TalentLens Raven's Abstract Reasoning 4

Question 1

A 3x3 matrix shows shapes where each row contains a large, medium, and small version of the same shape. Each column contains a circle, square, and triangle (one each). The top-right cell has a large circle and the middle-right cell has a medium triangle. What is in the bottom-right cell?

Accepted Answer

Small square

Answer

The right column needs a small size (large and medium are taken) and a square (circle and triangle are taken), giving a small square.

Question 2

Each figure in a sequence has an outer ring of shapes and an inner shape. The outer ring has 3 shapes in figure 1, 5 in figure 2, and 7 in figure 3. How many shapes are in the outer ring of figure 5?

Accepted Answer

11

Answer

The outer ring increases by 2 each step: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 — figure 5 has 11.

Question 3

In a Raven's matrix, the rule is that each cell's shape is the geometric union of the shapes in the same row to its left. If row 3 starts with a circle and the second cell adds a square overlapping it, what does the third cell show?

Accepted Answer

A circle and a square overlapping

Answer

The union rule accumulates all prior shapes, so cell 3 contains both the circle from cell 1 and the square added in cell 2.

Question 4

A pattern matrix uses the XOR rule: a feature appears in the answer cell only if it appears in exactly one of two reference cells. Cell A has a circle and a star; Cell B has a circle and a triangle. What appears in the answer cell?

Accepted Answer

Star and triangle

Answer

XOR keeps features unique to one cell: star (only in A) and triangle (only in B); circle appears in both so it is excluded.

Question 5

In a series of figures, each step removes one line from the previous figure. Figure 1 is a rectangle (4 lines). Figure 3 is a right angle (2 lines). What does Figure 5 look like?

Accepted Answer

A point (no lines)

Answer

Removing one line per step: fig 1=4, 2=3, 3=2, 4=1, 5=0 — figure 5 has no lines (just a point or blank).

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