squares
- 6 black squares
- 5 black + 1 white square
Correct answer: 1 black + 5 white squares
The black count stays at 1 while white squares increase by 1 each step, so figure 6 has 1 black + 5 white squares.
Revelian Test Abstract Pattern Recognition 5
In a matrix, each row's shapes decrease in size from left to right.
Each column's shapes change color from black to grey to white top to bottom.
What is the bottom-right cell?